Talk about fun! I’m sure we all have pretended to make witches or wizard’s brew as a child. Now you actually can! I’m always looking for fun things to do with my kids, and with summer weather (just about) here, we can get outside and make a mess! And doing it outside makes clean up easy, we can usually just hose everything down. When we did the baking soda bubbles on the kitchen floor, I had a gritty mess to clean.
Wizard’s Brew
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Ingredients:
- vinegar
- glass jar
- food color
- dish soap
- baking soda
- glitter (optional)
You’re going to start with your jar (or in our case an old glass candle jar) half filled with vinegar, with a few drops of color added to it. Squeeze in some dish soap, give it a stir.
Now add a heaping spoonful of baking soda. I put our baking soda into a silicone bowl, mainly just to get it outside without losing it all on the walk out, but it also made it easy to dumping into the jar.
The dish soap makes it bubble rather than the quick fizz. A nice volcano eruption.
Now, anything mess related would not be complete without my children playing in the mess. They’re washable.
I’m already planning on trying this again. I have some small little jars we’ll be using, the more bubbles and wizard’s brew the better. Plus more colors, and if I can hold off until I get to the store, glitter.
This could be a great addition to a witches Halloween custom/set-up.
You can find my inspiration for this post and more in The Usborne Big Book of Science Things to Make and Do
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Oh, I love this and will definitely be giving it a go! I’ve done it before but I don’t think we had the dish soap so it wasn’t as exciting as this. Add glitter and wow! Hi from the #weekendbloghop
This looks like so much fun! My daughter is fascinated by all things witchy and making potions and this would probably blow her mind! #weekendbloghop
I love this idea will be doing this with Summer and Kira
What a great Kids outdoor activity! I’m the newest Host On Merry Monday and I am stopping by to let you know I am featuring your post on Twitter today! Thanks so much for linking up!
Kim
How cool! Great idea for summer project
It really is perfect for summer. You probably wouldn’t want to do this on the living room floor! LOL
too much fun!! love all the bubbles everywhere! This is fun too in a volcano!
Dropping by from the Ladies Collective Linkup… What a great idea to add bubbles to this erupting activity! Looks like lots of fun.
I’m trying to grow my own link party and I invite you to share this (and 2-3 others). I think my readers would really enjoy this idea. You can find my party at Grandma Ideas Sharing Time Link Up http://grandmaideas.com.
Hope to see you there!
Nina
This will be a great summer activity to do with the kids! Also, it would be fun at a Mad Science themed birthday party!
This is really cool!! Thanks for sharing on #ToddlerFunFriday
So much fun. We’ve done vinegar and baking soda before… I love the addition of glitter 🙂
I’ve pinned your post, thanks for sharing at #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup …hope to see you again this week!
This looks so cool!
My girls would love to do this!
Thanks for linking up to #justanotherlinky Hope too see you again Sunday!
I have hilarious photos of me as a kid playing with concoctions like this. As a grown up, I still giggle a bit doing the same thing sans food colouring to clean the tub! lol
Thanks so much for joining us for Idea Box. I hope you link up with us again this week!! Party is live tomorrow morning. xo clem
Oh, I can’t wait to make this with the kids!!!!
It really is fun. I bought some glitter to do it over again with my girls in particular. Plus, who doesn’t want glittery grass? 😉