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Erupting Easter Eggs

February 18, 2016 by Emma Edwards 7 Comments

Since creating our Frozen Vinegar Rainbow Fish nearly two years ago and our Dinosaur Love Hearts last year, I have been meaning to try out some more bicarbonate of soda and vinegar experiments. With Easter around the corner I thought it was the ideal opportunity to create Erupting Easter Eggs.

Erupting Easter Eggs

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I used Blu Tack to secure plastic Easter Eggs to a tray. Our Easter Eggs were from Poundland, similiar to these on Amazon, and were smaller than what I usually buy.

Plastic Easter Egg sensory fun

I used a teaspoon to add Bicarbonate Of Soda to each egg.

Bicarbonate of soda sensory play

I then filled two containers with Malt Vinegar. Unfortunately this was all I had in the cupboard. At first I gave Adam a Calpol syringe.

Erupting eggs sensory play

As soon as the vinegar touched the bicarbonate of soda it erupted. The effects were instant.

Erupting Easter Eggs

However, Adam struggled to manipulate the syringe and watch the effect of squirting vinegar onto the bicarbonate of soda. I therefore swapped the syringe for a Jumbo Dropper.

Toddler science activity

Although using the Jumbo Dropper resulted in more vinegar going into the Easter Egg it meant our eruptions were bigger.

Bicarbonate of soda and vinegar experiment

 

Adam was fascinated by the effects and listened out for the fizzing sound. He was determined to make the eruptions as big as possible and certainly succeeded.

Vinegar and bicarbonate of soda toddler play

He spent ages squirting the vinegar – a subtle way of developing his fine motor skills. Towards the end of the activity Adam discovered that if he lifted an Easter Egg he could sprinkle the bicarbonate of soda directly onto the vinegar. This mean the eruptions continued inside the tray.

Watch Adam’s reaction to our Erupting Easter Eggs:

Our Erupting Easter Egg activity could be extended in many ways.

* Add food colouring to clear vinegar instead of using Malt Vinegar. I wonder what colour combinations could be made.

* Hide objects inside each egg for your little one to discover once the bicarbonate of soda has finished erupting. Hide letters to see what words they can form or numbers and create simple number sentences.

* Add food colouring to the bicarbonate of soda to make colourful eruptions.

There are so many possibilities for erupting fun using just two household items!

Easter Kindergarten

Click on the links below for more Easter inspired Kindergarten fun!

Easter Egg Sight Word Read and Cover Game by Simple Fun for Kids

Plastic Egg Hunt Letter Recognition  from Something 2 Offer

Plastic Egg Stacker: STEM Challenge from Our Whimsical Days

Easter Stories for Kindergarten by Kidz Activities

Cheerful and Easy Easter Themed Snack Mix by Crafty Mama in ME

Easter Sensory Bottles by Play & Learn Every Day

Easter Pre-Writing Handwriting Activity from Sugar Aunts

Religious Easter Coloring Pages:  Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading  

Resurrection Eggs by Squiggles and Bubbles

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: Cupboard Resources, Fine Motor Activities, Science, Sensory Play Activities, Super quick set up, Toddler play

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  1. Emma says

    February 19, 2016 at 2:06 am

    Erupting things are so much fun! I never thought to try it in Easter eggs though!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      February 19, 2016 at 7:11 am

      The Easter Eggs made a wonderful container to hold the bicarbonate of soda!

      Reply
  2. Tina says

    February 23, 2016 at 11:42 am

    I love this idea! Great science activity

    Reply
  3. Sharon says

    February 23, 2016 at 1:15 pm

    What fun! Kids love baking soda and vinegar science! Visiting from #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
  4. Karen Bell says

    February 23, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    We love eruptions. This is a lovely way to have fun at easter.
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
  5. becky says

    March 2, 2016 at 1:23 pm

    This is awesome Emma! Your so clever at thinking up these ideas! We will definitely give this a try! #LetKidsBeKids (sorry for my late comment)

    Reply
  6. Shannon says

    March 2, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Such a fun idea! my son loves these type of experiments. Thanks for allowing me to share in my Easter Roundup

    Reply

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