Save a Snowflake Forever
Freakin Sweet
How It Works
1. Set microscope slides, coverslips and superglue outside when it’s 20F or colder to chill them. Catch flakes on the slides or pick them up with cold tweezers.
2. Place a drop of superglue on the snowflake. Note: Gel glue doesn’t work. Find a brand that’s thin and runny.
3. Drop a coverslip over the glue. Don’t press down hard or the flake could tear or melt from the heat of your finger.
4. Leave the slide in a freezer for one or two weeks and don’t touch it with warm hands. The glue must completely harden before the snowflake warms up.
Josh Smith is a blogger, database manager and adjunct professor of business and technology. 
