 - Recommended Age Range Seven & Up
List Price: $9.99
Lowest Price: $6.74 
Product Description: Make a solid volcano with the mould and plaster provided. Paint and decorate it with lava flow, landscapes etc. Put in baking soda and vinegar into the creater and perform an amazing eruption in front of your friends and family. Your very own volcano will really erupt with bubbly, fizzy lava. It's an awesome science project and it makes a cool desk-top decoration too. The eruption could perform repeatedly and the fun is unlimited. Contains 1 volcano mould (2 parts), 2 fine quality plaster mix, 1 paint strip of 6 colours, 1 brush, 1 stirrer, 1 fun graphic boards for decoration, 1 moulding and painting instructions with volcanic scene, fun facts and recipe for eruption. (Baking soda and vinegar are required to perform the eruption. Not included in this kit) Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-01-31
we'll see....
we are waiting for our volcano to dry in order to be painted and then 'explode' but realized too late that we were suppose to put some type of bottle in place BEFORE we poured the plaster...anyway...i wrote to the company for help and this is what they wrote back..."In order to create the eruption, you are required to put a teaspoonful of baking soda and a few drops of washing detergent (and some red paint) into the eruption chamber. Eruption will occur when you slowly pour the vinegar into the chamber. Therefore it's no need to remove the eruption chamber." so to me this means that there was no need to add a bottle at all, but maybe the next time you make it to add a bottle instead/in place of the eruption chamber as it is now permanently embedded in the first plaster volcano...i will revise this if it doesn't work with the eruption chamber, but hope this helps anyone else confused by step2#6! so far other than that one step in the instructions the whole proccess has been very easy and not messy at all...i was set for plaster everywhere and only in the mixing bowl which rinsed easily and a little that brushed off from the plastic form joins...even my 5 year old is helping! Rating:
Date: 2008-01-12
A great idea, but needs upgrade
This is a great idea -- a reusable mold for a reusable volcano, and it comes with everything except water and vinegar, easy enough. First, and only real complaint, the directions stink. They tell you to add a bottle for an enlarged eruption chamber after they told you to pour the plaster in the mold. Add the bottle first, then pour. Also, it is extremely difficult to get the plastic eruption chamber cylinder out after the mold has dried. It fell off the ring on our first try, and we had to break the mold to get it out. The second time, it fell down into the bottle, and we had to carve away a little bit of the volcano to get it out. There is nothing to grab onto. A loop with string molded into the bottom to pull it out would be great. The third time, it shifted a bit to the side, and was a PAIN to remove. It gets a bit damaged each time from stretching, pulling and poking, so I am not sure how long it will last. I see no reason it cannot be molded to the ring so it can be pulled out by the ring. On a minor note, the paint colors it comes with are inappropriate, but probably generic. White, yellow, green, red, blue and black. No brown? We mixed our own, but still. An awesome product to erupt once you finally get a complete, viable one. Rating:
Date: 2008-01-02
incomplete kit, plus misleading instructions
I have two problems with this kit (and they're kinda big problems).
(1) The instructions are out of order and very confusing regarding how to insert a plastic soda bottle into the volcano. (I didn't get it figured out before pouring the plaster, and as a result, our volcano's "eruption chamber" was incorrect, which caused a pretty lackluster "eruption." I would have attributed the problem to operator error, as I'm not the best builder in the world, but my very building-savvy brother had to read and re-read and re-read the instructions to finally figure out what I had done wrong.)
(2) To correctly make the eruption chamber, you have to provide your own plastic soda bottle, which you have to cut down and tape back together in order to make it small enough to fit into the volcano. What is the point of ordering a kit if one of the main components isn't provided?
I guess I will probably go buy more plaster, cut/tape a soda bottle and give this another try. At least the molds are re-usable! Rating: 
Date: 2007-02-11
Great fun and easy to assemble
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 |
