Building, plastering and painting the volcano took most of the morning and afternoon. Such focus!
We saved the lava part for when Max's friend TJ was over. The boys helped me put the components (lava rocks, baking soda and red food coloring) in the mouth of the volcano. There was a great deal of anticipation surrounding the impending lava explosion. They set up dinosaurs around the volcano, expecting them to be awash in lava, destruction imminent. As you can see in this video, it was rather....
....anticlimactic.
The boys were not disappointed, rather I think they were a little relieved. Next they built "dinosaur land"s and spent the better part of an hour setting them up and haggling over setup. A great afternoon.
*Special thanks to Aunt Janice and Uncle Jonathan for the volcano
