I gave Aidan a Pocket Vocano that has a chamber for baking soda; one pours vinegar into it--instant lava. It was fun, but at about 2", produced a rather wussy explosion. So I conceived the brilliant idea of building a bigger one in the sandbox. We used a toilet paper tube for the volcanic chimney, packing it with baking soda. Then--so the "lava" would have some hint of fire, I added red food coloring to the vinegar, producing "volcano juice." John played volcano god. As you can see, the result was a delight to the six year old's heart. His three year old brother was pretty impressed, too. Alas, we only had enough volcano juice for three eruptions, but I promised him next time he comes, I'll have a full bottle, and we'll build a whole range of volcanoes & set them off at once.
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Volcanoes! Something a kid can get his teeth into!
ReplyDeleteI think you've earned the "Coolest grandma ever" award - at least in Aidan's eyes.
ReplyDeletethese are absolutely great and well documented experiments! And not to forget: I fully agree with Gisele!
ReplyDeleteYou have to be the funnest grandma ever! I love the sense of excitement in his laugh...but beware, you just wakened his urge to blow things up lol
ReplyDeleteLove the excited look on his face!
ReplyDeleteI want to play! What joy in his face, gotta agree about you both being the most fun grands.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun thing to do, and how cool is that about adding red food coloring for the effect? Baking soda and vinegar in a film canister can demonstrate the reaction, just wear goggles.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you and Aidan had a lot of fun with these volcanoes, what's next on the list of things to do?
ReplyDeleteMy niece has suggested Mentos and Coke; and another friend has offered me a recipe for making a comet using dry ice. SO good to be able be let one's inner kid erupt!
ReplyDeleteThis is always a hit with the youngsters and your bigger and better volcanoes puts it over the top! Way to go, granny!
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