Curiousity Musuem at Thanksgiving Point

The Museum sign

My kids love the Curiosity Museum at Thanksgiving Point.  We spent 3 hours one day.  My kids begged to go back.  A few weeks later we went back and spent 4+ hours there. 

I don't have nearly enough pictures to do the place justice!

Drawing a grasshopper

Playing with the string

Playing outside

At the playground

#7 Boy loved this water table that he could sit and play in.  I think he might have stayed there forever if I let him.

The older kids playing with the water tubes

and more water tubes

Rolling the ball down the ramp.  He also LOVED this!

 climbing the wall

Science: Squishy Egg and Beautiful Butterfly

Squishy Egg: Simply put an egg in vinegar and watch the acid eat the shell away(it takes a couple of days)

We might just have to do more Egg Experiments with so many around our house

It slowly bubbles and the shell dissolves

Then you can take it out and squish it

You can also see into it a bit (would have maybe worked better with a white egg...maybe we should see how white vs brown vs blue/green look different)  It was a fun easy experiment...until it got dropped too hard into the vinegar and broke open.

Butterfly in the Sky...well, soon.

Our Butterfly finally come out!  The Monarch is beautiful...I love the excitement on the kids faces

Studying the butterfly

#2 Boy got to take the butterfly out for the grand release

Away she went...Dad got her once and handed her down to #3 Girl

After that the butterfly just went higher and higher (Yes, Dad is trying to get her to fly down with wood ;-)

Some Science - Big Bubbles

We did some cooking and other things also, but no pictures of those. So, you get to see our Big Bubbles!

The kids all helped put the ingredients in.  #3 Boy was the main mixer

Me trying it

#3 Girl's bubble

#2 Boy got a full one floating

#4 Boy looks like he is in it!

#1 Girl caught Pingu with her bubble ;-)

#6 Boy's bubble

#5 Boy with his large bubble...he told me, "I don't need help I can do it on my own!"  Yes, he can!

The recipe below is the one we used from this website: http://happyhooligans.ca/homemade-giant-bubbles/

• 6 cups water (distilled is best but tap water is fine)
• 1/2 cup blue Dawn dish detergent
• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp Glycerine

To make your bubble mixture:

Dissolve the cornstarch in the water, stirring really well.  Then gently stir in the remaining ingredients.  Avoid creating a lot of froth.  Allow your mixture to sit for at least an hour, stirring occasionally if you see the cornstarch settling to the bottom.