Create Primary

Message in a Bottle

Paint a piece of paper with watered-down brown paint. Once it is dry, tear around the edges to make it look ancient. Write a secret message to someone (a friend or someone who will live in the future!) on the paper and then roll up the paper. Put the roll of paper into an old bottle and secure the lid. You might like to put some extra masking tape around it. Now you can choose where to hide your message in a bottle!

Water Experiment

Do you think a cup of hot or cold water will freeze faster? Why don’t you find out? Take 2 paper cups and fill one with cold water from the fridge and the other with hot water from the tap. Make sure you have the same amount of water in each cup. Label the cold cup with a C and the hot cup with a H. Place both cups into the freezer next to each other and check every 15 minutes to see which cup freezes first.

Sun Painting

Make a picture using no paint at all. You will need to wait for a bright and sunny day and then let the sun create your picture for you! Take a piece of dark paper and collect things from around your garden, such as leaves, twigs, flowers, pinecones, grasses. Place the dark paper outside on a flat surface, such as your driveway, and then arrange all the things onto your paper. Leave it out in the sun for at least 2 hours and then come back to see what sort of design the sun has made.

Celery Magic

Place a stalk of celery upright in a jug that is half-filled with water. Add one tablespoon of red food colouring to the water and leave it overnight for 24 hours. Come back and see what has happened to the colour of the celery leaves!

Super Slime

Make sure you check with your parents or carers before creating this slimy mess! Simply mix 1 cup of corn flour with 1 cup of water together – use your hands for best results. Change the consistency of the slime by adding more corn flour or water and you can even experiment with different colours by adding a couple of drops of food colouring. You can store this in an air-tight container for a couple of days of slimy fun!