4M Kidzlabs Volcano Making Kit - Diy Geology Chemistry Lab Stem Toys Gift For Kids & Teens, Boys & Girls, Model:3431

The kit contains plaster powder, a volcano mold and a few colors of paint to decorate the plaster once it fully dries. The paints weren’t enough or maybe my kids were heavy handed but you can basically use any type of acrylic or even water based paint you have at home. We kept the mold and reused it with a pack of plaster of Paris I bought elsewhere a second time as well. You will need baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and vinegar to create the volcano effect yourself. We added a bit of red food coloring to make it look more like lava. Kids loved it. One of them got a star sticker for his effort from his science teacher. Mold seems sturdy and flexible enough to last a long time. Money well spent. I suggest you take the experiment outside into the yard for an easy clean up. I let the volcano dry under the sun for an hour and took it back inside. You can use the volcano many times as long as it is dried fast after each experiment. I’m guessing the plaster would suck up the excess vinegar and get soft if it isn’t dried properly. It’s hot enough outside anyway.

Very nice idea, my kids liked and enjoyed it

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In small print on the box- no vinegar or sodium bicarbonate included( which makes the lava) Therefore it's just a kit to make a the volcano crater

Very cool. You would just need your own bicard and vinegar for the experiment.

Einfach super. Ich habe es für den Unterricht genutzt und meine Schüler fanden es spannend.

I bought this kit for my mom and I (my mom is 60, I'm 37) and we spent 2 winter evenings building volcanoes. The kit comes in a surprisingly small box, that's because the volcano mold is made of 4 panels that snap together. The kit includes the 4 volcano panels, a volcano chimney, a small bag of plaster, and watercolor paint. The panels and chimney are made of strong plastic and will not break. It was not a completely trouble-free experience, the amount of plaster provided is not quite enough and does not allow for mistakes. Sure enough, we made a mistake on the first attempt, we waited too long between mixing the plaster and pouring it in the mold, and ended up with a mess. The solution was to go to the local store to buy a box of plaster of Paris, which allowed to make 2 volcanoes without worrying about running out. After pouring the plaster and letting it set, the mold is taken apart to reveal the "cracked" surface of the volcano, which looks nice. The chimney remains inside, that's where the mix of soda and vinegar will go. That means the kit is not intended for making more than one volcano at a time. That was a small problem to address when making the second volcano, I cut out the spout of a water bottle and used it as the chimney for the other volcano. Worked well. Once both volcanoes have hardened and dried, then came the arts part of the project: using the watercolor, make the while plaster look like a volcano. The colors include red, yellow, blue and green, and by mixing colors one can figure out how to make the desired colors. My mom and I had different styles, I went for a more authentic look with brown and green at the bottom, and orange "lava" at the top, and my mom went for a more hippie-looking volcano. They both looked great. The finished volcano is about 5 inches tall. Since we were planning on filming and photographing the volcano eruptions, we did some experimenting with soda and vinegar in the sink using small glasses. We figured out the quantities we liked, and added some food coloring to make the lava orange instead of a white foam. The result was fantastic. And then came the fun part: it was winter time in Canada, so we put the volcanoes on newspaper and the newspaper on the snow, took plenty of pictures (there were plenty of pictures at every step of the project as well), then proceeded with the eruptions. The whole family was outside to attend. They were spectacular, the lava erupted and flowed down the mountain... We had a great time with this kit, and apart from the limited quantity of plaster it is good quality and well made. That would be a fun thing to do with kids, there are several skills involved in building and painting the volcanoes, and making them erupt. Highly recommended.

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Regalato a mio figlio di 9 anni che sta studiando i vulcani a scuola come approfondimento pratico su come si verifichi un’eruzione ho trovato il gioco davvero semplice ma ben congeniato. All’interno della scatola si trova tutto il materiale per poter costruire col gesso il modello del vulcano ed i colori per dipingerlo. Le istruzioni sono in inglese ma comunque molto intuitive. In un paio d’ore è già tutto asciutto e pronto per far vivere l’esperienza ai bambini semplicemente aggiungendo bicarbonato ed aceto nella bocca del cratere. Impossibile fallire! Peccato solo che avevamo finito tutto il rosso per la pittura e non abbiamo potuto colorare la lava rossa sarebbe stato perfetto! Ho apprezzato che l’esperienza dell’eruzione si può ripetere tutte le volte che si vuole continuando ad aggiungere bicarbonato ed aceto. Per costruire altri vulcani è necessario comprare a parte altro gesso. Nel complesso gioco straconsigliato!!! 👍🏻