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Jiggly Stuff!
Flubber
Materials Needed:
Warm
water (about 2 cups) What to do: Mix 1 and 1/2 cups warm water and glue in large mixing bowl. In small container or cup, mix one tablespoon Borax in small amount of warm water -- just enough to dissolve Borax. Add this mixture into the large mixing bowl with the glue/water mixture. Mix together using hands. It will begin to coagulate or thicken as you mix. Then mix up another bit of Borax solution in the small container or cup -- again, 1 tablespoon Borax in just enough water to dissolve it. And add it into the large bowl, mixing it in with your hands. You will need to repeat this about 6-8 times. Each time your "Flubber solution" will get a little thicker. HINT: If your flubber solution seems too runny, just let it sit awhile. Come back and check in 20 or 30 minutes. You can always add more borax solution. If you add too much Borax however, and the solution feels gritty, just put the flubber in a bowl or ziplock baggy with a small amount of extra water. Let it sit, then knead it a bit -- repeat this process until you have a smooth, more pliable, "clammy" feeling version of the flubber.
Flubber Play: Flubber has the great property that it is hard when cold and somewhat oozy when warm. Leave it on a cool table top for a while, then pick it up, and it will snap into two clean halve when you pull it apart. Hold it in your hands awhile and it will warm and soften and begin to oooooze! Lay it on top of objects and textured surfaces and it will mold itself to their shape. You can use Flubber with all your playdough tools -- cutters, rollers, etc. But it will behave a bit differently than playdough -- which is half the fun. Teacher Annie tells a great story about coming to school one day to find that the Flubber had escaped through a small whole in the ziplock bag. It had slowly oozed it's way out of the hole and over the shelves, storage containers, craft materials, and etc. inside her storage cupboard. There was cool, rubbery Flubber everywhere. The moral of this story: make sure your Fubber is sealed up tight!
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Squiggles/Jiggle
Blobs
Ingredients:
1
&1/2
cups water What To Do: Heat water in saucepan. Add gelatin and remove from heat. Stir until gelatin is dissolved. Pour into mold (sprayed with non-stick spray) and refrigerate until firm. To fill larger molds, or multiple molds, simply increase recipe proprotions. Play: Unmold onto tray, table top, or unbreakable plate. Children can poke and squish with hands and/or use playdough cutters (or popsicle sticks). Provide plastic eyedroppers along with liquid watercolor and encourage the children to inject the jiggly blob with different colors. The blob is clear, so the tracks and colors show up nicely!
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Fun With Jello Jigglers
Ingredients:
Packaged
Jell-O gelatin
What to do: Prepare gelatin according to jiggler directions. Let cool until very firm.
Play: Provide children with cookie cutters (or wash and sterilize your playdough cutters) and allow them to cut out their own jigglers. Cutting and eating them can be a real challenge for very small children! Just remember that "drops" and "squishes" are part of the learning experience. This a great sensory-motor activity! It develops co-ordination, self-awareness-- even language development! Be sure ask the children how the Jell-O feels, tastes, looks, smell, and about "what happens when ____?"
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