Chemistry 101...

Grandma Nette is always prepared.

No matter what the situation, she is ready.

That even goes for a week long Spring Break with 3 boys!

She was ready for us with many activities, plans and yes,

science projects.

This is right up Cody's ally!

The first project we took on was Volcanoes.

We started with the salt dough. This will be used to build up the sides of our Volcanoes. I love Crew in this picture. He thinks he is one of the big boys for sure! 

Helping the boys build up the sides around the water bottles.

Cody was very hands on.  Landen...not so much!

Finally Landen gave it a try.

But didn't really like it. Didn't want to get his hands all messy. Whatever?

Just the smell of the salt dough brought back so many memories. My Mom was always making salt dough for us, and she was always using it to make ornaments, bowls, decorative tops for jars, all kinds of stuff. She would sell it at craft shows.  Craft shows! Man, that really takes me back! lol My Mom could do a whole post just on that and all the crazy stuff she would sell! 

Letting the Volcanoes dry. Crew checking it all out!

After the Volcanoes dried Cody & G-ma painted them.

The next day it was time for the chemistry part!  Grandma had a recipe that she got online. A cool chemical reaction that would happen after mixing the solution with the baking soda.

Success! The Volcano erupted!

Now it was Cody's turn.

Again...we have success!

The next project we took on was...

SLIME!

Do any of you remember GAK?
Well, if you do the slime we made was the same exact thing.
It was really easy to make and pretty cool!
I loved Gak as a kid.
I can't believe I paid money for it, but hey I was 10 or so! :)
  We made green and blue slime.
Again, Landen was not down with getting his hands dirty.
So weird to me, since he will play out in the mud and other gunk.
But Cody enjoyed the whole process and had fun with his SLIME!