Gift Ideas For Mother’s Day

May 1, 2008 at 9:34 am · Comment
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I seriously haven’t even figured out what to get my mom for Mother’s Day yet. I actually just got off the phone with her and I had asked her if there was anything she had in mind that she might like or want. How original of me. I usually put a lot of thought into gifts for my loved ones and this should be no exception, but I really have no idea what to get her. I did find a few nice mother’s day gifts for mom but I’m so uncertain whether or not she would really like the gifts. I gave her a fountain one year and a few months ago she gave it back to me! She said she didn’t have anywhere to put it. I found a really pretty Thomas Kinkade Figurine on CollectiblesToday.Com that I think she might like. It’s really pretty, and features a mother holding her child. I haven’t made my final decision on it, but I do know that if I’m going to order something for her I definitely need to get it done because Mother’s Day is coming up fast! If you’ve got any gift ideas, feel free to share. I’d appreciate the input.

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Mentos Geyser

May 1, 2008 at 9:33 am · Comments (5)
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Mentos Geyser

Things You Will Need

A roll or box of mentos
A 2 liter bottle of diet soda

Note: You can use regular soda, but diet soda is easier for cleaning up because it doesn’t have any sugar.

Steps:

1. This experiment is probably better done outside on a huge lawn or field, away from crowds, vehicles, or anything that you don’t want covered in soda.

2. Open the bottle of soda. Set it on the ground or on a table, someplace level, so that it will not fall over.

3. Unwrap the Mentos. You’ll need to drop all of the Mentos into the bottle at the same time. We used an old plastic “test tube” that my son had from a little lab kit he has, and put all the Mentos in them and then turned it upside down so that they all fell into the bottle at the same time.

4. Drop the Mentos candies into the bottle and haul butt. (get out of the way quickly!)

5. The bottle of soda erupts like a geyser. It’s really cool.

Have fun! And make sure you buy extra 2 liters and packs of Mentos, because the kiddos will want to do it more than once!

Ideas:
Discuss with your kids what they think makes the soda erupt from the bottle. Explain to them what you think causes it. There are several different theories as to what makes the soda bottle erupt.

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