Homemade Lava Lamps

So we found this fun idea to make homemade lava lamps and my kids absolutely loved it.  Here is the recipe if you are interested. 

*Water

*A clear plastic bottle

*Vegetable oil

*Food coloring

*Alka-Seltzer (or other tablets that fizz)

Instructions:

-Pour water into the plastic bottle until it is around one quarter full (you might want to use a funnel when filling the bottle so you don't spill anything).

-Pour in vegetable oil until the bottle is nearly full.

-Wait until the oil and water have separated.

-Add around a dozen drops of food coloring to the bottle (choose any color you like).

-Watch as the food coloring falls through the oil and mixes with the water.

-Cut an Alka-Seltzer tablet into smaller pieces (around 5 or 6) and drop one of them into the bottle, things should start getting a little crazy, just like a real lava lamp!

-When the bubbling stops, add another piece of Alka-Seltzer and enjoy the show!

It was pretty fun watching how excited the boys got after putting their tablet into the bottle and started watching the bubbles form.  They did it over and over again. 

The fun thing about these lamps is that you can play with them over and over and over again.  You just need lots of the tablets and the fun continues.  

Little Owen had fun watching from his little bumbo chair.  Aww.. look at this cute little face.  He just melts my heart!