When you make art with baking soda and vinegar, you combine the creativity of an art project with a classic science experiment! Check out how this can also be used as fun sensory activities.
Make Art With Baking Soda And Vinegar: Getting Started
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It only took three minutes to set up this Baking Soda and Vinegar activity. It’s that easy!
First, I grabbed the baking soda out of the fridge and poured the vinegar into 4 clean applesauce cups.
I let my four-year-old add the food coloring to the vinegar so that the colors would turn out like he wanted.
He also dumped the baking soda on the tray, and smoothed it out while I dug out the medicine dropper.
Using a medicine dropper in an activity like this provides practice for small motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
My little guy didn’t need any instructions on what to do. Natural curiosity soon took over!
Make Art With Baking Soda And Vinegar: Sensory Activities
This baking soda and vinegar project is now one of our favorite sensory activities!
Doing this in such small amounts creates a different dynamic than the baking soda/vinegar volcano experiment.
It’s easier to see the actual reaction. My son chose different colors and their placements, mixing colors at times.
Once most of the baking soda had been fizzed out by the vinegar, we added a bit more vinegar, and mixed it up just to see what happened.
The result was a really odd concoction. It was a liquid-like slime. Some of it was really runny, while the rest was thicker and chalky.
To take it a step further, we decided to explore this gooey substance.
My four-year-old helped me scoop and pour it into a large Ziploc bag. Then we had fun squishing it with our feet!
This activity definitely put a new (and gooey) twist on a classic. It’s one that we’ll definitely be doing again!
More Fun With Baking Soda and Vinegar!
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Baking Soda and Vinegar are at the top of the list of fun kids activities! Check out these other ideas for using this dynamic duo:
- Chemical Reactions for Kids: Baking Soda and Vinegar
- Baking Soda Experiment
- Science Spot: Lots of Experiments (some with baking soda and vinegar!)
Share your favorite baking soda/ vinegar experiments and projects in the comments below!
Carolyn @ Mama's Little Muse
September 6, 2012 at 10:28 pmvery sweet Andie! I love fizzle activities with my son!
Vicky @ Mess For Less
September 7, 2012 at 12:32 pmBaking soda is definitely great to have on hand. Love how you made this a fun sensory activity too!
Joyce @Childhood Beckons
September 11, 2012 at 5:14 amFantastic activities, Andie! I love that you got creative and experimental with it and had fun in a whole new way!