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Kids will be excited to learn and explore when making this ice cream volcano! This is a combination of an ice cream activity and easy volcano experiments for one EPIC, memorable summer activity for kids! Try this summer experiment as part of your ice cream theme with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders. This project causes a super cool, baking soda and vinegar reaction that will create a fun WOW moment for kids!

Kids will be excited to learn and explore when making this ice cream volcano! This is a combination of an ice cream activity and easy volcano experiments for one EPIC, memorable summer activity for kids! Try this summer experiment as part of your ice cream theme with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders. This project causes a super cool, baking soda and vinegar reaction that will create a fun WOW moment for kids!

Ice Cream Volcano

Looking for a fun, clever, and unique ice cream activity that is also educational? Create a foaming, oozing ice cream volcano with a few simple ingredients – you may even have all the ingredients already in your kitchen! You will love this easy science experiment perfect for a summer bucket list idea or as part of an ice cream lesson. This summer science includes the ice cream activities plus science and a volcano experiment explanation to make kids have fun and learn during the summer months. Seriously, this is too cute!

All you need to try this fun ice cream experiment for kids are a few simple materials you probabaly already have at home! ice cream cone - I think the pointy sugar cones look the best 2 Tablespoons warm water empty plastic bottle food coloring 1 teaspoon rapid yeast squirt of dish soap 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide 6% or higher solution sprinkles, chocolate chips - optional, for look only baking dish - to contain the experiment

Ice Cream Activity

All you need to try this fun ice cream experiment for kids are a few simple materials you probabaly already have at home!

  • ice cream cone – I think the pointy sugar cones look the best
  • 2 Tablespoons warm water
  • empty plastic bottle
  • food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon rapid yeast
  • squirt of dish soap
  • 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide 6% or higher solution
  • sprinkles, chocolate chips – optional, for look only
  • baking dish – to contain the experiment

cut off bottom of sugar ice cream cone

Summer Experiment

Start by carefully cutting off the bottom pointy part of your ice cream sugar cone. If you are using a flat bottom cake cone just poke a large 2″ hole. You want to keep the hole semi-small to force the erruption to go up and out your ice cream cone volcano.

Easy volcano experiments

Summer Science Experiments

We used  an empty water bottle, but you can use any personal size plastic bottle. Fill the bottle with 2 Tab. warm water, food coloring to make the ice cream flavor of your choice , and 1 tsp. rapid rise yeast. Put lid on and shake to mix. Now open the bottle back up and add a squirt of dish soap. Now pour in 1/2 cup 6% hydrogen peroxide (it must be at least 6% to make the chemical reaction occur).

Summer Science

Volcano Experiments

Quickly top upside down ice cream cone. The volcano experiment for kids will begin errupting quickly. Here you can see the beginning of the mint chip ice cream peaking out ver the cone volcano.

Summer Experiment

Ice Cream Theme

It will make a volcano that fizzes and erupts. See how thick, foamy, and fizzy the ice cream lava is flowing down the summer volcano. 

Summer Science Experiments

Easy volcano experiments

We tossed in some chocolate sprinkles for added efect. Remember, this is not an edible volcano experiment! But they added to the cool ice cream theme activity and it was fun to watch them get swept up in the moving erruption and flow down the mountain and base.

volcano experiments

Baking soda and vinegar reaction

The cake coke works, but in my opinion it doesn’t look quite as cool. But use whateve ryou have on hand!

Ice Cream Theme

Hydrogen Peroxide Volcano

My kids had so much fun with this summer science project they wanted to do lots of variations! Here is our blue birthday cake ice cream volcano erruption. Here The sprinkles were not only fun to watch ooze down the blue lava, but it was fun to watch the colors bleed into the foam for swirls of pretty color.

Baking soda and vinegar reaction

Summer Science

This is truly an EPIC summer experiment your kids will remember for year and years to come! The erruptions really do look like ice cream (again not consumable) which thrilled my kids. Plus, this is a SUPER easy science experiment that will be ready in 5 minutes flat! I love quick summer activities for kids!

Kids will be excited to learn and explore when making this ice cream volcano! This is a combination of an ice cream activity and easy volcano experiments for one EPIC, memorable summer activity for kids! Try this summer experiment as part of your ice cream theme with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders. This project causes a super cool, baking soda and vinegar reaction that will create a fun WOW moment for kids!

