| MATERIALS: |
1 lightning ball
several bottles of various shapes and sizes (liquor bottles work great!)
several beakers (at least 3) of various size
6 test tubes
1 test tube holder
10'+ clear tubing
corks of various shapes and sizes
(optional) "y" joint connection for tubing
1 mortar and pestle
6 cans of sterno gelled fuel
1 roll of tin foil
several boxes (like shoeboxes) of various shapes and sizes
1 or more plastic funnels
1 string of blue halogen holiday lights (blinking is best)
(optional) food coloring
(optional) strobe light with a variable speed setting
(optional) dry ice
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| DIRECTIONS: |
| 1. Purchase an inexpensive lightning ball and set it prominently in your lab area. |  |
| 2. Wrap any boxes you've collected with tin foil and position the boxes around your lab area. Items will be placed on display on these shiny boxes. |  |
| 3. If you have bottles of liquor with interesting shapes and colors, set them around your lab area. If not, take clean empty interesting bottles and fill them with your liqour. Add a few drops of food coloring to make bright-colored liquids in the bottles. | |
| 4. Place the mortar and pestle somewhere in your lab. Place your favorite garnish, like cinammon, in the mortar. This can be sprinkled into drinks as you work in your lab. | |
| 5. Place the test tube holder somewhere safe. Fill each of the six test tubes with various liquid and solid bar necessities like salt, sugar, lime juice, grenadine, and the like. Use these test tubes to add a dash of flavor to your concoctions while you work. | |
6. (optional) Fill a beaker with sake and place the beaker on a beaker holder. Open a can of sterno and place it under the beaker holder. Light the sterno to keep the sake heated throughout the evening.
WARNING: Lit sterno creates a very real fire hazzard. Be very careful with open flame, especially where people are imbibing liquor. |  |
| 7. Fill the remaining beakers with liquor or colored liquid and place about your lab. | |
| 8. Put corks in some flasks and beakers. In other corks, drill a hole and run the end of clear tubing through it. Place one or two of these tubed corks into a flask or beaker and run the other end of the tubing into another flask or beaker. Use the optional "Y" connector to run tubing between three beakers or flasks. | |
| 9. Place funnels in the tops of beakers, flasks, or bottles for effect. | |
10. Once all the lab equipment is placed, string the halogen light string through the equipment and plug it in.
WARNING: Be careful to keep the string of lights dry to prevent shorting or potential fire hazzard. | |
| 11. (optional) Place the strobe light somewhere near your lab and turn it on a very low flash speed. | |
| 12. (optional) Place any dry ice in a sturdy glass beaker. Fill the beaker with hot water. The dry ice will not last long. If the dry ice is heated from below, it will bubble furiously for its duration as opposed to chilling the water and ceasing to bubble. |  |
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