Sidewalk paint rockets, colored carnations, fizzy water, bobbing raisins, balloon rockets and more! This collection of easy science experiments for kids is a great way to spark curiosity and creativity during the summer months off of school!
My kids LOVE doing little science experiments. They could do them all afternoon…ok who am I kidding? I am the one who loves doing them and have brainwashed my children along the way. I remember doing a few as a kid with basic kitchen ingredients that we always had. It was so fun showing my kids the same experiments and watching their faces light up! We’ve learned some new ones over the years and thought it would be fun to share some of our favorites. {I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear some that you have done. Leave me a comment and we will try them too!}
Freaked Out Pepper
This is the one I did all the time when I was little. Who doesn’t have dish soap and pepper on hand at all times? It’s a quick and easy little experiment for the kids.
Easy Science Experiments for Kids: DIY Gummy Candy
Bobbing Raisins
Easy Science Experiments For Kids: Rocket Balloon
String up your straw. Sometimes adding a little piece of tape on the end of the string helps thread the straw easier.
Hold an inflated balloon against the straw (do not tie off balloon, just hold it)
Fizzing Colors
Baking soda and vinegar is nothing new, but Kaylee came up to me the other day and said, “Can I do an experiment by myself?” The first thing I thought of was mixing some colors with vinegar and baking soda. It’s easy, quick and simple for little ones to do.
She added a drop of food coloring into each cup and a small scoop of baking soda.
Then she added a tablespoon of vinegar and watched the reaction.
“This is SO cool!” She loved it and kept adding small amounts of vinegar and baking soda to keep the reaction going over and over and over.
Easy Science Experiments for Kids: Creating Colors
Kaylee had so much fun with the previous “experiment” that we kept going. With just water and food coloring.
Wondering what she is wearing around her neck? She was pretending to be a puppy and made herself a collar with an old navy tag and a piece of ribbon 🙂
In each cup she added two drops of food coloring in different colors. Then some water to see what new color was created.
Again, she was totally mesmerized! I just love kids!! It’s so fun to see her reactions and the joy she finds in the every day things we take for granted.
Colored Carnations
In this post we’ll share how to color carnations with water!
Easy Science Experiments for Kids: Sidewalk Paint Rockets!
Click here to see what Alka Seltzer and Cornstarch can do!
Super Science Kit
This would be a fun summer activity for kids to do as well! You can find all of the fun science experiments I included in the gift, as well as the pdf file for the recipe cards, on my Super Science Kit post.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
We do one all the time that is like a combination of the pepper experiment and the food coloring one… Drop a few drops of food coloring of different colors in a shallow saucer of milk (place the drops separately so the colors don’t mix). Put a small drop of dish soap on the end of a toothpick. Touch the soapy end of the toothpick in the center of the food color drops and watch the colors swirl like magic! The dish soap breaks the surface tension where it touches the milk, similar to the pepper experiment, which makes the stronger surface tension in the surrounding liquid pull the pepper/food coloring over to it.
Thank you! I think the kids would love to try that one. They had friends over tonight and were doing some experiments. We’ll definitely add this one to our list!
What a fun-tastic idea, especially something fun (and education) to do during the summer break … can you share your kit cards with us?
grace
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Hi Grace!
Here is a pdf file of the cards that I used in the super science kit. They aren’t anything special or any certain size. I just cut out the recipes and mounted them on cardstock and laminated them. Feel free to use them if you’d like.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1m2SR4aI1ThTURGaVAycUx5T2s/edit?usp=sharing
Hi! I’d love to do the fizzy color experiment with my students, and wanted to know if I could use your pictures in a PPT presentation that shows the directions to my visual learners. I look forward to hearing from you!
Yes, Kasey. Feel free. Thanks for asking!
Great ideas! I’d love to try some of these with my kiddos! 🙂 Lisa
These are great! Pinning! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
You’re one cool Mom Brandy. The kids must have an absolute ball trying all these experiments and they’re learning in such a fun way too. Have they made monster toothpaste yet? If I remember correctly you need the liquid hydrogen peroxide, water, dishwashing soap, green food coloring and a packet of dry yeast. Put all the wet stuff in a soda bottle and then add the yeast and watch how the “toothpaste” literally expands and spills from the bottle.
We haven’t heard of that one before! We tried a different hydrogen peroxide/dish soap one, but didn’t have the right strength of peroxide, apparently, so it didn’t do much. I have a feeling this one will work better with the yeast! I love that all of these require just basic household ingredients. The kids will love trying this, thanks!!