Friday, February 8, 2013

Slime!

GAK!
As much as we loved the Play Doh recipe, and still do, I have to give a big shout-out to this homemade slime recipe. Also known as GAK! :) My friend Tammy sent me the recipe and I was thrilled I had all the ingredients on hand already except glue. Glue is CHEAP! For less than $1 we were all set.

After reading through the instructions, I realized this would be a fun little science lesson for anyone homeschooling too. :)

All you need is Elmer's Glue, Borax, and water. Food coloring makes it fun but isn't necessary. Connor enjoyed being able to pick out what color his slime was though. :) This quite literally came together in 2 minutes! Here's a link to the recipe: http://lilluna.com/homemade-gak-recipe/



















Connor has wanted nothing more than to play with this GAK all day. It's nice because the stuff is not at all messy, like Play Doh can be. :) Connor loves running his cars and trucks through it because it makes tracks. He pretends to get stuck in the slime. It's been very fun.

1 comment:

Karen Butterworth said...

If you can find liquid starch anywhere (it's getting harder and harder to find, because most people don't iron anymore, let alone starch their clothing!), you can mix liquid starch and Elmer's glue to make a silly putty-like substance. We always called it gak. However, borax is probably easier to come by!