A themed party is an experience in itself, creating an environment that will induce the appropriate ambience of the theme is necessary! Choosing a science theme can be tricky as creating an authentic theme is not an easy task.
We’ll share some secret tricks that will help you throw an awesome science themed birthday party!
Since you are aware that you want a Science themed birthday party, half the battle is won! Now, we will focus on different aspects that will help you plan your party better.
- Scientist
- Astronaut
Let us bring food and science together, kids love experimenting new things as they are curious all the time. Feed their curiosity with some Food science activities.
- Colour changing drink
- Ice-cream in a bag
- Edible glass
Don’t drag out your expensive props since you know kids will inevitably make a mess and you’ll spend the entire party worrying about whether it will survive! You can find some fantastic decoration suggestions for your birthday party decor ideas with your chosen theme.
- Colourful Centrepiece
Water can be made colourful by adding droplets of food colouring until the desired shade is achieved. Pour the coloured water into the test tubes with caution using a funnel. Fill one of the test tubes, beaker, or flask with candy sprinkles to represent microorganisms using a funnel. To imitate a developing culture, put sugar crystals in a different test tube and fill it using a funnel.
- Molecule model
Using colourful candies or play dough to make the molecules, you can chopsticks, or any sticks to connect these molecules together. Using different colours for different elements will help in identification.
Children’s fun activities can be challenging and expensive. The first choice to make is whether to do it yourself or hire someone to do it for you. It goes without saying that doing it yourself will save money, but hiring someone for an hour or two can ease the hassle and prevent you from multitasking on D-Day.
- Bath bombs
- Chromatography butterflies
The choice of return gifts may be difficult for the parents. However, this is the most memorable and cherished part of the entire birthday party for the small ones.
The giving of return gifts is something that children constantly admire. The young ones anticipate this with interest. Even near the end of the celebration, when the kids’ return gifts are being distributed, there is a lot of excitement to be seen. Therefore, parents should only select presents that their children will genuinely enjoy receiving.
At a science themed birthday party, a return gift that can be DIY or a puzzle that can be solved will be cherished by them.
Invites are the first impression that the parents and the children have before coming to your child’s party. Make sure to add the theme name, as they can prepare themselves beforehand.
When sending invites through email, hand delivery, or posting, be sure to include the following information:
- If there are multiple kids with the same name, be sure to include the child’s last name on the invite card.
- Include both the day and the date of the party, just in case.
- Make it clear when the party will start and stop unless you want to deal with stragglers at both times!
- The more details you provide here, the fewer questions you will need to answer about where the party will be held. Why not attach a Google map to an email?
Costumes
Scientists literally transform the world with their discoveries! Join their lab and dress up as a scientist for the party. You might even pick up some potion-making skills!
Safety equipment is a must for all scientists! So, be sure to have
- White Lab Coat
- Safety Goggles
- Gloves
Bonus! Use a beaker or a telescope as a prop!
The astronauts are recognised by their enormous, white spacesuits, providing young scientists with a new range of opportunities. They went where no one had gone before, and dressing up as them for a night will encourage them to have big dreams!
Prepare to make your own spacesuit with and land on the Moon.
- White shirt and pants / leggings
- Felt – we used pink and black for the costume , and red and yellow for the rocket flames;
- Fabric Glue
- NASA – Themed Patches
- 2 empty large water bottles
- Spray Paint
Food
We all have tried a lemonade or even a pink lemonade, now let’s try out a colour changing lemonade with the help of butterfly pea flower petals. Use the extraction from the petals which will be blue coloured and add lemon to it. The colour will change to purple.
It appears bright blue at high pH levels (basic) and changes to a vivid pink at low pH levels (acidic). Because of this, as you swirl your butterfly tea into your lemonade, the colour will change from blue to purple to pink.
Fill a zip-lock bag with 1/2 cup whole milk and 1/2 cup cream, add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and.
Clear away any extra air before tightly sealing the bag. Place ice in a second, larger zip-lock bag and fill it almost halfway. Add 1/4 cup of salt to it. Mix it after adding your small bag to the bigger one.
It’s time for your ice cream!
Add the sugar, glucose syrup, water, and baking powder in a big pot to boil. Use a baking sheet that has been butter-greased and add this mixture to it. Allow it to cool down. Once the sugar glass has been on the tray for a while, slowly pull the baking paper back. Observe how the previously opaque sugar has transformed into transparent ” edible glass.”
Activities
Regardless of the fact that they can be costly to buy, making your own bath bombs can be enjoyable and rather economical. By hiding little toys within, it’s fun to transform this kid-friendly bath bomb recipe into a surprise game for bath time. The surprise item within the bath bomb will become visible after it dissolves.
You will need :
- Baking soda
- Citric acid
- Corn flour
- Coconut oil
- Water
- Food colouring (optional)
- Bath bomb molds
- Small toys – like dolls or dinosaurs (optional)
You should experiment with chromatography using coffee filters and markers. Even a beautiful butterfly craft for kids can be made using the outcomes of this science experiment!
- Sketch pens
- White coffee filter papers
- Pencil
- Paper cups
- Black pipe cleaners
- String
- Scissors