Flubber

Flubber

Mixture 1

~ 1 1/2 cups very warm water

~ 2 cups Elmer’s glue (I’ve tired it with generic white school glue and it never works as well)

~ Food coloring

Combine in a small to medium bowl and stir with a clean spoon.

Mixture 2:

~ 3 teaspoons Borax (you can buy it on Amazon or at the grocery store)

~ 1 cup very warm water

Combine in a large bowl, stir until dissolved (or almost dissolved) with a clean spoon.

Pour mixture 1 into mixture 2. Because of the science behind this recipe, the borax combines with the PVA in the glue and makes a polymer. You could do nothing at this point and it would turn to flubber after a while. But what fun would that be? Your kids will want to stick their hands in immediately and start mixing. It will take about 10 minutes, but eventually all of the water will be absorbed, and you will have flubber

Basic Puppy Chow Recipe

Basic Puppy Chow Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups Rice Chex Cereal
• 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions

1. Microwave white chocolate chips and butter in a bowl for 30 seconds on high. Remove from microwave and stir. If the mixture is not melted together yet, place back in the microwave at ten seconds intervals until melted together.
2. Add vanilla to the mixture and stir completely.
3. Add cereal, one cup at a time, until the cereal is covered with the butter mixture.
4. Place the cereal in a sealable bag with the cup of powdered sugar.
5. Shake until the cereal is completely covered.
6. Pour the puppy chow in another bowl or in containers.

From this point, making the Princess Puppy Chow is easy. Pour the Basic Puppy Chow mix in a large bowl. Grab the shiny pink covered chocolate and another 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips.

                               ~Moon Sand~

Materials:

8 cups of flour

1 cup of baby oil

Directions:

Combine the flour and baby oil in a large tray or container. I used a large bowl, but I would recommend something with a lid if you plan on storing it and reusing it.

The sand is really soft as you would imagine, and it packs really well so you can still make sandcastles with it.

How it worked for me:

My kids loved it! They begged me to make them an entire sandbox full. They played with this stuff for hours and hours. Well worth it! They built all kinds of things with it. Had no problems building, it held together pretty good.

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Spray Chalk Recipe

Spray Chalk Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons of Cornstarch
• 3 cups of water
• 10 drops of food coloring

How To:

• Mix the ingredients in a bowl, then pour them in a spray bottle.
• Spray the chalk on the sidewalk! To avoid clumping in the bottle, shake before using.

*Tip: Look for spray bottles at the dollar store or in the laundry section of Walmart.

Scratch n Sniff Paint Recipe

What you’ll need:

• Water
• Kool-Aid

How To:

Mix together 1/3 packet of Kool aid with approximately 1/3 cup of water. Mix together, then paint! You’ll want to let them dry for about an hour. After that, you can scratch and sniff the flavors!

Must Have Always on Hand for Kids

Shaving balloons

I have been looking for a new activity to do with the kids and came across this. 

 This is about as difficult as filling water balloons. One can of shaving cream fills from 15-18 balloons. And shaving cream is about $1, so not too bad.

The kids had so much and this is one will be repeating soon!