Friday Freebie, How to Make Slime
AWESOME! You’ve Been Slimed. Sensory seekers and avoiders…what do you want for Halloween?
AND…GLUTEN FREE!*
(from Wondertime.go.com)
Quick and inexpensive, slime offers your child an optional lesson in chemistry and a mandatory experience in tactile ectasy.
Once you’ve made it, play with it: Good for plain old-fashioned squeezing, pulling, pinching, and stretching. Also for pretending you sneezed out a gigantic something. If you make it again, try cooking it for a longer or shorter time and see how the consistency changes. (Longer cooking makes it very firm; shorter cooking yields a more liquid substance.) As always, please supervise kids closely, slime shouldn’t be ingested.
How to Make Psylly Slime
Metamucil is made from psyllium husks, which when immersed in a liquid, are capable of absorbing more than 10 times their volume. What you end up with is a mucilanginous gel (think Jell-O). Great slippery fun — just don’t think too hard about the whole Metamucil thing.
1.
In a plastic jar with a tight lid, have your child shake together the Metamucil and water for 1 minute.
2.
Pour the mixture into a small saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes.
3.
Transfer to a bowl and stir occasionally as it cools.
*Does Metamucil contain gluten?
All Metamucil Powders and Capsules are gluten-free. Metamucil Wafers, however, contain gluten (Apple 0.7g/dose; Cinnamon 0.5g/dose) because they have wheat flour as an ingredient.
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