🌋 Lemon Volcano Experiment
Turn an ordinary lemon into a fizzy, colorful eruption with our fun lemon volcano experiment—easy, educational, and perfect for kids!
Servings 1 lemon volcano
Equipment
- 1 Plate or baking sheet
- 1 knife
- 1 fork
- 1 glass container or bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lemon medium or large
- 1 tbsp dish soap
- 1/2 tsp red or orange washable crayola paint or food coloring
- 1 tbsp baking soda
Instructions
- Slice a thin later off the bottom of a lemon.
- Next, slice the lemon in half.
- Take the half of the lemon with the flat bottom and place it on a plate or flat surface (this is your volcano!). Use a fork to gently stab and carve into the exposed side of this halved lemon to create space for the volcano to absorb the baking soda.Â
- Juice the other half of the lemon and collect the juice in a bowl or cup.
- Add a squirt of dish soap, followed by the 1/2 tsp of paint or food coloring and 1 tbsp baking soda to the lemon volcano.
- Pour the lemon juice into the lemon and watch the lemon volcano erupt!
Notes
- Adults can slice the lemon, unless you have a kid-friendly knife. We love Curious Chef kid-safe knives for young kids and this beginner's chef knife for school-aged children.
- Encourage kids to adjust their quantities of baking soda and lemon juice to alter the rate of volcanic eruption. It may take a few tries to get it just right!
- Create more than one volcano at a time! Double or triple your materials and make two or three volcanos at once!