Baking Soda Vinegar Homemade Volcano
I know we did. We made a baking soda volcano. Let’s break it down…
You’ll need:
- Empty water bottle
- Salt Dough (recipe below)
- Baking Soda
- Vinegar
- Cookie sheet or tray of some kind {trust me you’ll want the ‘mess’ contained}
- Curious minds
To start I found my tray. I placed my empty water bottle in the middle and I built the salt dough around the bottle to hold it in place and hopefully make it resemble a volcano. Then….
Add your baking soda. We put in [per use/we did it a few times] about 1/8th of a cup.
Then….
Pour in your vinegar. We just poured to ‘erupting’ which was probably equal-ish to the amount of baking soda we used.
Then you get to watch it….
ErUpT!!! We had a lot of fun doing this!
Here’s the Salt Dough recipe I promised:
- Salt Dough
- *1 cup salt
- *2 cups all purpose flour
- *1 cup warm water
~Mix the salt and flour in a large bowl. Slowly stir in water. Mix well to dough consistency. Use your hands to form a ball and kneed until it’s smooth [longer = smoother]
~Use it to make a volcano, play with or make things! If you are keeping it to play with like ‘play dough’ store in an airtight container and it should last for about a week. If making shapes you can let them air dry [or use the oven on lowest temp for 2-3 hours] then paint your creations for a keep sake [think Chrissy ornaments!].
Color options:
Mix powdered pain {tempera} in with your flour
Add food colors to your water
Use natural things like cocoa, beet juice, coffee, etc.
{All above options can be messy, but hey messy is fun}
