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How to Make a Volcano
Looking for some fun ideas for entertaining your party guests? Why not make a volcano that erupts!? It's one of my very favorite party activities that will be remembered by the kids for a long time - guaranteed!
For best results do your 'volcano making' outdoors in the dirt. If this is not possible, then do it in the sink.
Ingredients Needed:
1 Narrow-neck bottle (25 oz./750 ml)
A mound of dirt
1 tbsp. liquid detergent
A few drops of red food coloring
1 cup vinegar
Warm water
2 tbsp. baking soda
Set the bottle on the ground and build up a mound of dirt around it so that only the neck of the bottle shows a little. Put 1 tbsp. liquid detergent in the bottle.
Add a few drops of food coloring. Add 1 cup vinegar. Pour in warm water, enough to fill the bottle almost to the top.
Very quickly add 2 tbsp. baking soda that has been mixed with a little water. (Mixing it with water makes it easier to add it quickly.)
Now stand back and enjoy the eruption!
Trouble-Shooting Tips
To make the process easier, put the baking soda in a cup with a spout before mixing it with water.
Because of the nature of this experiment, it should be closely supervised by an adult.
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