milk science

We checked out some fun science project books from the library the other day. While this activity didn't last us very along, it was easy, amazing, and very beautiful. All it takes is:

milk
food coloring
a toothpick, or something similar
dish soap

You pour some milk into a shallow pan. Add several drops of food coloring. Then dip the toothpick in the soap and touch it to the milk.


The colors suddenly swirl and shoot around the pan. Very cool.

easy dough experiment

We've been playing with dough for over a week now. One day we decided to bake bread (which turned out badly, by the way) and finished way before the kids were ready to be finished. So I gave them some flour and water and let them experiment with how much makes a good dough.

That day, Isabela even made hers into a pizza dough...we actually put pizza sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on it, cooked it in the toaster oven, and ate it. Yes, even after her hands had squished all in it for like twenty minutes...and we're still here to tell about it.

Joaquin kept his in plastic and pulls it out every now and then...it just needs a little more flour when it gets sticky and it's good as new.

And it's cheap enough that we made a new batch when Isabela's friend came over.


Just flour and water.

How much? That's just part of the fun.

bubbles!!

Easy bubbles...forget the glycerin they always recommend. That's what always held me back from trying this before. I've never seen it before and certainly never remembered to buy it at the store.


Just try a half cup or more of dish soap and some water in a pan.And any kind of blower....plastic cups worked great...so did a sand filter toy with lots of holes in it.



We even tried plain old string tied in a loop.


Toes don't work so well.