As soon as Alex laid his eyes on the box, he wanted to try it. We decided to try it two ways – once with 2% milk and once with almond milk to see if there was any difference.

I filled a takeout container lid with the 2% and Alex carefully dropped two drops of each color into the milk. After all the colors were added to the milk, he added a drop of dish soap and the magic happened.

He was so amazed by the swirling colors.

He added a few more drops of dish soap into the corners where the colors had pooled, for “maximum swirliness” before dipping the paper into the experiment to get the art part of the kit. He loved seeing the colors swirls on the paper, and even hung them up in his room after they dried.

We repeated the experiment with the almond milk and got similar results. The only differences that Alex picked up on was that the food coloring stayed brighter in the almond milk and it didn’t swirl as much when he added the liquid soap.

I explained to him that the reason the experiment works is because there is fat in the milk that is effected when the dish soap is added. Alex said since the almond milk didn’t swirl as much as the regular milk, it must have less fat in it.

We really enjoyed the Just Add Milk Science + Art Kit. It is a really fun way to get children interested in science, and the experiments are not complicated or time consuming. I also think that adding the art component to the kit was a great idea to get a wider range of children interested in trying it. Overall, it is a great product and Alex and I highly recommend it!

What’s the coolest science experiment you’ve ever done?

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Alex took part in the Get To the Point 5k children’s dash. The whole race was only 25 meters, but seeing how serious the kids took it, you would’ve thought they were running the NYC Marathon.  Since the street was closed off before the race, the kids warmed up by running back and forth in the street. All of the parents there joked about how much energy kids have. They could have ran for hours!

It was fun watching the really small children run. One of the little girls ran off the course, yelling to her mom that she had to go to the potty and didn’t finish the race. Alex’s group was the third or fourth to go. I started out running with him, but once we got about halfway down the course, he let go of my hard and ran off.

At the finish line, they took down Alex’s name and told us to stick around for the awards ceremony. We got to watch all the other age groups run, while enjoying juice boxes and soft pretzels that were put out for the kids. Once all the races were complete, it was time for awards!

Alex was very excited to go up on stage and get his gold medal.

He had an absolute blast and told us that he wants to run really fast and win more medals.

What was the first race you ever ran?

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