{"id":217934,"date":"2019-03-20T09:50:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/april-fools-astonish-kids-bouncy-egg-trick\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:44:43","slug":"april-fools-astonish-kids-bouncy-egg-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/en-gb\/activities\/april-fools-astonish-kids-bouncy-egg-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"April fools! Astonish kids with this bouncy egg trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A silly eggsperiment for April Fool\u2019s Day<\/h2>\n<p>Turn a regular egg into a bouncy rubber one with this astonishing kitchen trick. Gross? Oh yes. Pure comedy? Double yes. A cracking way to teach kids about osmosis? Unquestionably!<\/p>\n<h3>What you need:<\/h3>\n<p>An egg<br \/>\nWhite vinegar<br \/>\nA jar<br \/>\nA cloth<br \/>\nFood colouring (we\u2019ve used green)<\/p>\n<h2>Absolutely eggs-traordinary\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83192 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Magic_Bouncy_Egg_Trick_blogMain-Body-Image-01-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/>Step 1<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore you start, explain to your kids that you\u2019re going to turn an ordinary egg into rubber with your magic parent powers. Place your egg in the jar very, very, very carefully. Seriously \u2013 you don\u2019t want to crack the shell otherwise your magic won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83193 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Magic_Bouncy_Egg_Trick_blogMain-Body-Image-02-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/>Step 2<\/strong><br \/>\nPour over the vinegar so the egg is completely covered. Watch as mysterious bubbles begin to form.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83194 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Magic_Bouncy_Egg_Trick_blogMain-Body-Image-03-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/>Step 3<\/strong><br \/>\nWave your hands over the jar in a magnificent manner and say your best magic words. Now cover the jar with a cloth and leave for three days. During this time, sneak in a little bit of food colouring to the jar \u2013 this will make the egg turn a gloriously gross new colour when it\u2019s revealed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83195 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wonderbly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Magic_Bouncy_Egg_Trick_blogMain-Body-Image-04-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/>Step 4<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the end of three days, whip your cloth off to reveal your new green rubber egg. The shell should have almost completely dissolved. If it hasn\u2019t, use your fingers to gently rub it off. Give it a gentle squeeze in front of your audience to make them go \u2018eeeeuuugh\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong><br \/>\nDare your audience to bounce the egg\u2026 and watch their faces of astonishment! (Note: only very brave magicians dare bounce their egg from a great height, as it may burst. We suggest bouncing your egg from a smaller height to show off its true rubberiness.)<\/p>\n<h2>What did we learn?<\/h2>\n<p>The shell of an egg isn\u2019t completely solid. It\u2019s a semi-permeable membrane \u2013 which means when it\u2019s placed in an acid like vinegar, it is absorbed through the shell. This is a chemical process called osmosis. Yay science!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perfect combination of science experiment, magic trick, and \u2018yuck!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":217936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8023],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>April fools! 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