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Simple Fizzy Eruptions

10 / 25 / 18

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama Papa Bubba

Baking soda and vinegar…  It just never ever gets old.  This very simple fizzy eruptions activity has been a hit with so many of our little friends and guests over the years.  And it doesn’t matter if they’ve just turned two or they’re nearly eleven years old – everyone who has come over when I’ve had this set out for a co-op meet-up, play date, or birthday party has pretty much loved it.  I mean what’s not to love about colourful fizzy eruptions that leave your play surface looking just like that of the moon, right?

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Here’s the simple-as-can-be set-up…  A plate of baking soda (or soda bicarbonate for our UK friends), several little jars of white vinegar coloured with liquid food colouring, gel food colouring, or liquid watercolours {my personal favourite because of the fact that they’re fully washable}, some pipettes, and a play tray to contain the mess {this one from Ikea is our fave}.

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

At nearly 3 years old, Sam has just really nailed down how to successfully use pipettes, but Miss G was using them when she was freshly 2, so it just depends on the kiddo!

That being said, kids who haven’t mastered pipette use can totally still create fizzy eruptions on their own!  Instead of giving them the usual jar / pipette combo, just put the coloured vinegar in old glue bottles, any other squirt bottle with a small opening, or old liquid soap bottles with a pump and let them squeeze or pump the vinegar onto their plate of baking soda.

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

If they’re able to use a pipette, it’s as easy as squeeze to collect coloured vinegar…

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Then squeeze to release the coloured vinegar onto the baking soda base and watch the fizzy eruption magic happen!

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

When the fizzy foam settles down, you’ll be left with the coolest coloured spots that look just like the moon’s surface {hence why we sometimes call this ‘moon painting’}.

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Now if you really want to take things to the next level {like Sam does ALWAYS}, you may want to try the triple pipette method {patent pending – HAHA!}

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Simply shove all three of your pipettes into a single jar, squeeze up as much vinegar as humanly possible…

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And enthusiastically squeeze them out onto your baking soda in order to create the biggest fizzy eruption possible. The more force the better, really.

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

I mean, just look at how fun it looks!!

Simple Fizzy Eruptions | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And when you’re nearly done, may as well just dump the rest of the vinegar out, right??  ‘Papa says sam can do it’, I’m told. Hah!

But in all seriousness, when the entire plate is flooded in vinegar like this, most often you can dump off the liquid and use the remaining {wet} baking soda below for round 2.  I mean you may as well get as much bang for your buck as possible, right?  {This is especially important when you live in Kuwait and you’re buying 45 of these tiny 100 gram containers of baking soda at a time.}

Fizzy Eruptions with Baking Soda and Vinegar | Mama Papa Bubba

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Moon Painting

7 / 15 / 121 / 19 / 14

I’ve had tons of fun little activities and cooking projects I’ve wanted to do with Miss G over the last couple of weeks, but all the gorgeous sunshiny weather we’ve been having has allowed for little more than bike rides, outdoor play, visits to the beach, and afternoons at the pool.  Darn weather!

Though we’ve been soaking up every moment of our summer, today’s dreariness was a welcomed change. Our house was cool, and we stayed in all morning playing and having fun {without melting}.

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The first little activity we tried was what I call moon painting. It’s super simple and involves three basic things everyone with munchkins probably has at home – a tray of baking soda, food colouring dyed vinegar, and a few old medicine droppers / syringes.

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See why I call it moon painting? The vinegar and soda mixture bubbles up and leaves little crater-covered splotches when it settles back down again.

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Gracen really, really enjoyed this activity.  I demonstrated how to using the dropper, and she picked it up very quickly (although it did become harder near the end when there wasn’t as much of the vinegar mixture left).  She’d drop a little vinegar onto her tray, then point in excitement as it fizzed up in mound of bubbles.  Afterwards, she’d announce the colour of her newest splot.

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Pinch…

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Drop…

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And watch the bubbles!

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Moon craters in the making.

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We did try using the syringes too, but we quickly learned that they led to great big swamps rather than moon craters, which caused less of a fizz.

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So back to the dropper we went.

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The end result was a tray covered in colourful craters and a little lady who would have done continued moon painting for the rest of the morning given the chance.

Here’s a little video of Grae hard at play:

And the best part about this activity? Because both vinegar and baking soda are very effective natural cleaners,  clean up is a breeze!  Who would have thought your little one’s art project would equal a newly-shined kitchen sink?

♥

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