GLOWING DRINKABLE BEVERAGES
Did you know that tonic water will glow under a blacklight? We didn’t either. The quinine in the tonic water glows a very cool looking blue color that we really like. If you’re not crazy about the taste of tonic water, try making ice cubes using the tonic water and then add them to a glass of Sprite or another light colored citrus drink. Switch on the blacklight and you have the perfect Halloween beverage. After a few minutes the entire drink will start to glow. (see photo) It works for making glowing Jello as well
MAKE SOME HALLOWEEN SLIME
Slime and Halloween go together like, well, slime and Halloween. Here’s 2 ways to add a little slime to your October.
DO IT YOURSELF SLIME – If you’ve got a little glue and some powdered borax, you can mix up some slime by following the instructions given in the science experiments section.
READY TO GO SLIME KITS – If you want to make LOTS of classic slime as an activity for a party or science lesson, or if you have trouble finding Borax, a kit is the way to go. You can find some great slime making kits.
BUBBLING POTIONS AND JARS
Every mad scientist needs some bubbling potions. While dry ice may be the ultimate bubbling potion, the effect tends to be short-lived, and dry ice can be dangerous around younger Halloween party goers. The solution is a simple aquarium pump. Purchase an inexpensive aquarium pump and some tubing at your local pet store along with a line splitter (if you want more than one bubbling potion.) Set up the pump to send bubbles into various large food jars through the tubes. Add some food coloring, plastic bugs or fake body parts, and you’ve got the sights and sounds of a mad scientists lab that will last all night. For added drama, light up the jars from below using flashlights. You can also create floating eyeballs by drawing an iris and pupil onto ping-pong balls with permanent markers. Make a few that will float around by drilling two very small holes in the ping-pong balls and allowing them to fill with water until they sink.
MAKE HAUNTED HANDS
You need -
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surgical gloves
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twist ties
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craft items and hallowe’en dollar store items (beads, buttons, googly eyes, chopped up straws, craft foam pieces etc.)
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water
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food colouring
To start, drop the items into the hands and we work them down into the fingers of the gloves.
Then fille the hands with water, and holding the glove at the top, I add a few drops of food colouring. Give each glove a a twist and secure it tightly with a twist-tie. You’ll likely have to give them a little shake to distribute the food colour throughout the water evenly. To be safe, you might want to do this over the sink.
Then place the gloves on a cookie sheet and pop the whole thing into the freezer.
A few days later take them out, and to remove the gloves, quickly run the hands under some cold water. Then with a pair of scissors make several cuts in the glove, from the wrist as far down to the fingers without putting too much pressure on the fingers. Then gently slid the glove off the hand and fingers. Take your time and work carefully and gently here so you don’t snap the fingers off
MAKE SOME GHOST BUBBLES
Ghost Bubbles are regular soap bubbles filled with dry ice mist. If you know the secret you can even hold them in your hand without them popping.If you want to make any day better, perhaps the easiest way is to add bubbles to it. We have seen lots of different kinds of bubbles: big bubbles, small bubbles, bubbles that don’t pop, even colored bubbles. But my personal favorite is Ghost Bubbles. They’re not that hard to make and they are great fun to explore…especially at Halloween:
You will need
# A large plastic container with a wide mouth
# A rubber sink sprayer designed to attach to a faucet with the sprayer cut off/removed.(regular wide tubing, 1 cm or wider will work as well)
# Small bowl of bubble solution.
# Warm Water
# Dry Ice – Available at some grocery stores and ice suppliers
# A glove made of fuzzy fibers.
CAUTION!: NEVER touch dry ice with your bare hands.Always wear thick gloves and keep away from children.NEVER place dry ice in a completely enclosed container.
What to do :
Carefully drill a hole towards the top of the container that is just wide enough to fit the tube.Fit the tube into the opening with the wide (faucet end) out as shown in the top picture and secure with tape if needed.Fill the container with warm water about 1/4 full.Drop several pieces of dry ice into the water and cap the container loosely. Dry ice mist should now be coming out of the tube.Dip the end of the tube into the bubble solution and make ghost bubbles! If the mist is coming out too fast, loosen the container cap to adjust the flow.
