Recipes - Gak, Oobleck, Silly Putty, & Flubber

You & your child(ren) might enjoy trying one of these recipes on a boring weekend. I haven't personally tried them all but the ones I have tried were fun, but a little messy!!!

Gak Recipe
Ingredients:
· 1 cup Elmer's glue
· food coloring, your choice of color (optional: coloring can stain!)
· 1 cup liquid starch
Pour glue and coloring in plastic container. Stir until color is thoroughly mixed in.
Add starch a little at a time, stirring with a spoon or kneading with your fingers as mixture thickens. Keep stirring until mixture holds together like putty. Test with your fingers: if too sticky, add more starch in small amounts until mass is smooth and rubbery.


Oobleck Recipe
It acts like a liquid until pressure is applied.
Ingredients:
2 parts cornstarch
1 part water
food coloring (optional, as could stain clothing and skin)

Amy's Flubber Recipe
Needs 2 bowls.
Mix thoroughly
1 1/2 cups very warm water
2 cups Elmer's glue
food coloring (optional, as could stain clothing and skin)
In a separate bowl, mix thoroughly:
1 1/3 cups very warm water
2 level teaspoons Borax
Mix the contents of the two bowls together kneading until it is fully combined. Discard any remaining liquid


Borax (Flubber) Recipe
Put 3 T. of water into a ziploc bag.
Add 1 T. of white glue.
Add 2 heaping T. of Borax (laundry detergent). It must be Borax.*
Shape into a ball. If the mixture is too sticky, roll the ball in a little bit of Borax. Enjoy stretching this elastic substance.


Silly Putty Recipe

This will bounce and pick up pictures from the paper just like the name-brand stuff.
Add: 1/2 cup water to 1/2 cup Elmer's glue (Not School Glue!)
Mix and add 3 drops of food coloring (optional)
Make Borax solution: Take 2 tablespoons borax (You can buy this at a grocery store or online) and add to 1 cup of water and stir. Add 1/2 cup of Borax solution to water and glue mixture
Stir and store in a plastic bag - mix well. Add food coloring if you wish. Let it dry about an hour. When ready, it will be smooth and rubber-like. Store in an airtight container.