Disappearing Sins Experiment
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Do you know someone who is getting baptized soon? Help them understand what happens when we are baptized with this fun Disappearing Sins Experiment. Discuss the importance of immersing completely in water and the covenants we make at baptism. Print the experiment cards below to get started.
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Use this fun Disappearing Sins Experiment to show how baptism washes us clean! When you immerse the baptism image in the water, the word “sins” disappears! It’s super cool (and not hard). You can see in the photo above only part of the word shows. The other part has disappeared as it went into the water.
The trick is to trace only what you want to show in the water on top of the plastic bag. Refraction takes care of the rest! Refer to Mosiah 18 where Alma teaches the people about the covenant of baptism or “Baptism” in Guide to the Scriptures for additional information and discussion points.
Don’t want to mess with water?
In the printable, there are images of Alma baptizing on it. Instead of cutting the rectangle out, cut around the characters. Attach a straw or stick behind to make it like a puppet. Then poke a hole in the bottom of a plastic cup. Add a little blue tissue paper to the top of your cup to look like water as well. Slide the straw through the hole in the bottom of the cup so Alma sticks out at the top of the water. Then pull the straw down to see the people immersed in the water like baptism.
This experiment is so much fun because it seems like magic! We might struggle to understand exactly how it works but we know it does. Even if we don’t understand all of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we know it works too! We can feel it in our lives as we are forgiven and washed clean. AND we renew our covenants every single time we partake of the sacrament. That’s pretty neat.
Keep the Gospel Experiments Going!
Experiment with more fun ideas in my Science Night Gospel Fun Kit! Enjoy 6 intriguing experiments as you discuss gospel principles. Keep the wonder going with bonus experiments and variations. Then discuss how you can experiment upon the word every day (relates back to Alma 32:27).
