Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Volcanoes and Oobleck....

Another fun, but messy day in our backyard!!  Today we made volcanoes, added some baking soda and vinegar, and voila, an eruption!!  Next time, I will need way more salt though, as we ran out and still needed more for the "dough"!!  This is where we found the instructions for the volcano.  The kids did this on their own, with supervision.  I posted the "recipes" on the garage door, and they took turns measuring ingredients out.  I think they did fantastic!!!








The boys had been previously whining about not having any friends down here.  I mentioned that they have to actually talk to kids at the pool or park to make friends!!  So, they got a bit better in the last 3 days.  Yesterday, at the pool, they met 2 boys close to their ages.  They played in the pool for an hour, and are now best buds!!!  They came over to join us for volcano making this afternoon!!!  So proud of my boys for not being shy like their mom!!!


And then there's OOBLECK......

Jacob wanted to make this"stuff" that could move like a liquid, but could be a solid too.  He googled it, and came back with oobleck.  It is just a mixture of cornstarch, water and a little food coloring.  It is pretty neat stuff, but the food colour stains!!!





Noah is now a mini HULK.  Not sure he will ever go back to his original colour!!!


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  1. SophieAugust 18, 2013 at 2:54 AM

    Your volcanos look awesome. We picked up a kit in England too and had a blast doing that. As a bonus, we already have a volcano at home from a previous kit which will be put to good use now that we are back.

    And thanks for the oobleck. I think we're going to investigate this very soon.

    Love to you all

    Sophie

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  2. CanadianMamaSeptember 28, 2013 at 6:55 AM

    Looks like you're having too much fun!

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