# Apple Cider Vinegar Eruptions
> Add a bit of baking soda and a few squirts of liquid watercolor to clear containers, then pour in apple cider vinegar for colorful, apple-scented fizzy eruptions. A quick fall science experiment about acids and bases.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/science-experiments-for-kids-apple-cider-experiment/
- Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium
- Time: prep 10 min, activity 15 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 1 kids
- Skills: science, chemical-reactions, cause-and-effect, colors, senses
- Cautions: ingestion-risk

## Materials (one batch)
- 2 tbsp Baking soda
- 0.5 cup Apple cider vinegar
- Liquid watercolor paints
- 1 piece Clear containers or bowls (household)
- 1 piece Large tray or plate (household)
- 1 piece Measuring cup or small pouring cup (household)

## Substitutions
- Instead of apple cider vinegar: White vinegar (Apple cider vinegar is still vinegar (weak acetic acid), so plain vinegar should fizz the same but without the apple scent.)
- Instead of apple cider vinegar: Lemon juice (The author has also combined lemon juice and baking soda in their rainbow lemon eruptions.)

## Safety
- Vinegar stings eyes and small cuts. Keep hands away from faces and wash hands afterward.
- The fizzy mixture is not a drink. Liquid watercolors are paint, not food, so don't let kids sip or taste it.
- Liquid watercolors can stain hands, clothes and surfaces. Cover the table and use a tray.
- Supervise at all times.

## Steps
1. Set out clear containers on a big tray, one for each color.
2. Add a bit of baking soda to each container.
3. Add a few squirts of liquid watercolor to each container, using a different color in each.
4. Pour half a cup of apple cider vinegar into one container and watch it erupt.
5. Sniff the bubbles. Do they smell like apples?
6. Repeat with the other containers to try many colors.
7. Compare the eruptions and pick your favorite color.

## Tips
- Apple cider vinegar is again vinegar (weak acetic acid), but the kids thought these apple explosions were pretty fabulous.
- We tried many colors, but the green and red were audience favorites.
- Our kids had done plenty of eruption experiments, so they were quite familiar with the process and could run it themselves.

## FAQ
**What makes it erupt?** Apple cider vinegar is a weak acid (acetic acid). It reacts with the baking soda and fizzes up. The apple cider version just adds the apple scent.

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014)

Can't wait any longer! It's September and we have officially started obsessing over apples. While the actual apple picking season is a still a few week away we have started doing [**apple crafts**](https://www.funlittles.com/apple-activities-kids/) and [**apple art projects**](https://www.funlittles.com/make-an-apple-tree-the-toddler-way/). Before we share those, I want to show you all our super exciting [**science experiment for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/science-2/) - apple cider experiment.

### Science Experiments for Kids : Apple Cider Vinegar experiment

*Materials*

- **[Baking Soda](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001B2W09A/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- **[Apple Cider Vinegar](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001I7MVG0/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- ****[Liquid Watercolor Paints](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042SR5R2/?tag=blmemo-20)****



In 4 clear containers we added a bit of baking soda and a few squirts of our favorite **[Liquid Watercolors](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042SR5R2/?tag=blmemo-20)**. Since have done our fair share of science experiments for kids, especially ones with eruptions the children were quite familiar with the process. We have combined [**Kool-Aid and baking soda.**](https://www.funlittles.com/art-activities-for-kids-scented-fizzy-paints/) We have combined [**lemon juice and baking soda**](https://www.funlittles.com/science-experiments-kids-rainbow-lemon-eruptions/). We have even added soap to this famous science experiment in our [**lemon suds eruption**.](https://www.funlittles.com/science-experiments-kids-lemon-suds-eruptions/)

Today in this science experiment we are combining apple cider vinegar and baking soda.



Well, apple cider vinegar is again vinegar { weak acetic acid}



But the kids thought this apple explosions were pretty fabulous. Adding half a cup of apple cider vinegar to the baking soda gave us some cool apple scented eruptions.



We tried many colors.



But the green and red were audience favorites. 

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