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Blow it out your Egg Hole!
Taking Volcano Building to the Next Level
Next, take a plastic bottle and wrap it in a plastic bag (so it doesn’t stick to the plaster of paris).Begin to mix your plaster of paris according to the directions on the box. We mixed it 2:1 (plaster:water)
Measure the water…
After the water has been added to the plaster, be sure to work quickly as the plaster will set up quick! Begin to dip strips of newspaper in the plaster mix and then carefully place pieces on the cardboard volcano. Try to keep them as smooth as possible while overlapping them different ways.Then get out the acrylic paints and have fun! Paint scenery if you like…we used red, yellow, blue, green, brown, and grey.
Voila! This volcano is ready for action! We will take out the bottle from the plastic bag, put the bottle back in the volcano and add the ingredients for a great explosion!
For the explosion, we suggest you do it outside the first time!
Here are the ingredients for those of you that just can’t wait for the next volcano eruption post…
1.Take the bottle out of the volcano and fill it just about full with water.
2. Put 4 or 5 drops of Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Soap or any dish soap right into the water.
4. Put the Volcano over the bottle so it is in place and ready to go.
5. Pour some vinegar right into the volcano bottle and watch it Erupt!!
Volcano Building Basics
Science is so much fun! If it were up to Milo and Kiah, they would do science all day, every day!
Here are the directions to build a simple, yet effective volcano…
Milo does a jig!
























