PORTLAND, Ore — If you're a parent stuck at home with your kids, by this point, you may feel like you've tried everything to entertain them. You also might have spent so much time in your house that you're sick of every single piece of decor.
So why not have your kids try to make a new decoration for the living room?
Ok, admittedly, this might not be exactly what you want on display for years to come (you might want a lava lamp not made out of a water bottle for that, just a guess). But this one will at least be fun to make, and teach your kids some fun science lessons!
This tutorial comes from Science Fun, a site that has tons of kid science experiments for your time at home.
Here's what you need for this lava lamp experiment:
- A clean plastic bottle with smooth sides
- Water
- Vegetable Oil (you can also use mineral or baby oil if that's what you have instead)
- Fizzing tablets (such as Alka Seltzer)
- Food coloring
Watch the video below to see the experiment in action, and learn how it works!
Cassidy Quinn is the host of Tonight With Cassidy on KGW. But right now, like many of you, she is working from home, trying to focus on the happier things going on in the world. She's not a kid, but since she's definitely a kid at heart, she loves kid projects like this one. Tonight With Cassidy is currently on hiatus, but you can watch previous segments from the show here, and follow Cassidy on Twitter @CassidyQuinn.