Okay moms. We have to help each other out here. With the kids on break from school over the Holiday there is going to be a lot more mess, a lot more noise and a lot more whining! “Mo-om, I’m BORED!” When I hear this I have involuntary physical reactions; my eyes close into little slits, my lips pucker up and my jaw tightens. I have to count down from ten and then start rattling off my secret store of boredom busters! I am going to share some of mine with you. I would LOVE for you to share some of yours with me. My son doesn’t go back for two weeks from tomorrow so I need all the help I can get! Here is a fun and easy science experiment that you can do with things you already have in your home – and on the cheap!
For this tried and true experiment you will need baking soda, vinegar and food coloring. I like to set this up for kids in a wide and shallow baking dish. It works best if you have them use a turkey baster to apply the vinegar.
Set up a layer of baking soda in the bottom of your shallow baking pan. Give the child the food coloring and ask them to squeeze drops all over the top.
Then is is time for the science magic! Have your child squeeze the vinegar up into the turkey baster. Then they must carefully squeeze drops of the vinegar onto the drops of color and watch the fun happen when it bubbles up!
They can keep adding vinegar as they want. They can also take a chopstick and move the baking soda around to make new patterns and designs.
Have your child help clean up the mess and they can do it all over again! Have older kids do this first and then have them set this up and guide younger kids along. This will encourage siblings to get along and enjoy each other’s company while giving you a bit of time to turn over the laundry and get more coffee. This seems simple, but kids really love to do this over and over.
What do you have planned for when your children are bored over break?
Please leave your great ideas in the comments to share with our friends!
Good Luck Moms.
Curby Aardvark
That looks really cool; I don’t have kids but I think I’m going to try this out myself. 🙂
Becky Lyons Borgia
This looks awesome! I really like the idea of encouraging older siblings to work with the younger kids.
Ave
Have to save these ideas for later! I love all kind of science experiments!
Lexie Lane
This looks interesting! I only have a toddler so I don’t think I can get him to do something like this just yet but I can keep it in mind for later for sure!
Wood Arts Universe
That’s an interesting experiment for kids.. great way to keep’em busy.
Thanks for sharing
GossipMoms
ok this looks fun im going to try this out with the kids, i will make sure i bookmark this page
Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy
Ok this is really cool! My son would absolutely love this. He is all about anything science.
Renae C.
I can’t stand the “I’m bored!” whining! I tell my kids that if they complain of being bored, then I have chores for them to do. 😉
Jessica Harlow
This sounds like a fun science expriment and on the cheap! Thanks for this great idea which will be super fun especially during winter break when the kids are making me crazy with “I’m bored”!
Jennifer Williams
I can not wait to try this with my son. I love science experiments because they usually are something I am able to do with both kids despite the age gap – 17 and 4 is hard to entertain both.
Karen @TheMissingNiche.com
I can use this Friday! More kids will be here than I care to count. We tried the ivory soap in the microwave trick and the kids loved that. I search high and low for tips before every vacation!
Shannon
Fun idea! And now is a perfect time – when they have two weeks off school!
thesellerfrank
Thanks for sharing, this is awesome, I will surely share this on my friends who have childrens.
Coralie
This is awesome! I am going to do this with my kids. I know they would love it. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous Perks
Looks like so much fun! I remember the days we had science fairs in school. They were so much fun! This is what your experiment reminds me of. I’m excited to try this with my son when he’s of age. Thanks for sharing.
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katherine
These look really fun for kids!
Candy Hoehn
this looks like so much fun. i will have to try this out
Eileen
Interesting activity. When my kids were young, I used to make them watch DVDs of mind games or episodes from discovery kids. It keeps them glued to the TV and I know they are learning something when I hear their “wows” and “a-ha’s!”
Sheila
I am not looking forward for my kids to grow so fast and have their interest growing too. you are such a cool mom to have found fun and educational stuff to feed for such bright children when boredom strike
Cara @ Craftdictator
This is so much fun! I want to try this and I’m an adult! I will have to try this with some munchkins in my life!
kathy @ countingtoten.com
love this! I have an 11 year old that is totally obsessed with all things science!
Debi@TheSpringMount6Pack
Fun. We always get a kick out of the reaction but never thought to add food dye.
Paula -Growing Up Bilingual
What a fun activity. My little guy would love to do this.