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Party Themes. Science Party.

Let the budding scientists enjoy a party that offers a close-up look at the wonders of the world. Science can be magical, tasty, silly, and fun when you create a few amazing experiments. Slip on the lab coats-it's time to explore the mysterious realms of weird science!

INVITATIONS
COSTUMES
DECORATIONS
GAMES
ACTIVITIES
FOOD
COMPASS CAKE
FAVORS
VARIATIONS
HELPFUL HINTS

INVITATIONS up

Make invitations that appear right before your guests' eyes using this scientific experiment. Use paintbrushes or toothpicks to write the party details with milk on white paper. Tell your guests to heat the paper over a candle or in the oven, with adult supervision. The heat will reveal the invitation!
Write the party information with a white crayon, and then have the kids color over the paper with another crayon to reveal the secret message.

COSTUMES up

Buy some men's white shirts at a thrift store, and use them as lab coats for your guests. Write their scientist names on one pocket, such as Dr. Frankenstein or Dr. Schweitzer, with a permanent felt-tip pen.
Offer the kids goofy glasses and wild ties to go with their outfits, and tuck some pens into their pocket protectors.

DECORATIONS up

Place jars full of colored water on the table, and run hoses from one jar to another to look like experiments.
Set dry ice in the center of the table so the steam creates a weird bubbling experiment.
Cut out question marks from black construction paper, and tape them to the walls or hang them from the ceiling with string.
Borrow microscopes, chemistry sets, magnifying glasses, compasses, and so on, and place them on the table and all around the party room.

GAMES up

Before the party, take close-up pictures of everyday items. Develop the pictures, glue them onto colored construction paper, and draw a magnifying glass around each picture, so they look as though they are being viewed through a magnifier. Have the kids examine the pictures and try to guess what everyday items are represented. Since the items have been enlarged, identifying them should be a challenge.

ACTIVITIES up

Use a child's chemistry set to do some science experiments.
Make Slime for the kids to enjoy. Mix 2 cups of white glue and 1 and 1/2 cups of water in a large bowl. Add a few drops of food coloring. In a separate container, dissolve 2 teaspoons of Borax in 2/3 cup warm water: mix well. Combine the Borax solution with the glue solution and watch what happens to the mixture. Distribute to the kids for exploration. Tell the kids not to eat the Slime!

FOOD up

Have a Popcorn Volcano Eruption. Spread out a large clean sheet on the floor and have the kids sit outside the edge. Set a popcorn maker in the center, and prepare popcorn according to directions. Do NOT put the lid on the popcorn maker! Watch the "volcano" erupt and shoot "hot lava" all over the sheet. Make sure everyone stays away from the popper while it's on, so the kids don't get sprayed with hot oil or kernels.
Cut celery stalks and set them in glasses of water tinted with food coloring. Let the celery stalks soak up the colored water, remove them from the glasses, and serve to the kids with cream cheese or peanut butter.

COMPASS CAKE up

Bake two round cakes; cool.
Cover one cake with frosting, top with second cake, and frost THE entire cake with white frosting.
Using a frosting tube, draw a compass face onto the cake, marking north, south, east, and west.

FAVORS up

Send the scientists home with magnets, compasses, bug collectors, magnifying glasses, kaleidoscopes, or the ingredients for Slime.
Give the kids small books on famous scientists.
Offer the kids easy-to-do scientific experiments to take home.

VARIATIONS up

Instead of having the party at home, take the scientists on a nature walk and discover new life forms.
Head for the museum and explore the world of dinosaurs, early man, or other science-related adventures.
Instead of a Compass Cake, make a Rock Cake. Bake a chocolate cake filled with nuts and marshmallows, cover with chocolate frosting, and top with "rock" candy.

HELPFUL HINTS up

Tell the kids that experimenting with science can be dangerous, and warn them to use caution and adult supervision when exploring.
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