Food Science – St. Patrick’s Day Themed

This week is Girl Scout Week, where we celebrate the birthday of Girl Scouts by participating in different activities each day. I love being a part of Girl Scouts, and being a leader for my daughters.

One of the activities to choose this week was to do a food science activity.

I found an activity for “Leprechaun Sand” that looked fun, simple, and I had all the ingredients on hand. PLUS, it is holiday themed, so MOM WIN!!!

You can find the original post here along with fun questions to ask the kids during and after the experiment.

Warning: This activity is really messy. And you do use green food coloring, which stains. So I recommend washing hands immediately following your fun with the sand!!

You will need:

baking soda

vinegar

green food coloring

droppers

a baking pan (with sides to keep the liquid in)

aprons or play clothes

First, pour out the baking soda into the pan. We used A LOT and probably could have used more! Add the vinegar to a bowl or cup and add the food coloring. Use the droppers to slowly add vinegar to the baking soda.

(This took a REALLY long time, so eventually I just slowly poured the vinegar over the baking soda). Don’t use too much though, you want the mixture thick enough to play with. That’s what make the “Sand!”

The girls had a lot of fun with this and it was very easy for me to set up!

Mom approved!!