Mum mortified after kids’ science experiment ends up looks VERY rude
A MUM who shared photos of her home science lesson was left red-faced after Twitter users mistook the experiment for something much ruder. Emma Holmes from Gildersome, West Yorks tried out the “elephant toothpaste” experiment with her kids Harry, nine, and Isabella, seven from home. Emma, 29, made the common science experiment using hydrogen peroxide, […]
A MUM who shared photos of her home science lesson was left red-faced after Twitter users mistook the experiment for something much ruder.
Emma Holmes from Gildersome, West Yorks tried out the “elephant toothpaste” experiment with her kids Harry, nine, and Isabella, seven from home.
Emma, 29, made the common science experiment using hydrogen peroxide, yeast and warm water.
Snaps of the experiment show two bottles overflowing with pink foam.
The shape of the container combined with the colour of the foam has produced the unfortunate shape, leading many to believe the items were “sex toys”.
She uploaded the picture to Twitter, captioned with: “Garden science lessons! Elephant toothpaste.”
The mum-of-two says she did not spot the x-rated resemblance until a few people began to point out it looked like a “pink dildo”.
‘FILTHY ANIMALS’
Her tweet quickly went viral with social media users sharing the post more than 10,000 times.
After a number of comments, Emma said: “ I never ever copped on how phallic they looked! You filthy animals”.
One Twitter user said: “I had to look twice at those! Thought you were giving a sex education lesson!”
Another wrote: “Home made dildos. Nice.”
Someone else commented: “Thought you had two dildos stuck on the table. Wondered what you were teaching them.”
What is the Elephant's Toothpaste experiment?
Fancy trying the Elephant Toothpaste experiment at home? Here's how..
- Use a funnel to pour 1/2 cup (118 ml) of hydrogen peroxide liquid into a bottle (with the help of an adult)
- Add 10 drops of food colouring into the bottle.
- Add one tablespoon (15ml) of liquid fairy liquid into the bottle and swish the bottle around to mix it.
- In a separate small cup, combine 3tbsp warm water and 1tbsp dry yeast together and mix for 30 seconds.
- Use the funnel to pour the yeast-water mixture into the bottle and watch your elephant toothpaste erupt.
‘EVERYONE’S HAD A GIGGLE’
Speaking about the experiment, Emma said: “I’m glad everyone has had a giggle and I’ll be avoiding science for a while.
“I’m home schooling both my children and thought the elephant toothpaste experiment would be great for them to do!
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“Plus I thought that experiments outside would be great because it’s so hot and would be fun and keep them busy for a while.
“I genuinely didn’t realise what they looked like until the first few tweets, then my face dropped.
Once someone said they looked ‘phallic’ I couldn’t unsee it!