Experiments Party Theme

My son wanted an "experiment" birthday party, where he and his friends could mix things in test tubes like we do at the kitchen table.

Invitations

I designed the invitations in MS Word, and printed them double sided on letter sized cardstock, with two invitations per page.

File:Experiment party invitation.docx

Test Tubes, Containers, Pipettes

Purpose	Item	Supplier	Comments
Test Tubes and Containers	Baby Soda Bottle Test Tubes	Home Science Tools	These are soda bottles that haven't yet been vacuum formed into large bottles. They're clear, sturdy, and wash up well. The lids are soda bottle lids, so they're easy to replace if you loose one. The lids that came with these weren't as nice as the lids that came in our science kit versions, but they worked.
	Self Standing Centrifuge Tubes, 50ml	Frey Scientific through Amazon	These are nice, because they stand up on their own. They'd still be easy enough for kids to tip over, so I still recommend making the diy test tube racks. They're not as clear as the baby soda bottles, but they have ml marks from 5ml to 50ml, which my son liked.
	Plastic Bowls	Dollar Tree	We used these to mix the slime. I didn't have enough regular bowls to go around, and these came out to $.50/piece. Instead of throwing them away, I'll wash and reuse them with other messy projects.
	Disposable Pipettes, 1ml	Home Science Tools	These are like flimsy, disposable eye droppers.

Project: DIY Test Tube Stands

Item	Supplier	Comments
Tall Food Storage Tubs	Dollar Tree	Used to make test-tube stands. The tubs I used were SureFresh brand, size "tall square." They were clear, around 3 1/2 inches tall, and a three-pack was $1.
White Spray Paint	Hardware Store	I foolishly bought spray paint for a project that was *much* too large for spray paint, so I had quite a few of these sitting around waiting to be used. I used it to paint the green lids on the food storage tubs. The lids make the test tubes stand/stay much better, but the green color of the lids made it hard to see the liquids in the test tubes, so the white paint came in handy. Alternatively, you could use white paper, but it'll get soggy pretty quickly.
Rotary Cutting Tool (Dremel)	already had	Used the rotary cutting disk to cut the holes in the storage containers, and the sander to smooth and round out the edges. Use eye protection and don't let anyone crowd you, because hot melted plastic will fly as you work.
Dremel cutting disk
Dremel sanding barrel
Eye Protection

Experiments

details on experiments