Fun & Boozy Science Experiments You Can Do At Home

Get Your Hands Dirty With Fluorescent Magic Mud

In elementary school, it’s very likely you made magic mud. You probably did it with your classmates and a lot of juice. Luckily, you can now do the same science experiment, but with a gin and tonic or whiskey. You could even combine the previous experiment and do two-for-one. Grab some potatoes, a food processor, strainer, tonic water, and two bowls. Chop the potatoes into small pieces and cover them with hot water in a bowl. After a few minutes, strain the potato bits from the water and keep the white layer. That white part is the stuff you want, and it looks a lot like milk.

If you mix it around, you’ll notice it acts as both a solid and a liquid. Strange, right? Let that stuff sit around for two days, until it turns into a white powder. Grab the tonic and pour it onto the white powder to turn it into magic mud. As we’ve learned, the quinine in tonic is fluorescent under a black light, so you’ll not only have magic mud, but you’ll have fluorescent magic mud. How fun does that sound? You can roll it around, and it feels a lot like pizza dough. Interestingly, the moment you stop rolling it around, it turns into liquidy goo. It could even double as a stress ball that melts when you stop moving it around (YouTube).

Make A Vodka Spiked Watermelon

Just as you would with the gummy bears, you can make a vodka-infused watermelon that’s delicious and tasty. It only takes about thirty minutes to prep. When this fruit is infused with liquor, it takes it to an entirely new level. Why not spice up your summertime with a bit of fun? Grab a meat injector, fill it with vodka, and inject it into your watermelon. Just make sure your kids don’t accidentally eat this vodka-infused fruit. The meat injector is a lot more effective than simply pouring the vodka into the watermelon since that can get quite messy (The Spruce Eats).

Watch How Leaves Change

As a kid, have you ever wondered how leaves change color? You can do your very own DIY leaf-changing experiment to find out how this happens! Head outside, grab a few different colored leaves and put them into a mason jar. Fill the jar with vodka and mash the leaves up as much as you can. Then, place the jars into hot water to heat them up, and wait a couple of hours. Then, grab a coffee filter. Pour drops of liquid from the leaf’s mason jars onto the filter and watch the beautiful, vibrant colors creep up the filter. If you wait overnight, you’ll get even more vibrant colors (Steam Powered Family).

Turn Jalapeños Yellow Using Tequila

You’ve probably had some wild nights out on tequila, ones you might not want to remember. Besides dancing on a bar, tequila has some other interesting properties that you might not know about. There’s a reason tequila goes with jalapeños, and it has more to do with than just the taste. You can use it to bleach jalapeños! Tequila also acts as a spot cleaner as vodka or rubbing alcohol does. But if you want to change the color of those jalapeños, use tequila. After soaking them for a night or two, it’ll change them into a pale yellow color. Best of all, you can drink the tequila afterwards, and even make an entire mason jar of spicy tequila. That’s some spicy shots! Keep it tucked away for special occasions, or when you want to see the look of pain on your friend’s faces (A Recipe For Fun).

Make Colored Rice

This one is fun and simple, and you could use the colored rice to decorate! Simply grab four Ziploc baggies. Fill them with rice and vodka, and then pour four different colors of food coloring into the baggies. Then, pour the rice onto baking sheets to let it dry. You’ll get rainbow rice! You could even eat the rice afterwards, though it will likely taste like vodka (Living Life and Learning).

Make A Handheld Fireball Using Tequila Or Vodka

This experiment is not to be taken lightly. You’re about to hold a ball of fire, so make sure you use precaution, and don’t do it if you’ve already had a few alcoholic beverages. The best way to protect yourself is to wear flame retardant gloves to perform the experiment successfully. Cut a two to six inch piece of fabric from a material like cotton or wool. This material does not catch fire at low temperatures. Roll it up and thread it into a ball. Grab that old bottle of tequila or vodka, both of which are highly flammable, and lather it up. Then, set it aflame. You can pick it up and hold it for a few seconds without getting burned before you should put it away (YouTube).

Make A Density Tower

Because liquids have all different densities, you could make your very own density tower with water, vegetable oil, and alcohol. Grab a clear glass bottle and pour three different liquids inside. You can use oil, water, and whiskey. Watch the magic happen! The liquids will all settle based on their different densities, making a colorful tower. This is all thanks to the different mass of molecules, and the denser ones sink to the bottom (Exploratorium).