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We have made snow volcanoes. We have made beach volcanoes, and we have even made sound volcanoes. Today, we wanted to see if we could make glow-in-the-dark volcanoes, and the results were absolutely amazing! Read on for the easy tutorial.
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What could be more fun than a glowing rainbow? To my kids not much! We absolutely LOVED this activity! We made so many eruptions, each one was more beautiful than the next. Are you ready to make a fizzy, glowing rainbow?
Volcano Project for Kids
Materials
- Baking soda
- Vinegar
- Glow-in-the-dark and/or fluorescent paint
- Cups/bowls
Optional additions:
- Dish soap
- a blacklight (recommended)
Method
- Begin by adding roughly 1 cup of baking soda to a bowl or container, using one bowl for each color of glow volcano that you wish to make.
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- Add 1 teaspoon of glowing paint to each container.
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- It is now time to add the vinegar!
Glowing Rainbow Eruptions
- Have kids slowly pour vinegar into the colorful containers of baking soda.
- Then, step back and watch as amazing glowing volcanoes erupt before your eyes!
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- Rosie and Jewel thought this was the coolest thing and wanted to make glowing volcanoes over & over again!
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They played and played until we eventually moved onto the next bit of wow.
Glowing Rainbow Volcano
Extend the fun and make a glowing rainbow volcano!
- Add roughly 1 cup of baking soda to a large bowl or container.
- Add neon paint to the bowl, using 2-3 drops of paint for each color of the rainbow.
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- Slowly pour vinegar into the container.
- Then, step back & watch as a glorious rainbow of color erupts before your eyes!
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Rosie and Jewel did this again and again, making glowing rainbows until we were all out of supplies!
A Few Tips:
- For an even brighter effect try stirring varying colors of neon paint into cups of vinegar. Then, pour the glowing vinegar into bowls of baking soda!
- Add a squirt of dish soap to make the volcanic eruptions move slower and last even longer.
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We really had a blast with this scientific play time. Give it a try. You truly won't believe your eyes!
Resources:
- You can find glow in the dark paint in a variety of colors online here.
- The fluorescent paint that we used can be found here.
- If using fluorescent paint you will also need a blacklight. I highly recommend using one, as it makes the glow of the eruptions super vibrant!
- This is the blacklight we currently have.
- You can get baking soda and vinegar in bulk online here.
- If using glow in the dark paint don't forget to charge it by a light source before play.
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