Tag Archives: solar oven

DIY/Crafts, Homeschooling

S’mores in a Solar Oven

04/18/2014 Danielle Huddleston 2 Comments

After testing out our Solar Oven by melting cheese, I thought my boys might appreciate cooking something they actually got to eat.

We got the idea from the same site we got the directions on how to build the solar oven from.

It seemed like the chocolate melted right away but that the marshmallows took a while to get soft.

By the time the marshmallow was soft the chocolate had made a mess.

It was really good but our oven’s got messy also.

I would suggest just putting the marshmallow in on a cracker.

Have you ever made a solar oven?

What did you cook in it?

I think I want to made chocolate bars next!

Homeschooling, Photo Projects

Building Solar Oven’s ~Embrace the Camera

03/20/2014 Danielle Huddleston 4 Comments

Here is my shot for the day!

Check out Emily and Ashley’s blogs to see what “Embrace the Camera” is about.

We built this solar oven from a science kit as well as one from a shoebox.

We modelled the shoebox oven after the Pizza Box Solar Oven found here.

My youngest built the one from the kit.

While my oldest built his from scratch.

I cut out the top flap for the shoebox and helped tape the aluminium foil as well as the ziplock bag we used for the top.

I added packing tape to try and keep the stick from moving around.

The boys wrote down what they thought would happen in their science journals.

We put pieces of cheese in them and waited to see how long they took to melt.

This is how the boys killed time waiting.

45mins later the shoebox won!!!

It took the kit oven ten more minutes to melt.

This was a fun easy project!

I am hoping we can try popping popcorn or making s’mores on the next sunny day as well as think up ways to improve our oven.

Have you ever made a solar oven?

What did you use to make it?

I would love to make one like this!