Bubba's preschool teacher showed this stuff to the kids a their Halloween party and then shared the recipe. It took us 10 minutes to make (5 to gather the bowls and ingredients and 5 to mix).
Tita picked purple tempera paint to mix in.
This stuff is great! It is stretchy and slimy looking but not wet. You can shape it and cut it with scissors and pull it apart and then mush it back together. A perfect thing to make on a day off from school!
Don't tell the kids but I have some gold and silver glitter paint that I will be using to make them some for their christmas stockings.
We also made Oobleck, which involves cornstarch, water, and food coloring. Mix them all together and you get something that looks like a liquid but feels like a solid until you try o pick it up. It is much, much messier than Flubber though. Go google it.
Here is the recipe:
Flubber
3 cups warm water
2 cups white glue, such as Elmer's Glue-All
2 tsp Borax, such as 20 Mule Team Borax
Two containers
To make flubber:
Combine 1 and 1/3 cup warm water with 2 tsp of Borax in a small container, and stir until the Borax powder is fully dissolved. In the second, larger container, thoroughly mix 1 and 1/2 cops warm water with 2 cups white glue. Also add the optional liquid watercolors and glitter in the larger container. Next, pour the Borax mixture into the glue mixture, and use your hands -- or your kids' hands -- to completely combine them, lifting and turning the glob of flubber.
Store it in an airtight container or ziplock bag and it should keep for at least 2 weeks. I am also told that white vinegar can remove any stains (a theory I will probably be testing today).
