Oobleck-y

One part water; Two parts cornstarch; many parts messy fun (add a bit of kool aid for color and scent)

After giving a tupperware full of this to a friend I realized you have to have a high mess tolerance to enjoy this activity. I have a very high mess tolerance--we made this two evenings in a row. I might have even liked the goop more than Biscuit.

And that's saying a lot.

Mr. H, ever the high school science teacher, found this explanation of how it works. Summary: long polymer chains.

Comments

[farfromca]

i love oobleck. I love love love it. I love doing it at work, too. I am so excited to go back to work. :) Love doing it at home too, but in my current state of needing to be clean all the time, it is nearly impossible. :)

[alli]

If you do a one to one mixture, you can make sidewalk paint, which dries to look like chalk. My kid isn't really into drawing with chalk, but give him a paint brush and he is loving the sidewalk.

[goody-goody]

Ooh..yeah. Not such a high mess tolerance over here. But grape kool-aid? I would eat it with a spoon.

[Darlene]

We are Oobleck masters here. My two year old will not play with it at all. She can't stand to have her hands dirty!

[blaze]

What a great (and messy!) idea! :) I bet your kids had a lot of fun doing that with you!

[blaze]

What a great (and messy!) idea! :) I bet your kids had a lot of fun doing that with you!