Saturday, July 14, 2012

What to do when it rains at your Circus!


Well it's been raining here at our circus for days! At least 3 straight. We haven't had rain in so long. This rain was much needed, but it definitely left me with some stir crazy monkeys. Our house is relatively small and divided into several rooms. There is no room to run and that is just what my little monkeys were doing. So I turned to pinterest for some of the ideas I had pinned. I wanted to make homemade GAK. Remember that stuff? Well I didn't have any borax handy. I have never actually bought borax and all sorts of stuff I want to make uses borax. Well I went to the prior to pinterest part of my brain and remembered something my 5th grade S.P.A.C.E. teacher taught us. (Don't ask me what that stood for I just know I was in it.) Anyways I quickly whipped up some Magic Mud. It provided hours of fun with only two ingredients. Here's the recipe.

Magic Mud
cornstarch
water
food coloring (optional)

Put cornstarch in a bowl and add water small amounts at a time. Sorry I have no measurements (it was fifth grade people). You want to wet all of the cornstarch, but not let it get runny. The "magic" of this stuff is that it is a liquid until you squeeze it and then it will harden under pressure. Once you stop putting pressure on it, it will ooze through your fingers.
That's it.

Hope your circus animals enjoy this as much as I do. It kept mine busy for at least 2 hours.
Below is a video of them and some pictures of the mud. Sorry I only had my phone to take pictures with.  
P.S.  Note on the trash bag in this video.  That's what happens when you ask the kids to take out the trash.  They take it out and no further.

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