Make your own silly putty
Wow the many uses of Borax. It's not just for laundry. We had so much fun making our silly putty today. I can't believe how easy it was and that we haven't made it before. This experiment came from a really neat site. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/crazyputty.html We've found lots of fun stuff on their site.
What you need:
Borax
2 bowls
Elmer's glue
Food coloring
water
spoon
Step 1:
take a small bowl and dilute 1 tablespoon of Borax in 1 cup hot water
set aside
Step 2:
In the second bowl pour Elmer's glue. Pour enough to cover the bottom of the bowl.
Stir in a 1-2 tsp of water. Enough to make it slightly runny, but not too runny.
Add 2 drops of food coloring. Mix well.
Step 3:
Add 1-2 Tbsp Borax water. Add a little at a time till it changes and forms a ball. I found that mine wasn't thick enough after we stirred it so I added a little more and it turned it to the silly putty thickness.
Play and have fun.
It bounces, stretches, & squishes.
Amazing texture you just want to squeeze it.
Our if your Rarity you'll make a bracelet.
great science activity...I'm pinning this to my science experiment board! TFS at BTT!
ReplyDeleteYour daughters are adorable! I love making silly putty--and it looks like your girls had a blast!!
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This is totally awesome!!! I can't tell you how many times my daughter has left the silly putty out and our dogs have eaten it! That can't be good for them... can't wait to make this with her and make sure we put it away.
ReplyDeleteWe've done this before. It feels so weird, doesn't it?!? The kids love this!
ReplyDeleteCool! My sonw ould love this! Thanks so much for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThat is really fun to make!
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Great experiment. Looks like your kiddos had a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteoooh, fun idea!! Thanks for linking at Shine on Fridays!
ReplyDeleteHow neat!! We've made playdough, but silly puddy would be fun!!!
ReplyDeleteCool. We made slime once or twice from borax. The kids enjoyed it. I bet the silly putty is a little less messy?
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ReplyDeletecool, now I want to try it too!
ReplyDeleteso much fun! I'm going to save the website and try to do this soon with the grandkids----and I bet my daughter and her boyfriend will have fun too LOL
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I'm gonna have to try that with my kids!
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This looks so good. I need to put Borax on my list! Thanks for sharing with Afterschool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this with Science Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI need to try this again because our attempt didn't end that well.
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