Volcano Experiment Explanation

This volcano uses a slightly different mixture to make the volcano errupt. It is sometimes known as elephant toothpaste. Basically, the hydrogen peroxide volcano is a chemistry science experiment that demonstartes how two substances produce a chemical reaction, In this elephant toothpaste experiment the yeast works as a catalyst to speed up the process that happens naturally, just at a slower pace. The hydrogen peroxide naturally breaks down into water and oxygen (2H2O2 –› 2H2O + O2). So what you are actually watching is yeast helping hydrogen perioside to decompose into water and oxygen. WE get the fun bubble action to make the decomposition process more exciting by adding in some dish soap.

lemon volcano experiment for kids mentos and soda experiment How to Make a Newton's Cradle You will love these simple summer science experiments that help kids learn and explore with summer seashells! For this seashell activities all you need are a couple simple materials to try your hand at an EASY acid base experiment. Try this summer science with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. I just love using summer activity for kids that are fun and educational too!

Summer Fun

Looking for more outdoor activities for kids and things to do in the summer? Your toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and elementary age kids will love these fun ideas to keep them busy all summer long:

This plane will FLY! I was stunned that this pool noodle airplane craft flew as high and as far for as long as it did. If I was stunned, my kids were in complete awe! Try this plane craft with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too. This pool noodle craft is perfect for lazy summer days as a summer craft for kids or as part of a transportation or plane theme! bubble snakes beach worksheets Kids will go nuts over the fun-to-squeeze puffy texture of this watermelon slime! This puffy slime recipe is such a fun watermelon activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders to play with. Use this watermelon for kids idea along with your watermelon theme, The Watermelon Seed book, or watermelon day activities on August 3rd.

Summer Activities for Kids

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Fun Summer Activities for Kids

Edible Ice Cream Playdough Recipe Kids will be excited to learn and explore when making this ice cream volcano! This is a combination of an ice cream activity and easy volcano experiments for one EPIC, memorable summer activity for kids! Try this summer experiment as part of your ice cream theme with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders. This project causes a super cool, baking soda and vinegar reaction that will create a fun WOW moment for kids! Does your child like I spy activities? They are not only fun summer activity sheets for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders, but they help children work on visual discrimination and counting too. Thes summer I spy printables feature a refreshing summertime treat - Ice Cream! Simply print the ice cream printables to sneak in some fun summer math with a summer activity for kids.  Kids will love this super cute and simple-to-make Washi Tape Ice Cream Craft! The ice cream craft idea provides endless possibilities for this summer craft for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade children. So add this quick ice cream craft for preschoolers to your summer bucket list for kids!

Ice Cream Activities

If you are looking for more ice cream activities to add to your ice cream theme of summer learning, check these out!

FREE Ice Cream Cone Alphabet Tracing - this is such a fun alphabet activity for preschool and kindergarten age kids to help them practice tracing letters with a fun summer theme #alphabet #preschool #kindergarten   Who can get enough of icecream especially in summer?! These fun Alphabet Puzzles have a fun ice cream theme perfect for a summer preschool activities! Use these free ice cream printables as a fun summer activity for preschoolers and kindergarnters to practice matching upper and lowercase letters! Simply download pdf file with ice cream printables and you are ready to sneak in some fun summer learning.

Ice Cream Printables

Ice Cream Addition Activity  Free Ice Cream Pattern Cards Ice Cream Math Craft Count to 10 Help kids practice math this summer with ice cream math! These ice cream math worksheets are an engaging and fun way for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students to practice summer math.  These free printable ice cream math worksheets include tracing numbers, fill in the missing number, skip counting, what comes before / what comes next,  counting, sundae addition, subtraction, greater than / less than, ten frame, graphing, shapes, and more! Simply download pdf file with ice cream worksheets and you are ready to play and learn with a summer activity for kindergarten.

Ice Cream Worksheets

Ice Cream Math

Looking for more fun ways to learn this summer with popsicle themed activities? You will love these free printables:

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  1. My girls LOVED this! We had to add more yeast than what is called for. 1 teaspoon wasn’t enough.

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