If you mix dry ice and water, you can make fog come out of a carved pumpkin. That’s great if you have dry ice, but it’s not always easy to get or keep for when you need it. A similar cool option is to burn a smoke bomb inside a […]
Halloween
Frankenworms are gummy worm candies that seem to move with a zombie life of their own. Making the worms dance is a fun science experiment, perfect for Halloween. The project uses candy, baking soda, and vinegar, so it’s safe enough for young children. Frankenworms Materials There’s nothing magical about gummy […]
Dancing Frankenworms Gummy Worm Science Experiment
October is the perfect month for spooky Halloween science projects and experiments. Here’s a collection of projects to make gooey slime, glow in the dark items, and creepy pumpkins. Halloween Science Projects Slime Ectoplasm Slime – Whether or not you believe spirits generate ectoplasm (like Slimer in the movie Ghostbusters), […]
Halloween Science Projects
A mad scientist costume is one of the easiest and least expensive costumes you can put together yourself. It’s the perfect costume for Halloween or science parties. Mad Scientist Costume Basics A mad scientist costume comes down to freaky hair, a crazed look in your eye, a lab coat, and […]
Mad Scientist Costume You Can Make Yourself
Goldenrod paper is a special paper that drips blood! Really, it’s not blood, just a safe red liquid that resembles it. The paper contains a pH indicator that turns red in the presence of a base. You can use it to demonstrate pH indicators or for a spooky Halloween science […]
Bleeding Goldenrod Paper – Halloween Science Project
What’s better than a regular Halloween jack o’ lantern? How about one that shoots out red fire? The red flames are easy to produce and last about an hour. They shoot up 2-3 feet into the air and range from orange to vivid red. Here’s how to do it: Red […]
Make a Halloween Pumpkin That Shoots Red Flames
Self-Carving Halloween Jack-o-Lantern That Won’t Blow Up The self-carving Halloween pumpkin project uses chemistry to carve a jack-o-lantern face. The traditional version of the project is somewhat dangerous, so here’s how to perform a safe version of the project. Safe Self-Carving Pumpkin Materials If you can get it, this project […]
Safe Self-Carving Pumpkin Project
You can make glow in the dark blood for a Halloween costume or just because you want to decorate yourself with glowing blood. Here are several recipes for non-toxic glow in the dark blood. Glowing Alien or Radioactive-Looking Blood Mix equal parts white corn syrup and clear non-toxic school glue […]
How to Make Glow in the Dark Blood
Carve a dragon jack o’ lantern for Halloween and make your pumpkin breathe real smoke and colored fire. The fire breathing dragon is easy to do and quite spectacular. Dragon Pumpkin Materials real pumpkin (fake might catch fire!) dragon pattern knife red sparklers or emergency flare Carve the Dragon Cut around […]