Flubber

[kirra]

Flubber

You'll just need to buy a box of Borax (available any place that sells laundry soap). The great thing about this stuff is it's gooey and slimy but can break like Silly Putty. It mends itself like Playdough if you put it back together and can drip like a liquid if you let it.

Which reminds me, don't leave it on the carpet or any place where it could run down into a crack or something. Very, very bad. Very bad. It's good for hours of fun, and it keeps for a decent amount of time in a plastic bag. Here's what you'll need:

Ingredients:

1 8-ounce bottle of glue
2 cups of warm water, divided
food coloring
1 1/2 teaspoon Borax powder
bowls for mixing

Preparation:

Pour the whole bottle of glue into a big bowl then fill the empty bottle with 1 cup of warm water and add that to the glue. Stir it up until it thins out. Then add several drops of food coloring and mix that in.

In a separate bowl mix the Borax and the second cup of warm water until the Borax dissolves. Stirring CONSTANTLY, slowly pour the Borax juice into the bowl of glue. Glue sauce . . . yukkkk!. . . Stir and stir and stir until it forms into a goopy, slimy, very cool mass at which point you can invite the kids to reach in and grab a handful.

Please do not eat the Flubber, and don't give it to kids who aren't old enough to know better.