Slime! Silly Putty! Hours of Fun!

Today we did breakfast, folded a load of towels together, math, 20 minute reading, daily chore (collect upstairs garbage), science (Outdoor Secrets lesson) and played with slime/silly putty! As a bonus, I found The Ultimate Children's Classical Collection on iTunes and I've set it to play the previews of all 50 songs so I didn't have to buy it (which I probably will in the future!)

So here we are, all in the sunroom, spread out on the floor while I'm actually getting to blog during the day! Fabulous!

Slime Silly Putty Recipe

Buy a large jug of Elmer's glue at Staples (about $20)
Box of borax
food coloring
water
two mixing containers
wooden spoon
1/4C measuring cup
Container #1 for glue mixture:
1 - four cup Pyrex measuring cup or similar size bowl
1/4C measuring cup
wooden spoon

Container #2 borax mixture:
1 - four cup Pyrex measuring cup or similar size bowl
1/4C measuring cup
wooden spoon

In Container #1:
Mix 1/4C water and 1/4C Elmer's glue with one drop of food coloring, stir well

In Container #2:
Mix 1/4C borax with 1C water, stir the borax solution so the borax is suspended and pour some of this solution into a 1/4C measuring cup and

QUICKLY (so the borax doesn't settle to the bottom)

pour into the glue mixture

You'll need to be stirring the glue mixture while the borax solution is poured in

Stir well for 1 minute or less, then reach in and knead and squish it all together above the container allowing the water to drip off

When it is not so wet, give to your kids on a dinner plate!