Day 4 of Fizzy Fun - Foaming Monsters

One of the great things about blogging, is that when you post something, other bloggers often tell you about something they have done that is somehow related.  This is how we discovered the foaming monsters idea.  Jen from Creative and Curious Kids left a comment on my first Fizzy Fun post about the monsters she made with her girls.  She got the idea from an Usborne Science book.  Monsters foaming at the mouth?  I knew C and R would love the idea!  This is what we did:

Materials:
plastic bottle
craft materials from around the house to decorate: craft foam, googly eyes, etc.
vinegar
dish washing liquid
baking soda
tissue
food coloring

Directions:
C and R began by decorating plastic water bottles with Elmer's 3D paint pens.  Once the paint dried, we used a hot glue gun to attach buttons, googly eyes, and feathers.

C's monster is on the left and R's monster is on the right.

Then we got ready to make the monsters foam at the mouth. 

First, we filled the monster bottles halfway with vinegar.

Next, we added a squirt of dish washing liquid to each bottle.

Then, we added a little food coloring to each bottle and gave it a little swish to mix everything together.

Next, we put 1 tsp of baking soda in the middle of a square piece of tissue and folded it up to keep the baking soda inside. (one for each monster)

Finally, we dropped the tissue full of baking soda inside the monster bottle and waited for it to foam!