Baking soda volcano, but you are both grown adults about it. It is a $ at home date that runs about under 1 hr, in three steps.

Updated October 2026

Kitchen Science Redo

Baking soda volcano, but you are both grown adults about it.

Strike 1Pick three childhood science experiments you each half-remember doing.
Strike 2Run all three in the kitchen sink, keeping score on which one still impresses.
Strike 3Name the winning experiment and challenge another couple to beat it later.

Upgrade itFilm it in slow motion and watch the replay over dessert.

RaincheckThe sink contains any mess, so this one has no weather problem.

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