Slime

Little Lady DOES NOT like to be messy. She hates it. Usually I leave messy play to grandma because she tends to do better doing it places other than home and without mommy. But yesterday I really wanted to make some slime and see how she did. It was hysterical! She was sooo nervous about it!

To make slime you do equal parts clear glue and liquid starch (I used Sta-Flo) both can be found at Walmart. I just had Lil Lady pour the glue into a mixing bowl and then filled the glue bottle with starch and had her pour that in next. I tried to convince her to mix it up but she didn't want to. I finally convinced her to mix it with one finger. That obviously wasn't getting us anywhere fast so I stepped in and mixed away with my hand. Can you say sticky slimy goop? After a couple minutes it starts to harden up a bit and become a solid.

Next we added food coloring, I let Lil Lady choose what colors she wanted and we mixed a couple drops of each color into separate piles of slime. Lil Man touched it while we were mixing colors and did NOT like it. He started flinging his hand everywhere shouting, it's yucky! I couldn't convince him to touch it later. All he'd say is "it's yucky!"

As you can see from Lil Lady's facial expressions, she DID NOT like the slime in the beginning. She was grossed out by it but I was super proud she kept trying holding the different colors. The more you play with slime the less sticky it gets and it holds its shape better so she quickly got more into it. As long as she had the rag right next to her and could constantly wipe off her hands she was happy.

After several minutes of play she figured out this stuff was pretty fun and started being creative making mice, monsters, lily pads, ropes, and seeing how much she could get pieces to stretch. Overall, I'd say this activity was a success! I was quite worried at the beginning that I'd be playing with slime by myself but she surprised me and we had a great time!