Thursday, November 17, 2005

Here's The Scoop On Goop!

This is such a cool thing to do. I made it for the kids and found out that I liked it as much as they did. The properties of Goop are incredible! The possibilities for the imagination are endless. Here's the scoop and have fun!

INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 rounded teaspoon 20 Mule Team Borax
  • 8 oz. white school glue (Elmer's glue, for example)
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 15 drops of food coloring (optional - can be messy)
INSTRUCTIONS:
  • In a glass bowl, stir together 1 cup of water, the white glue, and the food coloring.
  • Dissolve all the borax powder in the remaining 1/4 cup water.
  • Add borax mixture to glue mix and stir until a slimy lump forms. Stir vigorously for another 30 seconds.
  • Remove the lump of slime and kneed it with your hands to dry it and complete the reaction.
  • In 2 minutes or so, you should be holding a ball of wonderful slime that pulls clean from your hands.
THINGS TO DO WITH GOOP:
  • Push into small kid-size cups. This will make funny noises and the giggles will last forever.
  • Try sticking a straw into part of the Flubber and blowing a bubble.
  • Let your hand ooze into the Flubber and watch it act like a liquid.
  • Then remove your hand and punch the Flubber. It will act like a solid.
Wicked Cool.

Word To The Wise: Goop is child safe but personally, I wouldn't give it to very young children. They might want to eat it or laminate it to something priceless like your Persian rug or favorite Monet.

3 comments:

Bryan said...

i remember that from middle school. It was so cool.

Hadley said...

Hi Bryan! Thank you for stopping by! I hope you make some. I did and played with it for an hour!

Unknown said...

OMG! I want to make some right now! Wonderful stuff. Thanks Hadley for the scoop!
Bryan: Do it again!