Mad Scientists Party

Mad Scientist Invitations

Mad Scientist party invitation wording ideas:

You're invited to a party that's guaranteed to pop, fizzle, wiggle
Ooze on over to Cray's eight birthday for a slimy experiment.
Lab hours: Saturday, August 22 at 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Wacky Laboratory: 123 Main Street
RSVP: Chief Scientist Tiffany at 867-5309.

Get mad with free Mad Scientist invitations. A graphic designer and mom of two
shares her Mad Scientist Secret Formula invitation, pictured left, along with mad
science party tips.

Get testy with your invitations: An obvious choice for a mad scientist party is to
roll the invitation into a test tube. Be sure to get a plastic test tube, which are
available, pictured right. But for a monstrously mad invitation, make a fun
concoction for your test tube and hand deliver it. Create a glitter wand by filling
half the tube with vegetable oil and a drop of food coloring. Next, fill the tube
with an assortment of glitter, confetti and a tiny charm or plastic toy. Top off
with a bit of water and seal. Use a bit of gold elastic to affix the actual invitation
to the test tube. Martha Stewart uses spiders in her Mad Scientist's invitation
idea.

How to set up your lab

Have kids scrub for the party. Start with a bubbles!

Decorate your mad scientists with inexpensive props, such as safety goggles
which you can get for around a buck. You might also gel up their hair to look like
the famous Einstein.

Sign up! Set up bio hazard and atomic waste signs. Make funny signs "Out of
my mind. Back in five minutes."

Look for beakers, test tubes and petri dishes online. All are wonderful for
displaying sweets.* Use beakers for fun drinks, test tubes for jelly beans, and
petri dishes for ice cream, gelatin or pudding dessert creations.

Get eerie with a fog machine or dry ice. Find dry ice at Liquor stores.

Name your mad scientists for the party with a mad scientist name tag or
lanyard:

Albert Mindstein
Al Bright
Brian Child
Doctor Brainiac
Doctor Gene Nius
Doctor Smarty Pants
Dr. E. Vil
Dr. N. Telligent
Dr. N. Sanity
Dr. Y. S. Cracker
Jeckyl and Hyde (siblings or twins)
Guy Wise (Wise, Guy)
Maxwell Smart
Professor Anne Marianne (from Gilligan's Isle)
Sir Thinksalot
Simon Bar-Sinister
Smart Alex, or Smart Alec

Mad Scientist resources

Cotton candy makes this Beaker cake look like an experiment in action.

Get three slimy Mad Scientist project ideas from Cookie Magazine.

Mad Scientists wraps, right, by Better Homes and Gardens, will have them
eating their veggies!

Loose your appetite with beaker drinks and brain cake idea.

Print a free RadioActive Sticker template for use on sandwiches, drinks, favors
and more. Requires Avery 5294 labels, found cheaper on Amazon, pictured right.

Mad Scientist coloring pages.

Have a "fab" food lab with Jello Petri Dish recipe.

Give them a yummy science lesson by building Gum Drop Molecules.

Check out this cool Science Web site for kids and their parents.

Plan some homemade experiments including, "Egg in a Bottle", "Alka Seltzer
Rockets," "Swimming Raisins" and more with ideas from Cookie Magazine.

Having a super mad scientist party is not rocket science, but...

Here's an

IMPORTANT Note of caution for a mad scientist party:

With candy

test tubes and drinks in beakers, and desserts in petri dishes it may be

difficult for kids to decipher what is edible and what is not, so be sure to

supervise all inedible laboratory experiments and decorations. It helps to

perform lab work in a room away from the food. When the experiments are

over, pack away the fun out of reach. Finally, keep the poison control

number

handy in case of accidental ingestion.

Mad Scientist party
How to have a mad scientists birthday party for kids

He sometimes tests your patience. What's under his bed looks like a science project.
Yes, he's got fun down to a science. Your little experimenter will love a Mad Scientist
party. Put on your safety goggles, because with test tubes, petri dishes, and beakers
we've gathered some hair raising ideas for your mad science party:

Test some test tube ideas from YouTube. Fine Living's Mad Science party ideas.
You'll feel like an apprentice of Doctor Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde by watching the
three minute video. You'll soon be packing favors in a rubber dish glove; making
specimen decorations from kids toys inserting them into jars with food coloring:
and serving yummy vertebrae sandwiches and a blood worm gelatin for
dessert. The grand finale is a dry ice test tube decoration, which is a concoction
of dry ice, warm water in a long clear vase to look like a beaker. For added
effect, they drop a glow stick to really light up the party. The 20 minute video is
like going to Mad Scientist University:

Watch Hulu's Cool Kids' Parties: Mad Scientist Party.

Make a vile discovery with a vial of Frankenstein's blood. Fill a beaker (or glass)
with a cup of white vinegar and a third cup liquid dishwashing soap. Add a drop
of green coloring. Set this "vial" aside. Fill a tall thin glass or bud vase half way
with baking soda, which will be the "sand." In a mad scientist's wig, lab coat or
costume, gather the crowds with a fiendish laugh and announce you have
Frankenstein's blood and you have an amazing discovery. Tell the audience
your discover is that "Frankenstein can never walk on the beach." Demonstrate
what happens if his foot were to get cut on a rock or broken glass. Pour the
"vial of blood" on the "sand" and watch a frothy mess bubble. Kids love this!

Learn to make lab worms. SteveSpanglerScience.com provides an experiment for
your party that the kids won't soon forget. You can create the same fun with Be
Amazing Insta-Worms, available below: