DIY {volcano}

Biggest recently became very interested in volcanoes, so I thought it would be fun to make one. We used a bowl as the base shape, covered it in plastic wrap, then paper mached it. Once the paper mache was dry the boys painted it. After the paint dried, I put a few coats of Mod Podge on it so it would last longer for lots of eruptions. We used a water bottle for the “lava” container. To make the lava I put baking soda, a bit of dish soap and red food coloring in the bottle. Then to make it “erupt” we poured in vinegar. It was a fun process, but Biggest was a bit disappointed that the lava poured out instead of exploding into the trees. He was hoping for a REALLY big eruption…a bit of let down, but he still plays with it nonetheless. Oh yea, before the initial eruption he had to put all the dinosaurs around the volcano because evidently that is how all the dinosaurs died….

Guess who found his feet…and is quite fond of them!