Summer is in full swing and although the sun is scorching, getting the kids outside each day is a necessity. Making cola bombs is not only educational but a tremendous amount of fun. The process can be tricky for small fingers and short legs, but check out this simple trick that keeps the cola in the sky where it belongs!
If you've ever made a soda bomb using Mentos candy, you know that you have only a second or two to run away before the soda explodes like a volcano. There's little chance of getting more than one candy inside the bottle and even though the results are cool, they aren't as cool as these by Jules of Pancakes and French Fries.
She devised a clever method of dropping multiple Mentos into the bottle at the same time using Scotch tape. Her method gives her boys more time to run and her photos can't express their excitement any more!
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I've never done the mento thing, but that is one awesome photo. Well done Jules!
I bought mentos one time that came with a plastic tube for making a soda bomb. The tube had a hole toward the bottom where you could stick a pencil through to keep the mentos from going through the bottom as you lined them up. Once they're loaded up, you pull the pencil out and run. Bam!
Perfect timing! We had plans to do this today anyway!!
There is a great science lesson in this! Teach your kids about escaping gases and tension :)
That looks like a jelly-squid mutant! Love the kid on the right.
Do you have to have kids to do this or can you just be one at heart? :)
If you have to ask, @Rachel...
...then you need this. Now.
Hire some kids for the afternoon, if you have to.
They become quite affordable, if promised 'splosions.
Tetegrondona, you really just need anything that has a lot of surface area (tiny bumps) for its size. If you could get a carbon filter or activated charcoal, that would be great (although it may be TOO big). Even beach sand would work.