Children from Carlisle have been given the unique opportunity to conduct some fun scientific experiments, creating some edible poo and snot.

Carrie Ann Booth, who runs The Science Booth in the city, has held a number of workshops where she teaches kids different experiments as an alternative to other extracurricular activities available.

Discussing the workshop, Carrie Ann said: “I’m doing it in conjunction with Rockit Home, a little emporium on Cecil Street. They do workshops for adults but have also started doing science workshops for kids and I’ve done a few there now. For Hallowe’en we got our heads together and thought that making edible poo and snot would be fun for kids. We’ve arranged two workshops that are both sold out.”

When asked how The Science Booth came about, Carrie Ann answered: “I’m a science teacher and have been teaching secondary science for over 15 years now. I launched the Science Booth in 2017 which initially started off with me going to birthday parties, offering an alternative to a magician or a princess. It then branched out to primary school visits and after-school clubs.

“During lockdown everything changed so I decided to offer online classes and send free science things through my Facebook group and that has grown to the point where I now have a digital science club where a new experiment is done every Saturday. I also started to do themed boxes at certain times of the year.

“It’s a different theme each month and you get three or four experiments in each box. What sets the boxes apart from other subscriptions is that mine are affordable, some are really good but come at a price and I felt that not everyone has that sort of budget. I really enjoy making them and my six-year-old daughter gets to test them out, so I know that they are suitable for young children.”

Speaking about what she offers, Carrie Ann continued: “With my digital subscription you can get the content and you can add the box on, some people subscribe just to have the boxes. If I have any left at the end of the month, I sell them on Facebook.

“I only sell around 60 boxes just now, but I’d like to think that I can sell more in the future that can maybe help me make the Science Booth my full-time job.”