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Jello Eruptions

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Today I’m sharing how to make Jell-o Eruptions! This experiment was inspired by Fun-a-Day.

To start, I used these ingredients:

ingredients

I poured Jell-o and baking soda into a bowl and let my little ones mix them together. I did not use any measurements, but just poured all the Jell-o in and sprinkled in probably a half cup of baking soda.

stirring

Then we simply poured vinegar into the mixture and watched it erupt!

Wes

It is a typical reaction with baking soda/vinegar, but the Jell-o made the pretty colors and also made the room smell really great!

jello eruptions!

Jello Eruptions!

We also tried this using an ice cube tray. It was fun to watch it erupt!

jello eruptions

Our last experiment was with this hourglass from Gummylump. The pictures don’t do justice to show how cool it was! You could see the bubbles getting bigger and bigger in the bottom part of the hourglass and eventually pushing their way over the top! It was quite exciting!

Jello Eruptions!

Jello Eruptions!

You can tell that my son was thoroughly enjoying this experiment!

Jello Eruptions!

We also tried mixing colors together and just playing with the mixture.

jello eruptions

Anything that’s messy is always fun!

messyplay

If you’re looking for more fizzy fun, you can check out these 5 experiments we did with baking soda.

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  1. Sarah says
    October 19, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Very cool Angels! He looks so excited!
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  2. Sarah says
    October 19, 2013 at 11:15 am

    Sorry Angela with an ‘a” not an ‘s’
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  3. Emma says
    October 19, 2013 at 5:02 pm

    This is awesome! I love the idea of adding gelatin to the vinegar and baking soda (maybe it’ll take away some of that vinegar smell?). Your son looks like he’s having a blast!
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