Fizzy St. Patrick's Day Science

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The kids are going to love this Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Science activity! It’s a fun sensory activity with a little bit of messy play, too!

If you want more activities for your kids this St. Patrick’s Day, check out my list of St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids!

Are you familiar with the baking soda and vinegar reactions? It’s so simple, but it truly never gets old. I love that it’s so versatile and can be a great experiment for all times of the year.

E is 5, we’ve been doing activities like these since she was only 2 years old, and she still has a blast every time. Now that N at 19 months is big enough to join in, it’s twice as much fun as a sibling activity.

This time, we did some simple Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Science with baking soda, yellow and green vinegar in squeeze bottles, and additional St. Patrick’s Day-themed items.

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Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Science

The great thing about this fun science activity for St. Patrick’s Day is that it keeps the kids involved. That means that this isn’t just a simple experiment that you’re going to be doing alone…the kids are going to want to join in, too!

With how simple and easy this is, they’ll love feeling like their own scientists during this entire process.

Here’s our list of Fizzy Experiments Your Kids Will Love.

Recommended St. Patrick’s Day Books

Extend your St. Patrick’s Day activities by reading any of these engaging books that your kids will want you to keep reading. The perfect way to learn more about the meaning behind St. Patrick’s Day.

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Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Science Supplies

All you need for this Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Science activity is listed below.

Baking soda. {Yes, we definitely buy the big bag every time 🙂 }
Vinegar
Fizzy tub colors, liquid watercolors, or food coloring
Squeeze bottles
St. Patrick’s Day-themed items. We had gold coins, foam shamrocks, green shot glasses with shamrocks on them, and small green Leprechaun hats.
Water table (optional but great for minimizing messes and for sibling play).

Recommended St. Patrick’s Day Toys and Kits

These recommended St. Patrick’s Day activity kits are a joyful collection of fun and educational learning tools your kids will certainly love.

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How to Make the Fizzy St. Patrick’s Day Experiment

E went straight for the yellow squeezy bottle.

N did a little squeezing, too, but he was more interested in the gold coins. {He already knew about them from the Valentine’s Treasure Dig he did a couple of weeks ago, but this time, he spent a lot more time exploring them, putting them into the shot glasses, and taking them out again.}

Once the yellow squeeze bottle was empty, E switched to the green one – and poured the vinegar into shot glasses before pouring it out on top of the baking soda.

fuzzy science activity for st. Patrick's day

There wasn’t enough vinegar to flood the bottom compartment of the water table, and when the green bottle was empty, E started playing with the moist baking soda.

As usual, her play eventually turned to baking and cooking. This time, she made “drinks”. {Yes, she always dresses herself and has absolutely no problem rocking her Santa t-shirt in February 😉 }

In the meantime, N decided that the activity needed pinecones. Lots of them 🙂

I loved this yummy creation E served me! There was so much excitement being able to dive into this fun learning activity!

Activities like this that are easy to set up, use simple materials, and are great fun for the kids make me so happy 🙂

This is such a great activity for the afternoon time when you can’t get outside to play. Or a fun way to pique their interest in science and the fun learning activities that can follow.

Even though this is great for early learners, older kids are going to want to be a part of this experiment, too! Because when it comes down to it, messy sensory play is fun for all ages!

Fizzy St. Patrick's Day Science

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

This fun sensory science activity is a perfect engaging and enjoyable learning experience for your kids this St. Patrick's Day!

Materials

Baking soda
Vinegar
Fizzy tub colors, liquid water colors, food coloring
Squeeze bottles
Gold Coins
Foam shamrocks
Green shot glasses with shamrocks
Small green leprechaun hats
Pinecones
Water table (this is optional)

Instructions

Prepare the colored vinegar by mixing liquid watercolors, food coloring, or fuzzy colors. You can make different mixtures of colors green, yellow, black, and white!
Place the mixture using a funnel into your squeeze bottles.
Using a large container or a water table, pour in as much baking soda as you can, then add the St. Patrick's Day items like gold coins, leprechaun hats, green shot glasses, and foam shamrocks! Your kids can add other items that are related to St. Patrick's Day too!
Your kids can now start playing! Squeeze the colored vinegar onto the baking soda bed and make the mixture sizzle and fizzle as the baking soda reacts to the colored vinegar mixture.
They can play with the items inside the bin and explore shapes, textures, and colors all while having so much fun!