MAD SCIENTIST PARTY INVITATIONS:

• Fold paper invitation that has all the party details on it and place into a plastic test tube and hand deliver to the young scientist. On the outside of the tube write “Inside reveals the Mad Scientist Secret Formula for Party Fun”

• Using green cardstock place cut outs of test tubes and beakers overflowing with slime. “Ooze on over to “child’s name” Wild Lab for the experiments to begin.”

MAD SCIENTIST PARTY DECORATIONS:

• Make a welcoming sign and place at the front door that says “You may enter Dr. X’s Wild and Mad Lab!”

• Set up tables and cover with plastic vinyl to resemble lab counters. Place beakers and jars with clear hoses from one to the next to look like experiments. Prop up magnifying glasses, test tubes, science jars, and microscopes around the tables.

• Place snacks and candies in beakers and test tubes and place on the food table

• Use neon colors such as green, blue and orange balloons tied to scientific theme posters attached to walls.

• Write tiny messages to the guests and have them use a magnifying glass or microscope to read

• Have green slime on tables set up around the room.

MAD SCIENTIST PARTY ACTIVITIES/GAMES:

• As the kids arrive to the party, give them name tags to assign them which “lab team” they will be on. Each guest will also put on their lab coat and glasses/goggles before experimenting can begin.

• Have different experiment stations set up and divide the kids into their different teams

• Alka-seltzer rockets- take an empty film canister, place 1 alka-seltzer tablet and a little warm water and watch the eruption begin

• Sink or float- fill a small aquarium with water and have items such as paper clips, magnets, pennies, etc… have little guess sheets available and let the kids checkmark their answer before they try to sink or float the item.

• Create slime- mix 2 cups of white glue and 1 ½ cups of water in a large bowl. Add a few drops of green food coloring. In a different container, dissolve 2 tsp of Borax in 2/3 cups of warm water- mix well. Combine the glue solution to the borax solution and watch what happens. Have little plastic eggs available for each kid to save some of their own slime.

• Shocker- you will need 1 penny, 1 lemon and 1 paper clip. Cut a slit ¼ inch in the lemon to fit the penny in, then another for the paperclip. Place the paperclip close, but try not to touch the penny. Let the kids touch their tongues to each of the metals to reveal a little shocker.

MAD SCIENTIST PARTY FAVORS:

• Use neon sacks as party bags

• Pop rocks that come with test tubes

• Instant Snow in a test tube

• Magnifying glasses

• Goggles

• Snake Magnets

• Slime (made by the little scientists)

• Make a little book of science experiments (how-to’s) that were tested at the party for each guest to take home.