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Love Potion #9 Valentine’s Day Science Activity

February 8, 2021
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by Beth Gorden

Make science come alive for kids with this Valentine’s Day Science project for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Children will make a love potion number 9 in this valentines day activities. This science valentines is like a diy lava lamp for February so get ready to concoct  a bubbling and active brew. Make science come alive for kids with this Valentine's Day Science project for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Children will make a love potion number 9 in this valentines day activities. This science valentines is like a diy lava lamp for February so get ready to concoct  a bubbling and active brew. 

Love potion science experiment

These valentine’s day activities are sure to excite and engage even the most reluctant learners. This valentine’s day science is quick and easy and SUPER COOL too! Simply mix up the simple mixture, drop in an alka selzer tablet and get ready for an outrageously FUN valentines activities for preschool. Use this valentines day activity with toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and grade 2 students!

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You will need a tall clear container such as a water bottle with the lid removed, base, tall container, or a science beaker would be extra cool. Now gather your simple supplies:

  • baby oil
  • food coloring
  • water
  • funnel (to reduce mess)
  • valentines day glitter or confetti
  • several Alka Seltzer Antacid Tablet

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Valentines science experiments

Pour baby oil 1/3 of the way up a clear glass container. You could use a science beaker, clear glass vase, drinking cup, or anything else you have on hand. Using a fiole helps make sure you don’t get the oily substance on the outside of your valentines science experiment.

Add water the rest of the way up, leaving several inches open at the top.

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Valentines activities for preschool

Now pour in about 1 tablespoon of Valentines day themed glitter or confetti – whatever kind moves your child and you can find easily. Point out to your children hot is sinks down below the water, but rests before the baby oil layer. That is because the confetti is more dense than water, but less dense than oil. Learn more with this Layered Liquids Density Experiments for Valentines Day

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Repeat with a second jar if you like. Personally I thought it looked super cool having two love potion lava lamps of different colors going at the same time.

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Squeeze seveal drops of food coloring in the container. Have children notice where the color stops.  We used a couple drops of  pink in one and several blue drops in the other.

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Valentine’s day activities

Finally, drop in 1 alka seltzer tablet in each of your potions. Get ready to watch some FUN!

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Valentine’s day science experiments

The mixtures will start to bubble and mix both the colors and glitter to make some beautiful concotions – your science love potions.

Remember that this is NOT EDIBLE!

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Isn’t it so pretty! Once the potion stops moving around you can always add another tablet and watch the action start up all over again!

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Wondering WHY the valentines day science experiment works?  Changes in density as gas is added when the alka selzer tablet begins to release (see above) which causes the liquids to move, float up, and sink down through the oil. Thus the lava lamp is created! This activity is simple and allows the kids to see what is happening as you explain what and how it is occurring.

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Valentines Day Activities

Grab these super cute valentines day worksheets to practice forming letters out of coversation hearts and tracing upper and lowercase letters.  This fun valentines day activities for preschoolers is a super cute way to help toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age children practice making their letters.  This free conversation heart printable includes a space to build the letter using conversation hearts and tracing for both upper and lower case letters. Simply print pdf file with valentine's day alphabet worksheets, grab some heart candy, and start practicing! Kids will have fun practicing matching uppercase and lower case letters and working on beginning sounds with this fun valentines day activities for February. This valentines day activities kindergarten and pre-k is such a fun valentines day ideas for school to help kids work on literacy and phonics skills with a fun heart and valentine theme. Students will say the name of the picture out loud and listen for the initial sound. THen they will add cute heart stamps to their valentine and writ the missing letter on the envelope. To get started, simply print pdf file with valentines day worksheets and you are ready for a fun, hands-on Alphabet Valentines Activity perfect for February. FREE Valentines Day CVC Words Activity - fun, hands on educational activity to help preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade student practice reading readingess, phonemic awareness, and beginning phonics with a clever Valentiens Day activity for february #cvcwords #valentinesday #preschool #prek #freeprintable pre-writing-worksheets-for-Valentines-Day

Valentines Day Worksheets

Looking for more way to make learning fun during February? Kids will LOVE these Valentine’s Day themed, educational activities. Plus, all of these are free printables.

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I just can’t believe that Valentines Day is coming up soon! We thought we would make a heart craft to spread some love! So today we are sharing a really pretty and unique fingerprint heart tree project. The best part is for this Valentines Day Craft, we get to fingerpaint! This valentine’s day crafts for preschoolers is perfect for kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade too. So grab some custruction paper, paints, and your child and we are ready to make a fun Valentines Day Art Project for February.  matissee heart valentines day art project for kids  fish valentines day craft

Valentines Day Crafts & Activities

Celebrate Valentines Day this February 14th by telling those around you that you care with these super cute, free printable valentine cards. These Tic-Tac-Toe Printable Valentine Cards are perfect for giving to your kids, friends, valentines for classmates, neighbors, and more. They are simple, cute, a little sweet, and low prep. SImply print pdf file with Valentines day cards printable and you are ready to celebrate Valentines day for kids! Celebrate valentines day for families with this fun Valentines Day tradition we do at our house. For this family valentines day ideas, we put hearts on each others bedroom doors to tell them what we love about them. Simply print the pdf file with our free valentines day printable hearts and start a new tradition with your kids this year with this sweet valentines day activities.  This valentine activities for preschoolers is great for the whole family from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, elementary age students, jr jigh, and sr high too. If you are looking for a fun, simple and inexpensive Valentine’s day Gift this year for your kids or spouse, these valentines day coupons a great idea. Give that special someone a valentines day coupon book! These valentine day coupons printable free are filled with lots of fun, creative ideas that yours kids and/or spouse will love. Simply print valentine's day coupon template pdf file with printable valentines day coupons ad you are ready to give a super cute, special gift of time and creating memories together this year! slime printable valentines day cards

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Make science come alive for kids with this Valentine's Day Science project for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Children will make a love potion number 9 in this valentines day activities. This science valentines is like a diy lava lamp for February so get ready to concoct  a bubbling and active brew. 

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of Preschool Play and Learn. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! Beth is also the creator of 123Homeschool4Me.com and kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com where she shares more than 100,000 pages of FREE worksheets,& educational ideas for PreK-8th grade.

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