Summer Play Book: Slime

Well today the boys had a play date at our house.  We had a total of 7 boys under the age of 7.  It was loud and crazy!  Since it was 118 here today, I didn't figure they'd be playing outside too much, so I thought we'd make slime! It was messy & fun, absolutely perfect for little boys!  I will say it's more of a flubber consistency than slime!  Not that it matters!  :)

They each were able to mix up their own (with some assistance).

Not sure what Noah is protesting!

The clown

Mixing in the glue

Glue/water/color mixture

 I wasn't able to get many good pictures of the slime after.  It was a bit chaotic!  :)

Here's a few tips:

*Since we had 6 boys making slime, I dug out the handy Dollar Store bowls.  We used 2 bowls per boy.  One for the borax/water mixture and then one for the glue/water/coloring mixture.
*We used plastic spoons to mix.  I wasn't sure what the borax would do to our "real" ones.  Probably nothing! :)
*The directions said you could use either white glue or clear glue.  We used both.  We liked the texture of the white glue better.  It was more smooth.  But the clear glue had a more true slimy look.
*After it was all mixed up, there was quite a bit of water left in the bowl.  We just took out the slime part and let them play with it on a plate.  That way there was less splashing!

They all loved watching it "transform" into a blob when they added the borax mixture.  It was pretty cool to watch.  There were lots of giggles, references to balls of snot, and of course the sounds of passing gas.  You know, normal boy chit-chat! :)  We put it in Ziploc bags and so far it's keeping pretty good.

This was a great activity.  It was inexpensive and quick!  Perfect!  I know that your little man or little gal will love it!  With the heat this weekend you made need an extra activity to help keep you sane!  :)  Let me know if you try it and how your team likes it!

~Kristee

Summer Play Book: Water Transfer Experiment

Yesterday we did the Water Transfer Experiment from our Summer Play Book, and I have to admit, it was pretty interesting.

We started with 5 glass containers.  In 3 of them we added water, and the other two were left empty.  In the 3 filled with water each of the players added one of the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue.

Noah added red.

Jonah added yellow.

Eli added blue.

Happy Boys!

We spaced them like this.  We wanted our colors to make green and orange.  If you want purple, just add your red by the blue!

Goofy!

 The boys couldn't figure out how we were going to end up with water in the empty ones!  They thought it was a trick and that I was going to pour water in when they weren't looking!  I guess they think I'm sneaky!;)

Next we tore up some paper towels and rolled them up into 4 different strips.

We put one end of the strip in the full container and the other end in the empty one.  We waited and watched!

Micah even enjoyed it! :)

 The water actually traveled much more quickly than we thought it would.  We could watch the color travel up the paper towel.  It was pretty cool.  Within about 30 minutes we had these.

Things are starting to happen!

This was after about 2 hours.

This is what they looked like when we woke up.  The yellow had turned green and the green was teal!

This activity was really fun!  In the original post she suggested doing it at night and seeing the results in the morning.  I would recommend starting it in the morning, that way you are able to watch it progress!  The boys really had fun watching what was happening. 

This receives 3 thumbs up from my team... 4 if you count the Momma! :)

Give it a try and let me know how your team likes it!

~Kristee