Potentially Messy Party Games & Activities
- Make Slime
- Baking Soda & Vinegar Volcano
- Mentos & Diet Soda Fountain
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream isn't messy to make, though it always seems like leftover liquid nitrogen gets used for other purposes, like making fog or freezing objects.
- Make molecules using toothpicks or spaghetti and mini-marshmallows or gumdrops.
- Go on a chemistry scavenger hunt.
- Play with balloons. You can rub normal balloons on your hair and stick them to a wall. You can raise the pitch of your voice using helium balloons.
- Explore freezing point depression by making yummy ice cream in a baggie.
- Make Fruit Batteries to light holiday lights and learn about ions and electrochemistry.
- Play 'Burst the Atom'. Tie one balloon around one ankle of each guest. Guests try to stomp balloons while saving their own. The winner is the last person with an 'atom'.
- Go 'Bobbing for Eyeballs'. This is like bobbing for apples except using ping pong balls on which you have drawn an eyeball with permanent marker.
- Make your own (edible) mad scientist monsters. Cut a tray of rice krispie treats into rectangles. Let guests decorate their treats to resemble scientists or monsters using green frosting, colored candies, licorice, and sprinkles.
