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Make a non-toxic lava lamp at ...

Posted by Carl on Jan 6th, 2009
This is one of our most popular do at home activities! With just a few items from your kitchen you can create a bubbling version of a lava lamp. To get started gather up some vegetable oil, water, food coloring, a plastic bottle and some effervescing (the bubbling...

How to make Slime...

Posted by Carl on Jan 5th, 2009
Here is our recipe for slime. This polymer goo is similar to flubber and just as much fun. Try making both to see how changing the amounts of ingredients can make a huge change in the end produce. Just be sure you don’t dispose of it down your sink or you will...

The Amazing expanding bar of s...

Posted by Carl on Jan 5th, 2009
Who would have thought that soap could be so much fun? Not only does Ivory soap float in water, but if you heat it in a microwave it will expand into a mass of soap about three times larger than the bar. This experiment also generates some strong soapy smells –...

How to make a shrunken head...

How to make a shrunken head
Posted by Carl on Dec 30th, 2008
Making a shrunken head for Halloween is fun and it only takes a few items to get started. To create a shrunken head you need just a few items. Gather up an apple, granny smith, red delicious, whatever, pretty much any apple will work. The basic steps for making a...
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