Monster Tea Party

Modified: Aug 22, 2023 · Published: Jul 30, 2013 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

Welcome to more Spectacular Summer Science. Today we’ve got a super fun baking soda experiment to share.

The girls wanted to have a tea party, so we used a bit of Science Sparks magic to make it more exciting.

Baking soda and baking powder set up themed like a monsters tea party for a science experiment

What you need:

Baking soda ( bicarbonate of soda )
Baking powder
Vinegar
Washing up liquid
Water
Tea cups
Food colouring
Vinegar

Instructions

I first added a some water to a bowl of baking soda and mixed it up with a bit of food colouring. This is what you can see in the little tea cups.
I then did the same with some baking powder to see what would happen. The baking powder is the lovely purple dough in the cake cases.
The sundae glasses contain, water, baking soda and washing up liquid.
We put some vinegar in a teapot and then I let the kids go wild.
If it doesn’t work straight away give it a bit of stir.

baking soda potion spilling out of a teacup

Do be careful with the vinegar. It will hurt if it gets in your eyes, and DO NOT drink!

Did you find the baking powder worked as well as the baking soda?

Why does it work?

Vinegar (an acid ) and bicarbonate of soda ( an alkali ) react together to neutralise each other. This reaction releases carbon dioxide, a gas which is the bubbles you see. The addition of the dish soap/washing-up liquid gives a thicker foam.

Did you catch our splatter patterns yesterday?

Last Updated on August 22, 2023 by Emma Vanstone

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Comments

Emily

July 30, 2013 at 8:50 pm

What a fantastic idea, I’m going to re-create this for mine next week when E’s back – they’ll love it!!

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- ScienceSparks
  
  August 03, 2013 at 8:23 am
  
  Thanks Emily. x
  
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Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories

July 31, 2013 at 3:47 am

I adore this idea, Emma! I know my son will love it, too.

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- ScienceSparks
  
  August 03, 2013 at 8:24 am
  
  Thank you very much Trisha. x
  
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Andrea @ love and cake

July 31, 2013 at 10:20 am

This looks like great fun!

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maggy, red ted art

July 31, 2013 at 10:23 am

BRILLIANT fun! Fantastic for any Monsters Party or Halloween!

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- ScienceSparks
  
  August 03, 2013 at 9:12 am
  
  Thanks Maggy, the kids were dressed for Halloween, but those photos didn’t work out. x
  
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MummyNeverSleeps

July 31, 2013 at 10:36 am

Wow! I’ve often used the two when cleaning but never thought to use as an activity! Would be brilliant for a Halloween party too! 🙂

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becky

August 01, 2013 at 6:51 am

OOh that looks awesome

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- ScienceSparks
  
  August 03, 2013 at 9:13 am
  
  It really was 🙂
  
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Savannah Largent

October 22, 2014 at 3:07 pm

Awesome! Can’t wait to have our Monster Tea Party;)

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Breonna cattle

February 17, 2016 at 10:40 pm

This is the best protect I have ever done while having fun

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Kris

March 08, 2017 at 6:03 pm

I’m not easily imredssep. . . but that’s impressing me! 🙂

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Candie

March 08, 2017 at 8:21 pm

That’s cleared my thoughts. Thanks for counirbtting.

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