My girls love making lava lamps so much that I wanted to create something more hands on. We decided to do this one on the light panel for a fun effect... it does not have to be done this way.
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| The Invitation |
A container of water.
Oil
Food Coloring or Liquid Watercolors
Straw
Wooden Skewer
We also had paper towels on hand.
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| Adding Oil |
The oil will float on top because it is less dense than the water. It will also create pockets or "bubbles" of oil and water.
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| Adding liquid watercolors to an oil bubble. |
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| Liquid water color bubbles. |
The colored bubbles will start to sink...
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| Popping the colored bubbles. |
Or you can pop them!
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| Popped color bubbles. |
After you pop the colored bubbles it will create an explosion of color.
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| Color Mixing |
You can also color mix. This works GREAT if you start with primary colors.
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| Color mixing. |
Here my oldest started with red... then added blue to create purple explosions. So cool!
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| More color mixing. |
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| Blowing bubbles with a straw. |
For a fun added effect they also blew their own bubbles with a straw.
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