Build Your Own Lava Lamp Online

Lava lamps are both mesmerising and beautiful to look at and in this daily dose we re going to make our own.

Build your own lava lamp online.

Add tip ask question comment download. The alcohol and oil used in this lamp are flammable and must be treated with care when heating them to get the lava moving. Make this lamp only with adult supervision. It will sink slowly beneath the oil layer creating lots of bubbles.

Your kids will have fun making them and they will be getting a science lesson. Follow these simple steps to make your very own lava lamp. Commercial lava lamps use a proprietary combination of melted waxes. Here is some science vocabulary worth knowing for this.

Watch what happens to the water with your kids. I ll show you two different ways to make your la. To view written instructions for this project see the make an alka seltzer powered lava lamp page at science buddies. Lava lamps demonstrate liquid density which is the phenomenon where less dense liquids float atop more dense liquids.

This activity is interesting because rising gas bubbles carry big drops. Grab a clean plastic or glass container from your recycle bin. Fill the bottle two thirds full of oil. Children should show an adult these instructions and ask for help and not attempt this on their own.

When the bubbles have stopped dribble a couple drops of food coloring into the bottle. Put on some jimi hendrix and get to work. Add tip ask question comment download. Now your kids can make their own lava lamps with common household items and a staple from your bathroom cabinet.