Squishy Baff

Have you heard about Squishy Baff? I bought some last summer at Walmart but here's a link to it on Amazon. It is pretty weird stuff. Imagine playing in a tub of applesauce that is colored. You are supposed to use it in a bathtub and let the kids play in the think goop and then you add a deactivator and it dissolves back to water. I knew Lil Lady would FREAK if we attempted that but thought we'd give it a try in a water table. I filled up the table with water then added half a package of Squishy Baff. Then we had to stir and stir until it thickened. She didn't want to help me stir it, surprise surprise. Once it was thick and goopy I plopped in some fun scoops and let the kids loose.

She was quite intrigued with it as long as it didn't touch her! See how carefully she is holding her bowl?

 

But eventually she got more brave and put her hands in and started to hold the gunk but still wasn't very comfortable with it.

 

Lil Man didn't like it at all surprisingly. He usually likes to get messy!

I left one side of the water table with plain water for her to use to rinse off as needed (which she did every time she got any on her!) but then she decided to add more water to the Squishy Baff to see what happened.

 

 

We then practiced scooping it up and pouring it in each others hands. She liked to dump it in mine more than hers. Lil Man still didn't know what to think of it!

It is a very fun sensory activity but is a bit pricey. I always use just a little of the pack so it goes a bit further and I highly doubt we will ever use it in the bathtub!