Don’t bring your new neighbors a bottle of wine as a house warming gift. You are more creative, fun and love pranks. This ultimate prank uses the simplest of props… a plastic soda bottle filled with water. Even though the words “DO NOT OPEN” are printed on the bottle, people just can’t resist the temptation.
To make your own leaky bottle, you just need an empty plastic soda bottle, Sharpie pen, push pins and water. Fill the plastic bottle with water (make sure you screw the cap on tight). Write “DO NOT OPEN” on the outside. Use your push pin to poke little holes around the lower half of the bottle. Then head on over to the neighbor’s house.
They will not be able to resist opening the bottle. When they do, a nice little sprinkler spray of water will welcome them with open arms.
Leah is a homeschooling mom of six. She blogs about her experiences as a homeschooling mom on her blog, Almost Unschoolers. On the blog, she has a feature called “Sunday Science.”
She recently posted about making a Do Not Open Bottle but using it in the garden. I love it when someone expands upon an experiment and makes it their own. If you are unfamiliar with the Do Not Open Bottle experiment, it is a lesson in air pressure, gravity and surface tension.
Start with an empty soda bottle, poke holes around it near the bottom. Set the bottle in the sink and fill it up about half way. It’s a little tricky, because some of the water will leak out the holes. Replace the cap on the top and lift the bottle. If the cap is tightly sealed, the water will stop leaking from the holes. When you twist the cap and allow air to rush into the bottle, the water will once again
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