Ooey-Gooey Slime for Kids {just two ingredients!}

Hello friends! 

Did you miss me?  Were you ready to call in the search and rescue team? 

Hahahaha. =D

This weekend was SO insane.

Remember I told you all that was going on and how I felt like Prince Humperdink from the Princess Bride? Well, in the midst of all that had to be done, I woke up Friday with a horrible, terrible stomach flu. As in, the "I'm so sick and weak I can't even crawl out of bed" stomach flu. And yes, this was the day before the ladies banquet that I was doing most of the food for. 

It was really, really bad.

Praise the Lord it was just a 24 hour bug and by Saturday morning I was able to function and by Saturday afternoon I was able to keep some soup in me. {hooray!} I'm so, SO thankful for my wonderful hubby..he was (is) so awesome.  I had alot of the food already, but anything that was left he basically took orders from me laying on the couch and finished it. Isn't he the best??

The ladies' banquet ended up going GREAT on Saturday despite recovering from sickness and having to speak in front of people.  Usually speaking in front of people would make me sick all by itself, but I had to focus more on just standing up so I wasn't really worried about the talking part! (yay!) I'll have pics to share with you another day that my hubby took since I was too busy running around like a headless chicken.  (I told you he was awesome.)

ANYWAYS, enough of that, here's a little recipe that your kiddos will LOVE.  

They will no doubt declare you the coolest mom EVER for letting them play with this goo.

Slime
 1.5 to 2 parts cornstarch
1 part water
food coloring (optional)

Directions:
Just add your cornstarch, water and food coloring to a ziploc back and squish it until it's all mixed up.  Then dump it into a container or a pan for your kids to play!  Or, you can just dump it all in the pan and let your kids mix it with their hands. 

This slime, also called "Ooblek" after Dr. Suess, is really cool! (And a great science experiment!) It normally behaves like a liquid, but when you squeeze the slime, it acts like a solid and gets really hard, but then it will ooze back through your fingers. Check it out..........

 I usually store this in the fridge for a week or two so they can keep playing with it.  Just be sure to dump it in the trash when you throw it away and not down the sink because it can clog up your pipes!

So next time at Wally-world or something, pick up a box of cornstarch ( I think it's just $1) and have some fun making ooey-gooey slime with your kiddos! 


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