Gooey Geyser Goo

Do you have a Dora fan in your house?  If you do, you might recognize the reference to the gooey geyser in the title.  This is a must make for any house that loves Dora, or just plain out any house that has kids.  I added neon pink food coloring to make it look like the goo from the gooey geyser.  My son was so excited when I told him we were making goo from the gooey geyser.  His eyes lit up and insisted we do it right then.  I was thinking about an hour later, but I opened my big mouth so we made it then.

Shelley from Shelley's Swag sent me the recipe for it, knowing my son would love it.  She was right.  We had a great time making it together and even more fun playing with it.  I have to admit, I have never bought him any slime or goop from the store, so this was his first experience with this kind of thing.  He enjoyed it so much.  A big thanks goes to Shelley for sharing this recipe with me and you.  She uses this homemade flubber (this is what she calls it) with her youngest.  It is a great sensory tool for younger kids.  Here is the recipe:

1 cup of white school glue

1 cup of warm water

2 teaspoons of Borax powdered soap

2/3 cup of hot water

food coloring of your choice

Put the food coloring in the cup of WARM water.  Mix the glue and colored warm water in a bowl.  In another small bowl or measuring cup, mix the hot water and Borax until Borax is dissolved.  Add the Borax mixture to the glue mixture.  Stir for a little while, then knead.  It will look really funny and oh so wrong at first, but it will soon combine correctly and you can't mistake the finished product.

It really feels and looks like flubber.  We call it Gooey Geyser Goo to reference Dora and also to work on our "G" sounds.  We have annunciation difficulties and this helps a lot.  You can't help but say Gooey Geyser Goo when you are playing with it.  Store in an airtight container or zipper bag.

We also made a little science lesson out of this as well.  We talked about dissolving as the Borax dissolved into the hot water.  I also started to introduce the concept of chemical reactions, yes I know, but he got it.  I told him that when certain liquid things mix, they can make a solid (well semi-solid) like this.  He watched as the mixture was just liquid and slowly got lumpy and chunky, then gelled into the goo.  We talked about it as it was happening and he really got it.  I love science!

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