Max's Mad Scientist Party

For his 7th birthday Max wanted a Mad Scientist Party. I found at the Iowa Children's Museum they have a science discovery party, so the "Mad Science" part I took care of. We had an awesome time and would go again and again. Here is some details of our party:

Future Scientist

The Party Table

The table decorations I got some fun beakers on line and with a little food coloring and dry ice, great effects. I also got lucky and found the neatest table cloth with explosion words all over it. The balls are treats made with "Just berries" captain crunch and marshmallow.

Glow Straws and Jello Petridishes

Yes those are petridishes, with Jello and sprinkles to look like bacterial growth. Glow in the dark straws were a great find - labeled them Radioactive to stay with the theme.

Cupcakes - chocolate

Cupcakes from DeLuxe bakery, with added decorations in nuke, bio-hazard, and radioactive symbols.

Do I know you?

The funny glasses with noses were a big hit with the boys. They looked very scientific indeed.

Lab work

The boys got right to work on their first experiment separating colors with alcohol.

Learning about flight

Then they went down to the Flight room (sponsored by Rockwell Collins :) To fly some balloons and learn about propulsion.

Watching it fly

Max and his friends loved this part of the party! Riley loved the floating wind balls.

Building race cars

Next they all went to the motion room and build race cars and ran them on the track.

Running the track

Lego Room!

The favorite stop was last - the Lego room! They have huge tables full of legos and everyone got to build.

Everyone loves Legos

Happy Birthday Max!

Finally after all of that experimenting - we headed back to have some cupcakes and ice cream.

Eating treats

Riley and Daddy

Slime Experiment

But wait! We aren't done yet! Still time for another experiment. This time they made slime!

Eeeewww

Milk Experiment

And worked with milk and food coloring. When you touch dawn soap the colors run away.

Gift bags

All the boys got gift bags with Test Tubes filled with candy and sayings such as : Warning! Contains Nerds - possibly contagious. or Warning! Radioactive Pills - may cause super powers. They also got bubbles in test tubes, mentos, and a shock ball. The museum also gave them gift bags with free passes!

Test tubes and Mentos

Thank you!

We had such an amazing time! All the boys were so good and really enjoyed themselves. Thanks to my husband and friends, this all went super smoothly.