Want a goopy craft activity that’s slimy without being sticky?
Or even better, made from everyday household products, cheap as chips and can keep the kids entertained for hours? Then try Flubber!
Please note – the ingredients used in this recipe is BORAX, not Boric Acid. Borax is completely safe. However children should always be supervised with home crafts of any kind.
What You’ll Need:
3/4 cup cold water
1 cup PVA glue
A few drops food colouring
1/2 cup hot water
1 teaspoon Borax (you can find this in the laundry aisle and has heaps of other uses around the home!)
What To Do:
In one bowl, mix together the cold water, glue and food colouring
In another bowl, mix together the hot water and borax until the borax has completely dissolved
Slowly add glue mixture to borax mixture, mix well and pour off any remaining extra liquid.
Making sure it has cooled down a bit, you can start to have some fun!
For Borax-free Flubber, use these ingredients and mix together!
1 cup of PVA glue
1 cup of cornstarch
Food colouring
Hints and Tips:
Flubber can be stored in an airtight container.
Make sure you supervise the kids and don’t let little ones under 3 near it – they might try to eat it which is not good!
Check out this tutorial – or this video – on how to make flubber!
Have fun!
–
Clare WhitfieldChief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.
Have your say!