4/9/15

Science Fair!

Elena's school had an art and science fair and she begged to make a volcano for a project! So I googled some instructions and we got to it. We started with an empty bottle and secured it with some tape.
 
Then it said to use newspaper for the structure but we happened to have some extra bubble wrap so we formed it and taped it around the bottle.
 Then we made some paper mache out of 1c flour, 2 tbs salt and 1.5c water - tore newspaper strips and started putting on the bubble wrap. (Note: Elena is wearing a gymnastics outfit not a swimsuit! Lol - more to come on the kids and their gymnastics fun!)
 She did not like how the mache felt! Ha ha!
 Now it just needed to dry overnight! She was really proud of the progress!
 The next day I let her paint it - she chose brown, green, black and a little red...
She was so excited to take it to school the day of the fair!
 That night we joined her for a chili feed and the fair.
 Getting all set up to explode!
 She wanted to add some of Dominic's toy dinosaurs to the bottom - the kids loved this!  
 She loved showing everybody how it worked! We just put a couple tablespoons of baking soda (and glitter - lol) into the opening - and then poured about 1/2c vinegar (with red food coloring in it) in and waited...  
 All the kids loved it and she did it over and over a few times. :)
 She was so proud and we were so proud of her for doing such a great job!!  
 Little bro was sure proud of big sis too! :)
One more close up of this action shot! Love it! :)
 

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