Baking Soda Science Experiments for Kids

Exploding Pumpkin!

February 26, 2025October 23, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Lately Livia has been regressing. It is a pattern that I have gotten all too familiar with — 2 weeks forward, 1 week back. So this afternoon when a quick activity was needed I could not think of anything more fun and engaging to do than a simple sensory science activity. As an added bonus it is blue which got Meatball super excited! We had a blast with this volcano pumpkin experiment!

This Exploding Pumpkin Experiment is super neat! Can't wait to do it with the kids!

We found these white pumpkins at our local grocer for insanely cheap. I picked up a couple of them to do our Teal Pumpkins for FARE, but by the time we were done decorating those we still had a couple left. I had seen different versions of this science experiment on a couple different sites such as Little Bins for Little Hands and Growing a Jeweled Rose and figured this would be a fantastic way to have some fun before decorating another pumpkin!

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Frozen Stars

March 6, 2025September 4, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Stars

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Frozen Stars –MAN that’s a mouthful! The things our kids can come up with when you let their imaginations run wild! This month we have been working on shapes with Meatball and for some reason or another, the one he is having difficulty recognizing are the stars. Whenever he is shown a star, he labels it as a triangle. I suppose they are made up of a bunch of triangles, so on some level the confusion does make sense.

This sensory bin made from taste safe moon sand and frozen baking soda stars was used to explore a variety of different stars to try to reinforce the shape through conversation and play.

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Stars

This bin is also a hodge-podge of a bunch of Meatballs favorite things right now. Cars…we can never get enough of those. Construction — Good Night, Good Night, Construction site is a go everywhere with us favorite (we even made a sensory bin to go with it). Anything and everything Outer Space, hence the moon sand. And of course dirt, mud, sticky, ooey-gooey messes.

Exploding Dinosaur Mud!

February 26, 2025February 16, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Fizzing Dinosaur Eggs and Exploding Mud!

Exploding Dinosaur Mud: Science Experiments with bi-carb ROAR! These dinosaurs are stuck in the mud! They need a magic potion to set them free from their lava rocks!

Fizz, bubble, and pop—your child will have a blast freeing dinosaurs from the sticky mud!

Fizzing Dinosaur Eggs and Exploding Mud!
This simple yet hugely exciting science activity will have your budding Paleontologist enthralled as the rocks burst open when exposed to the magic solution.

To make our rocks we used the same materials that we have used for our Love Potion #9, with a slight twist. Making these magical rocks is incredibly easy {so easy your kids can help} and a lot of fun…always a bonus for busy parents right?

Love Potion Number 9: Sensory Science Experiment

February 26, 2025January 25, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Love Potion #9 Sensory Science Experiment

Who can’t use a little extra love chemistry in their lives? Especially when you have young kids…you know what I mean, don’t you!? Why not grab some basic ingredients out of your kitchen and set up this fun sensory-play Love Potion #9 Chemistry Experiment to get your kids exploring and thinking about the people in their lives!

This is a super fun activity to add into any Valentine’s Day Learning unit!
Love Potion is created with two main ingredients — Magic Love Powder and Liquid Love…