It's easy to make your own Christmas tree food or preservative to keep the needles on tree all season long.
Holiday Science
Use redox chemistry to make beautiful homemade silver ornaments. This is a perfect project for the holidays.
Mirrored Silver Ornaments Chemistry Project
It's easy to make safe smoke bombs. No cooking is needed, plus you'll learn how to customize the recipe to ensure maximum safety.
How to Make Safe Smoke Bombs With No Cooking Required
Pop Its belong to a class of novelty fireworks or toys called bang snaps. The snaps go by many names, including poppers, party snaps, bang snaps, snappers, throwdowns, Pop Its, and Snap-Its. Pop Its are noisemakers that don’t cause physical damage when they pop, even if used in a person’s […]
How Do Pop Its Work? Chemistry of Bang Snaps
Make a colored smoke bomb using an organic dye. The dye vaporizes to release the color.
How to Make a Colored Smoke Bomb
Customize the classic slime recipe by making green leprechaun slime to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The slime isn’t sticky, so it won’t work as a leprechaun trap, but the vibrant green color may lure them close. It’s a fun holiday chemistry project for kids of all ages. Materials Leprechaun slime […]
Green Leprechaun Slime for St. Patrick’s Day
Try one of these corny and cute chemistry pick up lines on your crush. You're sure to set the stage for chemical attraction!
Cute Chemistry Pick Up Lines
Fireworks season is just around the corner (no matter what time of year it is). Here are some tips for lighting your fireworks without blowing yourself up or setting your self, yard, or neighbors on fire. You can Google “firework accidents” and see videos of all the things that can […]
How To Light Fireworks Safely
A chemistree is a festive and educational holiday decoration. There are several ways to make a chemistree, so no matter what materials you have, you can celebrate the season with chemistry! Chemistry Glassware Chemistree If you have access to a laboratory, a glassware chemistree is stunning. The basic idea is […]