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Magic Snowballs
Make and play with magic snowballs, the only indoor snowballs that fizzle and pop when you drop them in vinegar!
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Activity Length
20
minutes
minutes
Supplies
2
cups
baking soda
(or one 16 oz box)
1/2
cup
water
vinegar
food coloring
dish soap
(optional)
Instructions
Freeze the baking soda for an hour or more.
Place the baking soda in a large bowl and stir in half a cup of water. Mix until thoroughly combined. Mixture should resemble wet snow.
Dump the snow onto a
baking sheet
or play area. Make snowballs or build snowmen!
Fill
tall glasses
a third of the way full of vinegar. Add a drop of food coloring to each glass.
Drop snowballs in the glasses of vinegar and watch them fizzle and pop!
For a dense, foamy effect, add a squirt of dish soap to the vinegar before dropping the snowballs in.
Activity by
EYT