Ocean in a Bottle

 

We have been having so much fun in the LAB lately! Together we all mix crazy potions, create new colors and even planting some new plants! This is definitely going to be a well loved part of the house!

We took some empty test tubes in to the kitchen and filled them with all kind of good things! Corn Syrup, Oil, Salt, Sugar, etc. 

*NOTE**

TARGET DOLLAR SPOT HAS SCIENCE STUFF IN IT, LIKE THE TEST TUBES, Beakers, goggles etc.!!

Now it was time for some serious work! She wanted to do something with the baby oil we had found in the bathroom clean out! Since we have no babies in the house anymore it was all hers! I asked her if she wanted to make a little part of the ocean, so that she could keep it on her desk and she was all for it. I typed out all she would need and and the instructions and let her have at it!

She popped on her goggles (you never know if mixing things together could form something that would fizz a bit high!) and got quickly to work! She was absolutely stunned with the outcome. The boys were excited to make their own as well. 

I absolutely adore fun, educational things that we can all work on together! We laughed, learned and best of all spent time together!

What You Need:

 Water, Clear Bottle, Blue Food Coloring, Baby or Vegetable Oil (I liked the clarity of baby oil better).

WHAT TO DO:
Fill bottle 1/3 of the way with water.
Add in 3-4 drops of food coloring (or whatever coloring you want).
Fill rest of the way with oil.

**OPTIONAL**
Add in Shells, Sand, alphabet beads or miniatures for an eye-spy bottle!

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Rainy Days

Rainy Days have us inside coloring and creating! Puddle walk later as it warms up! What are you up to on Rainy Days?

Water Play!

 

 My daughter was working a car wash for her school and of course it gets all kids wanting to play in the water, rather than wash cars! I knew just the activity for them once we got home, off to the water table we went!  I filled some squeeze bottles with water (Hobby Lobby .71!) and put a couple drops of food coloring into each and it became a mixing station! Colors were made, soup was created and an all around good time was had! I was sure to put them in play clothes and as far as the water table we used, it was one that we picked up at a rummage sale for 2.00! So needless to say, it's the perfect base for getting creative and colorful!! It's amazing how an ordinary and fun water table becomes an absolute blast for more hours than before.

After packing up all the water toys last year, I knew that this year I wanted to go with something different and fun for the table. I decided to fill it with 'toys' that are ordinarily found in our rubbish bins or in the kitchen! I picked up measuring cups, eye droppers, measuring spoons, scoops and funnels, pitchers etc. all at tag sales and thrift shops! We bought a pack of sponges at the dollar store and cut 1 of them up into strips for them to use too! Jars and yogurt cups and soap bottles rounded it off and now they want to be out there non stop! The best part, is that it really encourages imaginative play with a little math snuck in! Today I heard:
Gabriel: Autumn, let's make some soup!
Autumn: YEAH! WE need 1 cup of soup
Gabriel: No 1/2 a cup, so we need to get rid of 1/2
Roman: I mix it mix it!
Autumn: Gabriel add 1 small spoonful of purple water (MOM! What is 1 small spoonful called)
Mom: 1 Teaspoon

And on and on it went! So much fun!

What do you do with your water table?