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Plastic bottles are often thrown into the trash after enjoying a favorite beverage, but you might want to start keeping them when you see all these super cool Plastic Bottle Experiments!

These plastic bottle science experiments are so much fun to do with your kids and you should be able to find most of the supplies at home too!

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Plastic Bottle Experiments

  • Water Pressure With Water Bottle Experiment– Explains the force that water pressure has on deep-sea divers and scuba divers!
  • Water Bottle With Holes Experiment– When holes are poked into a bottle full of water and the water doesn’t leak out!
  • Cloud in a Bottle Experiment With Rubbing Alcohol– There are several ways to make a cloud in a bottle, but this one is by far my favorite!
Make a cloud in a plastic bottle with rubbing alcohol
  • Collapsing Plastic Bottle Experiment– This is a simple and fun way to use the physics of air pressure and temperature to crush a bottle!
  • Air Pressure Bottle Experiment– This fun experiment uses a balloon filled with air to power a homemade drink dispenser!
  • How to Make a Bottle Gun– This bottle gun activity will have the kids blasting air bullets around the house in no time!
How to make a bottle gun plastic bottle experiment
  • Balloon in a Bottle Experiment– A great way for kids to learn about how air pressure affects everything from balloons to the weather!
  • How to Make A Cloud in a Bottle (Without Matches)– Learn a lot about high and low-pressure weather systems with this fun experiment!
  • How to Turn Water Into Ice Instantly– Pour supercooled water out of a bottle and watch it freeze instantly into an ice pillar!
Make instant ice plastic bottle experiment
  • 3 Easy Ways To Make a Cloud in a Bottle– Choose any 3 methods to make a cloud, but the science behind how it works is all the same!
  • Mentos and Coke Volcano– The reaction between Mentos candy and carbonated soda create a dazzling, and sticky fountain in the sky!
  • Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Experiment– My new favorite way to show the baking soda and vinegar reaction by blowing up a balloon!
Baking soda and vinegar in a plastic bottle inflating balloon
  • Yeast Balloon Experiment– This super cool experiment uses the expanding power of yeast to inflate a balloon!
  • Hot and Cold Balloon Experiment– Inflate and deflate a balloon by simply heating up or cooling down the air inside the balloon!

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More Resources:

  • Balloon Science Experiments
  • Weather Experiments for Kids
  • Fun Water Experiments

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Hi! I'm Taylor - a former broadcast meteorologist, and daddy of three little girls. You'll most likely find me in the great outdoors, checking the weather or exploring the fascinating world of science.

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