Homemade Silly Putty and other Goops

Kids home from school and bored? Here are a couple of recipes to keep those little hands occupied during the Winter Break!

Goop!

Materials:

8 oz of Elmer's glue
 ¾ c. of water
1 t. 20 Mule Team Borax
1 to 2 T. water

Instructions:

You will make two mixtures. The first is ¾ c. of water, food coloring to color your goop, and 8 oz. of glue. The second mixture is the t. of Borax dissolved in 1 to 2 T. of water. Now comes the chemical process. Take your Borax mix and drop it into the glue mix. You'll see a glob of goop form. Scoop that out and place it in another bowl. Mix up more borax and water and drop it into the glue bowl again. Another glob of goop will form, scoop it out and keep repeating the process until all the glue is formed into goop balls. Begin to knead all the balls of goop into one big ball of goop. It's fun and goopy!

Silly Putty

Materials:

Elmer's Glue-All multipurpose glue
food coloring
Sta-Flo concentrated liquid starch

Instructions:

Mix the glue with the food coloring until the color is even throughout.
Pour the liquid starch into the colored glue mixture.
Stir and let it sit for five minutes.
Pull the putty out of the mixing bowl and set it on a paper towel. Knead the putty in your hands for five to ten minutes.

The final product is great! It can copy newspaper print and bounces when you roll it up into a ball, just like the original store-bought Silly Putty.