Build Your Own Lava Lamp Online

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Build your own lava lamp online.

Watch what happens to the water with your kids. I ll show you two different ways to make your la. This activity is interesting because rising gas bubbles carry big drops. Fill the bottle two thirds full of oil.

When the bubbles have stopped dribble a couple drops of food coloring into the bottle. Make this lamp only with adult supervision. Put on some jimi hendrix and get to work. Now your kids can make their own lava lamps with common household items and a staple from your bathroom cabinet.

Lava lamps demonstrate liquid density which is the phenomenon where less dense liquids float atop more dense liquids. Add tip ask question comment download. Add tip ask question comment download. Lava lamps are both mesmerising and beautiful to look at and in this daily dose we re going to make our own.

To view written instructions for this project see the make an alka seltzer powered lava lamp page at science buddies. Make your own lava lamp. Children should show an adult these instructions and ask for help and not attempt this on their own. Today i m going to show you how to make your very own lava lamp with just a few simple ingredients.

Then add water until there s around an inch remaining at the top. It will sink slowly beneath the oil layer creating lots of bubbles. Your kids will have fun making them and they will be getting a science lesson. Commercial lava lamps use a proprietary combination of melted waxes.