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Table Tricks Everyone is stuffed...it's time for some amazing table tricks!
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Table Tricks
Table Tricks
Table Tricks
Table Tricks Table Tricks

Everyone is stuffed! The meat loaf was out of this world, the potatoes were cooked to perfection, the succotash was, well, succotash, and who would have ever thought that fried Jell-O with sausage gravy could be so tasty?! OK, OK, you’re falling asleep. So, what’s next? It's time for some amazing table tricks - cool science experiments that will have everyone on the edge of their seats.

Before you start on that pile of dirty dishes, pull a few things out and get ready for the ultimate science lesson. Create an awesome experiment by balancing those dirty forks... and don't feed the milk to the dog, create a symphony of color with it instead. We've got all your after-dinner science covered. So, wake up Grandpa, put down the sponges and get ready for these amazing table tricks!

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What looks like a mess to everyone else actually provides the ingredients for the perfect after-dinner science laboratory. You’re about to dazzle everyone with a collection of the most eye-catching, gee-whiz, how’d-you- do-that? science miracles anyone has ever seen.

Here are a few of our favorite table tricks...
The Amazing Egg Drop
Color Changing Milk
Balancing Forks
Straw Through Potato
Tablecloth Trick
Watch Steve & Ellen do the Tablecloth Trick