Tell Me Thursday: Messy play 2

July 23rd, 2009

Posted by Melitsa in Good reads, Memes, Outdoor play, Seasonal play, Thought of the week, play activities

Wordless Wednesday yesterday was messy play part 2.

We’ve been wanting to try gloop for a long long time but truth be told I just didn’t know if I could do it. We’re all big playdoh people over here. However, the boys were keen and the stars were aligned ( just kidding) so we tried.

First attempt = Failure!

We were all really bummed. We’d run out of white glue now so that kind of was it. But I didn’t think giving up was the right thing to do.

So we found another set of instructions and watched a few instructional videos together. So now we felt we had it right.

Second attempt= Success!

Who said we can’t all learn something about perseverance

Here’s the recipe that worked for us.

8 oz White glue

1 cup water

1 cup warm water

1.5 tsp borax

food colouring

Mix glue + water and colouring in one container

Mix warm water and borax together in another container

Pour 1 into 2.

Stir continually.

Pull out onto wax paper and knead gloop

It actually isn’t messy to set up. I don’t know why I thought it would be.

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7 Responses to “Tell Me Thursday: Messy play 2”

Danielle Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
Looks like you guys had a ton of fun! I may have to try this with my kids! Is it really messy?
MmSoapBox Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Looks like fun! I remember making this a few years back when I was taking Child Development Classes – I loved the texture … sooo squishy! I bet your kids had a blast.
Melitsa Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
It’s really not that messy. We did it outside in our quest to be outside more and me anticipating spills etc. But no none. You’ll have fun and it does feel funny. lol
Melitsa Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I’ve seen it lots of times but steered clear. So glad we tried it and again when it didn’t work. They still love it.
Tell Me Thursday Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Looks like lots of fun to me! I love that kind of stuff!
Making goop : parentingzoo.com Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
[...] Leave a Comment Just a quick post. Melitsa over at Play-Activities.com has a great post with a recipe for green goop that looks very fun. Take a look when you CLICK HERE. [...]
Morgan Says:
August 26th, 2009 at 7:41 am
That looks like fun! I wanted to make Goop/gak when I was a kid, but never did. I hope to make it sometime with my children!

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