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Toysmith Volcano Making Kit

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Brand: Toysmith
Category: Toy

List Price: ~~$9.99~~
Buy New: $6.85
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Seller: Interactive Toys
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

23 reviews
Sales Rank: 2112

Batteries Included: No
Age: 7 - 11 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 3
Conforms to ATSM F963 & D4236 and EN71

MPN: 3431
Model: 3431
UPC: 085761034310
EAN: 0085761034310
ASIN: B0007KK0V2

Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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•	Recommended Age Range Seven & Up

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Grades 2 & up. Make a solid volcano with the mold and plaster that is provided. Paint and decorate it with lava flow, landscapes, etc. Put baking soda and vinegar into the crater and watch the eruption. Everything you need is in the kit.

Customer Reviews:

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Great fun and easy to assemble February 11, 2007
Denise Hanson (Kingston 6 Jamaica)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

This was fun to assemble and quick too. My 5 year old son enjoyed the experience and wanted to take it to school to share with his environmental club. I like the fact that you can use the model over and over again. Well worth the price.

Denise
Kingston, Jamaica

5 out of 5 stars

Fun volcano kit for the whole family! September 6, 2008
E. Lagace (Oakland, CA United States)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful

I bought this kit for my mom and I (my mom is 60, I'm 37) and we spent 2 winter evenings building volcanoes. The kit comes in a surprisingly small box, that's because the volcano mold is made of 4 panels that snap together. The kit includes the 4 volcano panels, a volcano chimney, a small bag of plaster, and watercolor paint. The panels and chimney are made of strong plastic and will not break.

It was not a completely trouble-free experience, the amount of plaster provided is not quite enough and does not allow for mistakes. Sure enough, we made a mistake on the first attempt, we waited too long between mixing the plaster and pouring it in the mold, and ended up with a mess. The solution was to go to the local store to buy a box of plaster of Paris, which allowed to make 2 volcanoes without worrying about running out.

After pouring the plaster and letting it set, the mold is taken apart to reveal the "cracked" surface of the volcano, which looks nice. The chimney remains inside, that's where the mix of soda and vinegar will go. That means the kit is not intended for making more than one volcano at a time. That was a small problem to address when making the second volcano, I cut out the spout of a water bottle and used it as the chimney for the other volcano. Worked well.

Once both volcanoes have hardened and dried, then came the arts part of the project: using the watercolor, make the while plaster look like a volcano. The colors include red, yellow, blue and green, and by mixing colors one can figure out how to make the desired colors. My mom and I had different styles, I went for a more authentic look with brown and green at the bottom, and orange "lava" at the top, and my mom went for a more hippie-looking volcano. They both looked great. The finished volcano is about 5 inches tall.

Since we were planning on filming and photographing the volcano eruptions, we did some experimenting with soda and vinegar in the sink using small glasses. We figured out the quantities we liked, and added some food coloring to make the lava orange instead of a white foam. The result was fantastic.

And then came the fun part: it was winter time in Canada, so we put the volcanoes on newspaper and the newspaper on the snow, took plenty of pictures (there were plenty of pictures at every step of the project as well), then proceeded with the eruptions. The whole family was outside to attend. They were spectacular, the lava erupted and flowed down the mountain...

We had a great time with this kit, and apart from the limited quantity of plaster it is good quality and well made. That would be a fun thing to do with kids, there are several skills involved in building and painting the volcanoes, and making them erupt.

Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Good, easy, educational toy for a resonable price. March 17, 2009
V. Parker (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I got this kit for my 41/2 yr old. We made the volcano today and it was a piece of cake. He loves it. We are waiting on it to dry so that we can paint it. Here are a few things to remember when you use this kit:
1) The evolution chamber (the mixture of vinegar and baking soda goes in here) needs to go in first and then the mould goes around it.
2) After you pour the Plaster of Paris the evolution chamber stays inside (it is mentioned in the instructions). So the evolution chamber is not reusable. BUT we made ours reusable by inverting the volcano after it had dried half way through and then removing the evolution chamber mould. Now we can reuse the chamber again to make another volcano. But the instruction clearly states it is a one time use for the chamber. So make your volcano with caution
3) Some people have complained about not having brown color. There are clear instructions at the back as to how to mix different colors to get the desired colors. E.g. red+ yellow + little black = brown.

5 out of 5 stars

Definitely Entertaining January 18, 2009
mom of a toddler (Long Island, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great product, especially since the volcano, itself, is reusable. I wouldn't say the mold is reusable because the chamber becomes embedded in the mold. The directions regarding the plastic bottle were a bit unclear, so we skipped that part. It still works really well and provides big, bubbly eruptions - especially when you add a drop of dishwashing liquid to the chamber before adding the vinegar. I also bought a book on volcanoes, which made it more educational.

5 out of 5 stars

Volcanoes can be fun June 2, 2009
Kenneth E. Sutphin (The Friendly City, WV)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this for my grandson and he had a kick out it. It is really pretty simple and I thought the volcanic eruption would be boring. But I'm not 12 and he got a great time with it. You do have to make the volcano but really it's pretty simple. Good idea to have some paints around and I helped him to make it look like it was a volcano. He still brings it over every once in while and he says got in the vinegar? and I say sure with a smile.

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