DIY Halloween Experiments

By Micaela Stevenson

Halloween is the best time of year to do experiments! There are so many to try but Scientista rounded up some top favorites, which make great decorations too!

Glowing Drinkable Beverages
This one comes from a pretty cool website with all kinds of interesting scientific DIY experiments! The key ingredient in this one is tonic water. Tonic water glows under blacklight! So, all you need is a glass of tonic water and a blacklight, and presto! you have a glow-in-the-dark drink. It’s an easy and fun beverage to add to your next Halloween party! You can also make jell-o with tonic water, if you’d rather have fluorescent jell-o!

Halloween slime
When I was younger, slime was the absolute best! It wasn’t quite liquid, it wasn’t quite solid, and you could play with it in the basement!  So, if you, or your kids (or just some kids you know!) like slime, a great way to make it is by mixing glue and powdered borax by following the directions on the website. You’ll have slime monster children running around the house in no time!

Drip painting pumpkins
Here’s an alternative to traditional jack-o’-lantern! You can mix as many colors as you like and experiment with result of mixing primary and secondary colors. While it can be a little messy to drip paint a pumpkin, it is bound to be fun for the kids, an easy time for adults in charge, and a great way to have fun painting pumpkins!

Vinegar and Baking Soda Brain Surgery
I love watching the vinegar and baking soda reaction! This project just adds a lot more fun to that reaction, by  combining it with brain surgery. All you need apart from the vinegar and baking soda, is a brain jell-o mould. This one is on the top of my list to try this Halloween… and again, it makes a great addition to any Halloween party.

alloween can be fun for all the trick or treaters running around the neighborhood with bags of candy. But if you can’t really trick or treat anymore... try this list of awesome DIY Halloween experiments instead and make new memories this Halloween!

About the Author

Micaela Stevenson is a student at Eastern Michigan University Honors College double majoring in Biochemistry and Women and Gender Studies and minoring in, health and illnesses, She loves Science and is passionate about reading and writing. She is a Girl Up organization leader, a Daisy Troop Leader, as well as the founder and president of a health based organization called My Health. She is in on the board of the premed club and volunteers for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital, as she hopes to attend the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and become a pediatric neurosurgeon. In her free time she bakes, goes to Karaoke bars, eats sushi and ice cream, and plays Farmville!

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