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Supplies:
- Clean, clear jar with lid
- Thin glow stick
- Scissors
- Table covering or tray
- Glitter (optional)
Directions:
- With a grown-up's help, cut the tip off the glow stick.
- Place the open end of the glow stick in the jar and shake it back and forth so that it splatters. Turn the jar as you splatter.
- Add a small pinch of glitter, sprinkling onto the sides of the jar where the splatters are.
- Cover with lid and take into a very dark room.
Fireflies are not flies but beetles and do exist in Colorado! They hang out by permanent water sources like ponds, lakes, and streams.
Watch this project at: https://youtu.be/LRNWJVQRFYw
Supplies:
- Embroidery or regular thread
- Piece of cotton fabric or item made of cotton
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Sharpie or other dark marker
Directions:
- Using a sharpie, mark dots on your fabric which will guide you as you sew your design.
- Thread your needle by pushing thread through the eye of the needle. Make a knot at the end of your piece of thread.
- Start on the wrong side of your fabric or on the inside of your item, and push the needle up through the fabric through your starting dot. Bring all the thread through, slowly, making sure the thread doesn't tangle.
- Go to the next dot in your design and push the needle down through that dot, bringing all the thread through again.
- Continue until your first design is complete. Finish your design by weaving your needle through the thread on the wrong side of the fabric several times, making a couple loops so the thread will be secure. Cut the thread.
- Re-thread for the next design or continue if you have enough thread on your needle.
- Enjoy your original design!
Watch this project at: https://youtu.be/5tX-0F2bAsA
Supplies:
- Baking soda (1/3 c.)
- Vinegar
- Small bowl
- Golf ball or other small ball that sinks and doesn't float
- Tray
- Paper towels
- Warm water (1 cup)
- Plastic wrap
- Food coloring
Directions:
- Put a golf ball in a small bowl. Cover both the ball and bowl with plastic wrap, making sure the wrap hangs out over the edge. Push the plastic wrap down around the ball.
- Mix a third cup baking soda into one cup of warm water and add food coloring. Mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the small bowl and over and around the golf ball. Make sure you cover the ball with the baking soda/water mixture. You may need to spoon in some of the baking soda that sits at the bottom of the bowl of warm water.
- Place the bowl in a flat place in the freezer. Freeze for at least 4 hrs.
- When frozen solid, place the bowl in warm water so the ice comes loose. Place on a tray and lift the volcano out of the bowl. Pry out the golf ball with a spoon and carefully remove the plastic wrap.
- Spoon on some vinegar and watch the icy volcano. This project is fun to do outside.
- Refreeze your volcano for another day, if there's anything left.