Play time: Oobleck!

Oobleck is one of our favorites when it comes to art and creative play time. It doesn't take much time to make, Kesha can pour and mix all of the ingredients herself, and it requires nothing more than a few plastic items. It's also extremely fascinating to play with since it's a hard when you try to press on it from above, but will leak through your fingers like a liquid if you put it in your hand.

Oobleck Recipe

1 part water

1.5-2 parts cornstarch (we used more because we are at high altitude)

Food coloring to liking

See, I told you it was easy! 

Mix water and cornstarch in a bowl. Add food coloring of choice. 

I like to do it in this order because then adding the food coloring becomes a part of the activity. It takes them a lot time to mix it in due to the consistency of the Oobleck. 

Kesha and I have so much fun playing with it, letting it drip on each others hands, trying to move it from container to container. I will be honest, the only downfall is that it leaves quite a mess (as you can see from the pictures above). It even was flung at Kalah. 

It is also very hard to clean up. The photos below are the second moping of the floor post project. The third mopping has still left residue...

The benefit. Cornstarch is very easy to find in the US and here in Ecuador (I would assume it is easy to find in other countries as well), water is pretty much everywhere, as is food coloring. No specialty items needed!

Do you have any fun variations on Oobleck to share?