How to Make a Snow Volcano
Kids Snow Volcano Experiment
If you’re bored with the kids, go outside and make a snow volcano using vinegar! It’s fun to mix up the ingredients and watch the reaction! You can make a bunch of erupting volcanos in different colors all over your yard, how cool!
Gather your winter wonderland ingredients: fresh snow, baking soda, dish soap, vinegar, and some food coloring. Now, let’s create a snow-volcano that’s about to blow its top! First, scoop that snow into a volcano shape. Then, dig out a tiny crater in the middle and plop in a cup.
Pack the snow around the cup, making sure your volcano is stable and ready for liftoff! Next, add a spoonful of baking soda, a dash of dish soap, and a few drops of food coloring to the cup. It’s time to bring this volcano to life!
Grab your trusty squeeze bottle of vinegar and get ready for the eruption! Squeeze that vinegar into the cup, and watch as the baking soda, vinegar, and dish soap mix together in a fizzing, foaming frenzy! The “lava” will start to rise and flow over the sides of the cup. Want to make it erupt again? Just squeeze some more vinegar and enjoy the show!
After it soaks in the snow it leaves beautiful colors! Also check out our snow paint recipe!
Snow Volcano Experiment
Materials
- Fresh snow
- Scoop
- cup
- 2-3 tbsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. dish soap
- Squeeze bottle of vinegar
- Food coloring desired colors
- Spoon
Instructions
- Scoop snow into a volcano shape.
- Scoop out a small area in the middle and place a cup in the center.
- Pack the snow around the cup, re-forming the volcano shape.
- Add baking soda to the cup.
- Add dish soap to the cup.
- Drop a few drops of food coloring in the cup.
- Using the squeeze bottle squeeze vinegar into the cup. The baking soda/vinegar/dish soap will react, start to rise, and flow over the sides of the cup!
- Squeeze more vinegar to see if the volcano will continue to react.
