Materials needed: Bottle or Jar, Vegetable Oil, Water, Food Coloring, Alka-Seltzer Tablets
Instructions:
Fill 1/4 of the bottle with water.
Add any color food coloring. We did red to look like lava and then made a blue one.
Fill the rest of the bottle with Vegetable Oil.
Allow it to settle for about five minutes.
The water and oil should be completely separated with the oil on top. The bottles should look something like this. For the red bottle I ran out of Vegetable Oil, you can fill them almost to the top.
Fill the rest of the bottle with Vegetable Oil.
Allow it to settle for about five minutes.
The water and oil should be completely separated with the oil on top. The bottles should look something like this. For the red bottle I ran out of Vegetable Oil, you can fill them almost to the top.
- Next break a Alka-Seltzer tablet and half and just drop them in.
- Enjoy your lava lamp!
- For a cooler effect turn off the lights and put a light under it. :)
Did you really make that?
ReplyDeleteAlso, what can you use as a substitute for alka- seltzer? Will salt work?
DeleteYes, we really made that. Sorry I don't check this blog very often anymore. I'm not sure on any other substitutions, but the alka-seltzer really worked!
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