Day 2: This time the slime is called Gak

On Monday evening after reflecting on the day’s slimy events, I happened to see a post about Gak from the creative woman behind Tinker Lab.

There are so many recipes for Gak out there, and I knew I had made a concoction before with Borax, but forgot the proportions. The timing on her post was perfect!  Thank you.

We used Rachelle's recipe which was for individual portions and each child made his/her own:

Mix 4-6oz warm water with 4oz white glue in one bowl with a splash of liquid water color

Mix 1 tsp Borax and 1/2 cup water in the other bowl 

Then slowly pour the contents of one bowl into the other while mixing (we used our hands for this part)

Continue mixing until the consistency changes.

The children loved the process of creating the Gak and then continued to explore the substance for a long time discovering ….

that it moves after you make it in to a tall shape on your tray....

that it jiggles in the air....

that you can cut it.....

that it sticks to things and picks them up...

                               that you can make impressions in it....

                                            but then they disappear....

                                            that it is very, very stretchy.....

 that it bounces.....

that when you rub it, it breaks into tiny pieces, but you can squish them all right back together...

and that you can fit it nicely into a sandwich size baggie so it can be sent home for the explorations to continue!  Clean up from this slimy experience was much, much easier than the day before.