This reminds me of my daughter who is now heading to seventh grade. I could not keep us in baking soda back then.
She is using this enthusiasm now for the Twilight Saga. It is interesting to see her loving something more mainstream. She draws pictures of it and knows all about vampires and each character. I took her to Forks, WA where this takes place and it was the trip of a lifetime for her.
Having a messy house is a huge part of being gifted. Her experiments now have to deal with making her own lip gloss, but it is essentially the same.
We were going through all her "cats" in her room and she found all their casts and other medical issues they had. We laughed about it. She asked why her cats always had medical problems.