Our sweet, energetic Ammon LOVES exploding, erupting, bubbling science experiments, so a Mad Scientist Birthday party was the perfect way to celebrate his 8th birthday!
Our list of experiments were Film Rockets
Elephant Toothpaste
Awesome Bubbles
Coke & Mentos
Colored Fizzles
Balloon Rockets
Film Rockets were almost a no go. Finding the right type of canisters for the experiment took some time, but it was so worth it. Seeing the anticipation in the boy eyes as they waited for the rocket to launch and then seeing the excitement as they rocketed up was so worth the time it took to find the canisters. The boys figured out that putting the tablet in and giving it a quick shake make them fly higher. It was a great experiment to start the part with.
The Amazing Bubbles were just that-Amazing. The bubbles filled with the dry ice smoke, so when you popped them smoke escaped. The boys loved this experiment. Find the directions to this experiment here.
We went out front for the Coke & Mentos experiment. I got the small bottles of Coke so the kids could do multiple experiments. The boys first put the Mentos into the Coke. Then they put the Mentos in the empty bottles, and poured the Coke over them. Both way got lots of squeals from the boys.
Colored Fizzles was the basic colored vinegar and baking soda. The boys made their piles of baking soda rainbow colored and enjoyed watching the chemical reaction.
The balloon rockets took some prep work to get the string strung from the deck to the back fence and the straws taped to the balloons for all the boys, but the prep time was so worth it. The boys raced those balloons over and over and over again. The blew the balloons up as BIG as they could.
I almost forgot to do the Elephant toothpaste and I would have been so sad to have missed this experiment. I did this with Rebecca's preschool group and they loved it just as much as the boys did. The consistency of the foam is so bubbly and easy to play with. The kids were so hands on with the foam having a great time rubbing it on their hands and arms. Thankfully this didn't kill the grass because it got all over it. Find the directions and ingredients to Elephant Toothpaste here.
The final experiment of the night was the bubbling lava cake. All the boys loved seeing the 'smoke' coming out of the active volcano. They tried as hard as they could to blow the smoke out, but no matter how hard and long they blew the smoke continued. This was an awesome cake.
Ammon's Mad Scientist Party was probably one of the funnest parties we've done. It was alot of hands on work during the party, but so worth all the work to see the excitement on the boys faces during each of the experiments.
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