Nicolas's Seventh Mad Scientist Birthday Party

Nicolas had his seventh BIG birthday party.  He had a mad scientist birthday party and the kids got googles, lab coat, disappearing ink pen and pad of paper (that was the winner right there), test tubes with candy and a chocolate lab rat.  It was really fun with only a few hiccups.  First I didn't think about the dry ice solidifying the jello in the containers on the table--I should have just used plain colored water.  So our stuff stopped smoking.  😟  And then my sisters were late because of the road construction so our experiments were really rushed.  The kids loved them though!! We did kid friendly elephant toothpaste, carbon sugar snake, Hot ice (that didn't work) and then really cool slime that changed colors with heat.  The slime had all sorts of things in it like foaming hand soap and baby oil and shaving cream and it really was the best slime ever!  Here's the link to the recipe: https://playandgo.com.au/index.php/make-fluffy-slime-best-fluffy-slime-recipe-australia/
And the recipe in case the link dies--but the site really does have some good info!

• Elmer’s School Glue White 225ml bottle
• Approx. 6 teaspoons of Borax solution (made from 1 teaspoon of Borax mixed with 1 cup of warm water)
• Approx. 1 cup shaving foam
• Approx. 1/2 cup foaming hand soap
• Approx. 15 pumps of body lotion
• 1 Tablespoon Baby Oil
• 2 Tablespoons cornflour
• Washable Kid’s Paint – we use the Crayola brand and we loved this Neon Colours pack pictured below.

And I added thermochromic powder as well.  That's the part that went REALLY crazy!  I didn't add enough borax at first and we had too goopy of slime everywhere!!  Good thing kids had on lab coats because that would have to have been washed out of their clothes.  But we got it right by the end and my kids played with their amount for weeks afterwards.  Then we had cake and punch with sherbet and one last experiment of making a pickle glow.  The kids really did have a great time.   Note to myself though--I tried to fit in too much.  Nicolas loved it though!!

After we went to the park and had a hotdog roast at the park with cousins.  An after party party.  That was fun too!