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Making a Homemade Lava Lamp

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

 

Disclosure: I have partnered with Gummylump.com and I received products to use in my post as a result of this relationship.ย 

Everyone loves weird science activities, right?! I had the privilege on Monday to guest blog at Gummylump.com about a weird science activity for part of their summer camp at home series. Check out our fizzy experiment! It was one we’ll be doing over and over again!

Weird Science A Fizzy Experiment

Today I’m sharing another weird science activity. This time we’re exploring water and oil to make homemade lava lamps!

Making a Homemade Lava Lamp

Here’s what we used:

*Spill-proof cup from Melissa and Doug

*cold water

*oil

*salt

*food coloring

When I got these spill proof paint cups, I knew we could use them for more than just painting!! I thought we could coordinate the color of the liquid with the color of the lid to practice colors. To make it even more fun, I thought we would explore water and oil. So to begin, we filled each cup three-quarters of the way with cold water. Then we stirred in the food coloring. mixing colors for homemade lava lamp

Next we added about an inch of oil. We watched the bubbles form as we mixed the two ingredients together.

Homemade Lava Lamp

Touching the bubbles!

bubbles

Then we poured in some salt. Since the oil is lighter than water, it rises to the top. Salt is heaver than both water and oil, so it sinks. As it passes through the oil layer, it picks up blobs of oil and sticks to them temporarily as it passes through, which makes the bubbles. Then it releases and the oil floats to the top.

salt

Homemade Lava Lamp Experiment

Homemade Lava Lamp

Exploring Oil and Water

This was a neat experiment and Troy enjoyed observing how oil and water always stay a part from each other.

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  1. Misty@Mimi's House says
    July 12, 2013 at 1:30 am

    This looks like so much fun! I’m “pinning” it for later ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Catherine says
    July 12, 2013 at 6:51 am

    This is a great experiment for a topic that I’m doing on water in a few weeks – thank you for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚
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  3. crystal says
    July 13, 2013 at 6:33 pm

    Looks like a fun time! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Momma Jo says
    July 14, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    That is super cool!!! I am pinning this

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  5. Hannah says
    July 15, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    I love my child’s excitement for life!!!

    Reply
  6. Aadel says
    July 17, 2013 at 10:54 am

    Very cool! My kids love silly science experiments like this – I’m going to show them tonight!

    Reply

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    July 18, 2013 at 9:04 am

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