How to Make Goo With Liquid Starch & Glue

Concoct some gooey slime for hours of fun.

It can be difficult to keep kids entertained with the standby activities on a rainy day, so to beat boredom, skip the board games and set up your own mad scientist laboratory in the kitchen. For your first creepy-crawly gross-out experiment, whip up a batch of kid-friendly goo using simple, inexpensive household ingredients. If you don't mind a little mess, this is the perfect craft project for rainy-day entertainment.

Things You'll Need

• White glue
• Measuring cup
• Mixing bowl
• Water
• Spoon
• Food coloring
• Liquid starch

Instructions

1. Measure 1/4 cup of white glue with a measuring cup and pour it in your mixing bowl.

2. Add 1/4-cup of water to the glue in the bowl. Stir the two ingredients together until thoroughly mixed.

3. Add 6 drops of food coloring to the mixing bowl; choose any color you like.

4. Pour 1/4 cup of liquid starch into the mixture and stir all of the ingredients together; this should begin to form a slippery and stretchy goo.

5. Allow the goo to rest for 5 to 10 minutes to set up properly.

6. Hand the goo over to your children to continue working the ingredients together; the mixture should become easier to handle the more the children play with it.

Tips & Warnings

• The slime can be stored in Ziplock bags or plastic containers when not in use. Boost the educational value of the activity by explaining how the goo works as a liquid polymer, or have the kids hypothesize about what would happen if the ratio of ingredients changed in the recipe. Gel varieties of school glue may be substituted for the white glue if you don't have any on hand. If the goo is too sticky, add a few more drops of liquid starch to the mixture.

References

• Science Bob: How To Make Slime with Liquid Starch
• Bizarre Labs: Bizarre slime