Summer Fun With Baking Soda Paint

STEM + Art = STEAM! Summer is the perfect time to surround yourself with STEAM! When kids combine STEM and art, they can really explore their creative side from painting to sculpture! Making art with baking soda paint is an fun and easy summer STEAM project, you will want to do with your kids this season!

FIZZY FUN WITH BAKING SODA PAINT FOR SUMMER STEAM

PAINTING WITH BAKING SODA

Get ready to add this simple STEAM activity to your STEM lesson plans this season. If you want to learn more about combining art and science for summer craft and art projects, let’s grab the supplies. While you’re at it, make sure to check out these other fun summer science activities.

Our science activities and experiments are designed with you, the parent or teacher, in mind! Easy to set up, quick to do, most activities will take only 15 to 30 minutes to complete and are heaps of fun! Plus, our supplies lists usually contain only free or cheap materials you can source from home!

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Let’s get right to this awesome STEAM project. Head to the kitchen, open the pantry and get prepared to explore science and art. Be prepared though, this might get a little messy!

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FIZZY PAINTING WITH BAKING SODA AND VINEGAR

Simple summer art with our favorite baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction. Instead of making a baking soda and vinegar volcano, let’s make art!

YOU WILL NEED:

Baking Soda
Vinegar
Water
Food Coloring
Cups
Pipette
Brushes
Heavyweight Paper

HOW TO MAKE BAKING SODA PAINT

STEP 1: You will want equal parts of baking soda and water. Measure baking soda into cups.

STEP 2: Next measure out the same amount of water into a separate cup and color with food coloring.

STEP 3: Pour colored water into the baking soda and gently stir to combine. The mixture shouldn’t be too soupy or too thick.

STEP 4: Use a brush to paint a picture with the baking soda and water mixture.

STEP 5: Set out a small bowl of vinegar and pipette for kids to gently squirt vinegar onto the picture. Watch your picture bubble and fizz!

THE SCIENCE OF BAKING SODA PAINT

The science behind this summer craft project is the chemical reaction that occurs between the baking soda and the vinegar!

Baking soda is a base and vinegar is an acid. When the two combine, they make a gas called carbon dioxide. You can hear the fizz, see the bubbles, and even feel the fizz if you hold your hand close to the surface of the paper.