How to Make a Lava Lamp

Making a lava lamp at home is easy and fun!  We have done this activity a few times, and it never fails to WOW my girls....all while exploring a bit of Science.

Make a Lava Lamp

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Lava Lamp Materials (affiliate links provided)

• A jar or similar container
• Alka Seltzer (generic brands work great)
• Baby oil
• Water
• Food coloring

How-To

• Fill the jar you are using 3/4 of the way with baby oil, and then add water until the jar is almost full but not all the way filled.  Then add several drops of food coloring

• Then wait for things to settle.  The food coloring will mix into the water and settle at the bottom after a few moments.  Once the water is settled it is time to make the lava lamp bubble and FIZZ

• Have little ones break Alka Seltzer tablets into pieces and slowly drop them in.  They can add more or less to create different effects.  

So incredibly FUN!

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Rosie and Jewel added so much Alka Seltzer that the lava lamp started to fizzle over.  The girls thought that was the coolest thing!

Make A Lava Lamp

SUPER Simple Fun!

A Few Tips:  You can find generic Alka Seltzer at the Dollar Tree.  You may want to keep paper towels close by in case your kids add a lot of Alka Seltzer at once like Rosie and Jewel did.  You can also keep the lava lamp set up and return to the fun later.  We still have ours.

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