This is our first post ever! And our first official adventure in free time. It seems that all of the things we have on our list right now have to do with blowing something up. We’ll have to work on that ;0) But for now it sure feels good. Check out our two-minute video:
ATTEMPT #1:
(If the video screen shows blank for you, then sometimes it works better at:
http://adventuresinfreetime.wordpress.com
OR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXCl_9J-7-s
Okay, so after attempt #1, we had to go for attempt #2. Check out the one-minute video…
ATTEMPT #2:
(If you can’t see it here, watch it at YouTube)
So of course it wasn’t so much about the explosion as it was about the fun had along the way. (Although we really would have liked if it had exploded). I guess that’s fodder for one of our next adventures. And since this blog is all about doing fun things to take a break from work, here’s the oh-so-serious analysis:
Time away from work: Two hours (whopee!)
Time it would take you: Half hour since you wouldn’t be videotaping (unless you wanted to)
Relaxation factor: 10 out of 10
Do try this at home: Baking soda, vinegar, a bottle and a little bit of dishwashing liquid for bubbles.
And if you can come up with some recipe that actually explodes rather than oozes, we’ll color a picture from my favorite coloring book and send it to you.
Until next time…
October 8, 2008 at 2:25 am
I LOVE this blog…of course, I’m part of it, but it really is great fun. Ladies, I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed taking the time to do this. Go for it…the inner child in you will LOVE it. K
October 8, 2008 at 7:35 am
Cool, keep the fun flowing in!!!!
October 9, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Ok… having worked with my share of vinegar and baking soda (yeah, don’t ask… LOL) – maybe try a smaller bottle… just be careful (had to put that disclaimer ya know…).
Ok – maybe I need to try the smaller bottle… I’ll go see what we have in the kitchen MWAHAHAHAHAHA
October 9, 2008 at 8:30 pm
An explosion? Really? That’s what you wanted?
Do we need to worry for you two about a visit from the Department of Homeland Security?
I have to say how fun it was to watch you be outside doing fun, silly stuff. I wanted to be there, too! I can’t wait for the next installment.
Have you tried the mento in a bottle of pop? THAT will really geyser! (Check YouTube for recipes.)
November 25, 2008 at 12:44 pm
yep – was going to suggest the bottle of coke and a mento – mythbusters did it a while back, and you can definitely get a nice gueyser from it! I remember making a volcano out of paper machier and making the lava from it (red food colouring). GREAT idea for a blog, though – I definitely need to make more free time for me!!!
November 25, 2008 at 5:22 pm
how fun to get all your comments! i think kerri and i are going to do a homemade geyser reprise using the mento and coke thing. we had no idea that was already all the rage, but since we’ve put up this video i’ve had umpteen people tell me about it. mento and coke bottle here we come (insert diabolical laugh here). or rather, as Jenn Givler would say, “mwa-hahahahahahaha”…
January 25, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Could it be that the geyser fizzled because most of the baking soda wound up on the ground OUTSIDE the bottle? Just sayin’. I’m no scientist. Maybe a FUNNEL would help. What’s a mento?
February 3, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Yay, my Pop posted! Hey Pop, a mento is a candy – I think they’re minty. If you go on YouTube, there are all sorts of videos of people putting mento candies in coke cans and I guess it creates an explosion. Kerri and I didn’t even know about this before we tried to do the geyser. Then people kept telling us we should try it with mentos. We’d like to try it our selves, but maybe with a twist. More to come…