Halloween is full of so many activities – costume creation, classroom parties, crafts, carving and the main event – trick or treating. You can’t forget decorating. Halloween decorating is big business and many homeowners take it very seriously.
In October, tombstones begin to show up in yards along with spider webs, skeleton hands and ghosts hanging from trees. If you like to decorate your yard and front door for Halloween, here are some spooky scientific suggestions to create the ultimate trick or treater experience.
Here is a list of materials you will need to decorate your front door:
Burping, Bubbling, Smoking Dry Ice Cauldrons First, you must set the scene with burping, bubbling and smoking water. Nothing says Halloween like fog, rolling across the grass and
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Halloween season is the time to make bubbling potions, burping bubbles and low lying fog. The main ingredient in all of these concoctions (besides warm water) is dry ice. During the Halloween season, we get a lot of calls and emails from our customers looking for more information on dry ice. So here’s the low down on dry ice…please leave us a comment below if you have any additional questions on dry ice and our experts will do their best to answer.
What is Dry Ice?
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is part of the Earth’s atmosphere. Only about 0.035% of our atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide. Most of the air we breathe is nitrogen (79%) and oxygen (20%). Plants use it for photosynthesis and we breath it out.
It is colder than ice made from water at -109.3°F (-78.5°C). Due to it’s extreme cold temperature, it must be handled with insulated gloves. It is used to keep food cold during shipping. When dry ice melts, it turns into a gas and not a liquid, like water.
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Our Spangler Halloween Science lab is filled with the best spooky Halloween ideas and recipes for your mad scientists and party-goers. If you’re on Twitter, it’s as easy as following @HalloweenSci to receive our best, latest and greatest science ideas for Halloween up until the clock strikes twelve on Halloween night.
Looking for FREE Halloween Science ideas? Here are just a few of my favorite Halloween Dry Ice Experiments, or you might want to watch our exploding pumpkins video or cook up some spooky Halloween science recipes. Remember, Halloween isn’t just another day… it’s an unforgettable day to make science come alive!
If you’re looking to get a jump on Halloween and order your supplies now, take a look at our selection of Halloween Science Kits and Party Packs.
I’m not sure if Halloween was better for me as a kid or right now as an adult… okay, it’s better now! It’s no secret that I make the most out of every Halloween – from the oozing slime at school to the ghoulish fun at home, Halloween is the perfect time to let your creativity out for an evening of fun.
I think it all started growing up in a family where my parents turned Halloween into a full fledged show. I learned not to bother my Dad after about two o’clock in the afternoon on Halloween because he was getting the entry way of our home ready for those poor unsuspecting Trick-or-Treaters. My favorite memory was getting to sit in his home-made electric chair – complete with blinking lights and giant sparks of static electricity coming from the metal hat. It was great! When the doorbell rang, it was showtime… and my job was to yell at the top of my lungs, “Hey Mister… all I wanted was a lousy piece of candy!” We never gave away much candy on Halloween – no one ever stuck around long enough
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