Pepper Paints

Magic (Science)

Yesterday Ginger and I went for a walk and picked some Queen Annes Lace.  We brought it home and placed  4 separate bunches into 4 jars, each with a different color of food coloring added to the jars.  (You need to use a lot of food coloring)  We have also done this with celery and white carnations.

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This morning we checked our white flowers and whalla…..

magic

As if by magic, we have colored flowers!  Really just a good way to show how what we take in effects us.  And a good , “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute!” example too.

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Posted in Activities and Experiments and Nature by Kristen on August 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm.

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  1. Alissa Aug 14th 2008

    Except… they are so pretty in all the colors! Exactly what are you teaching those children!?! :P

  2. Laura Aug 14th 2008

    Brought back memories, my mom did this with us when I was a kid.

  3. melissa s. Aug 15th 2008

    what a cool experiment! reminds me of those neon colored carnations in the grocery store that used to amaze me but now just freak me out!

  4. asti Aug 15th 2008

    I must do this with the kids. They do look pretty though :)

  5. Patricia Aug 26th 2008

    These are gorgeous! I love how you combined science, nature, and art!

  6. John Nov 21st 2008

    I love your experiment. Great nature science experiment. I found a cool website with fun free cool science experiments to do with my kids. I will post it below for anyone else whos interested.

    http://weirdsciencekids.com/FunExperiments.html


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