Jordan Ferney, Oh Happy Day

Katie from the excellent blog KatieDid just helped plan an event at her daughter's school where they had a science fundraiser. These activities would translate easily if you wanted to do a science birthday party. The results look very messy but very fun!

Some of the activities they did:

Snail Discovery
"A ton of snails, hasta leaves, magnifying glasses and spray bottles. (Snails come out of their shells and move around a lot when sprayed with water, which actually makes them fun.)"

Play Dough
"Mounds and mounds of homemade playdough for the kids to sculpt and mix to their hearts content."

Giant Bubbles
"Surrounding each child bubble after bubble was so entertaining that i didn't notice the 5000 squats i was doing. Until the next morning."

Geysers
"Every 20 minutes i set off the diet coke/mentos geysers. the kids would count down, we'd guess how high it would go with three mentos, with five, with ten."

Check out Katie's post right here with more activities really great directions on how to do them. And also check out our mad scientist birthday party--complete with brain cake.