School age (6-10 years)•✨ Nice
Frozen Science Laboratory Experiment
🍳Kitchen
•⏱️30 min
•⏰Elaborate (15-30 min)
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About this idea
The elf sits at the kitchen counter surrounded by several glasses of water in different stages of freezing. Small toy figurines are frozen inside ice cubes scattered across the counter, with a magnifying glass positioned in the elf's hands. A handwritten sign reads 'Freezing Experiment in Progress' and plastic pipettes rest beside beakers filled with colored water.
What you'll need
- Small elf doll
- Clear glasses or small beakers
- Water
- Toy figurines
- Magnifying glass
- Pipettes or small plastic cups
How to set it up
- Fill several small glasses or beakers about halfway with water and place them on the kitchen counter. Place toy figurines in some of the glasses and put them in the freezer to freeze overnight.
- Arrange the frozen glasses and any remaining unfrozen ones on the counter around your elf doll. Scatter a few ice cubes with small toy figurines frozen inside around the counter.
- Place a magnifying glass in the elf's hands as if the elf is examining the experiment. Create a small sign that reads 'Freezing Experiment in Progress' and place it nearby.
- Add plastic pipettes or small cups and a few beakers filled with colored water next to the elf to complete the science lab look.
Tips & variations
- For a mess-free version, use small plastic cups instead of glasses and only freeze water with small toy pieces or food coloring instead of actual toys.
- Let your kids help by decorating the sign or choosing which toys get frozen. You can also let them predict what will happen to the toys in the ice as part of the activity.
- If you want to extend the activity, let the kids try the experiment themselves with supervised freezing and watching over the next few days.