Looking to incorporate more STEM education into your preschooler’s activities? Then try this fun Christmas fizz preschool STEM activity! To make this Christmas themed, we used red and green food coloring and we added red and green glitter for sparkly fun. We had a blast watching it bubble up and we loved seeing the red and green glitter sparkle in the bubbles! Play some Christmas music in the background and enjoy this holiday STEM activity together.
CHRISTMAS FIZZ
Supplies Needed:
- bowl or foil tray
- 1 box of baking soda
- red and green glitter
- white vinegar
- 2 paint cups ( we reused plastic fruit cups)
- red and green food coloring
- Teaspoon (for spooning the vinegar into the tray) or eyedroppers/pipettes
Prepare the Tray:
- Pour baking soda inside the tray so that the entire bottom is covered
- Sprinkle the red and green glitter around the tray on top of the baking soda
Prepare the Paint Cups:
- pour vinegar in each cup
- add a drop of red food coloring to one cup and a drop of green food coloring to the other cup
- stir the food coloring until it is well mixed with the vinegar
Making the Christmas Fizz
- To make the fizz, spoon some of the colored vinegar into the tray. Watch as the vinegar bubbles up when it touches the baking soda! The glitter looks awesome as the bubbles rise up 🙂
- Keep spooning vinegar* into the tray until all of the baking soda is covered in red and green.
*the larger amount of vinegar that you dump into the tray at a time, the larger your fizz will be!
We love making fizz and incorporating it into our learning themes! We’ve made superhero fizz, rainbow fizz, pumpkin fizz, and winter fizz too! Just change the food coloring colors and use different glitter to make any kind of fizz you want 🙂
Check out more fun STEM activities: https://imaginationsrunningwild.com/stem/
