July 23rd, 2009 Tell Me Thursday: Messy play 2 Posted by Melitsa in Good reads, Memes, Outdoor play, play activities, Seasonal play, Thought of the week

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

1. Mix glue + water and colouring in one container
2. Mix warm water and borax together in another container
3. Pour 1 into 2.
4. Stir continually.
5. 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.

Do you have a budding scientist at home who likes mixing? They may like Super Science Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Fabulous Fun (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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