Rubber Blubber and Slime!

It seems that all Chase ever wants to do when we are at home is watch TV, TV, and more TV! Often times, when we are in the car driving he will ask to go home to watch his movie! He is my little couch potato!! Lately, I have been trying to come up with different things to do besides just letting him sit around and watch TV. A few days ago, I gave it a go at making "Rubber Blubber" and "Slime." It took me quite a bunch of coercing to get Chase away from the TV, but once he saw what we were actually making, he thought it was way too much fun! I found both of the "recipes" online at http://www.familyfun.com/ (a site and magazine that I LOVE). Both use really simple ingredients--water, borax, and white glue.
The rubber blubber was fun, it takes a lot of working after you mix it all together, but once it's ready you form it into a ball and it will bounce on hard floor. For the rubber blubber you will need: a quart of water, borax, food coloring, white glue, large jar (I just used a bowl.) First you combine the water and 1 tbsp. of borax in the large jar. Stir it well, and then let the mixture stand for a few minutes. Second, fill a disposable (I just used a regular) cup 3/4 of the way full with the borax mixture. Add the food coloring now. Then, you will add the white glue in a continuous stream until you have a large stringy mass around the spoon (like Chase in the picture above!) Next, take the mass off the spoon and plop it into a container of cold water for a minute or two. Pull the rubber blubber out and with dry hands squeeze the blubber and work with it until it's workable and you can form it into a ball and see how high it will bounce! Like I said, it takes it a little bit of working it before it's ready so don't get frustrated that it doesn't form right away!The slime is acutally a lot the same, but I, for some reason, like it better. It was easier to work. For it you will need 2 mixing bowls, measuring cups and spoons, glue, borax, food coloring, and water. First, mix together 3/4 cup warm water, 1 cup glue, and the food coloring in your first bowl. In the second bowl, you will mix together 4 teaspoons borax and 1 1/3 cups warm water. Pour the contents of the first bowl into the second, but don't stir it. Let it sit for about a minute. Then, life the congealed slime out of the bowl! This one is fun to work after you take it out, because it gets pockets of water caught in it, and when they bust it oozes everywhere. =) This made quite a bit but it was loads of fun to play with. It's been about a week since we have made it and it is still "playable" (if that's a word...?). Just store both of these in plastic baggies when you are done and they should last ya! Chase has had tons of fun with this stuff! It's not like play doh...it's had more of a rubbery substance to it. And of course, both of ours ended up being GREEN since that is Chase's FAVORITE color!And, wouldn't ya know that it would get smushed into something! Luckily, this stuff doesn't stain or stick too bad. After we got the big glob off of mom's shirt, she just washed it and it washed right out no problem. Chase has also dropped a few (well, acutally, a lot) on the carpet and I will find it a little while later, and amazingly it comes right off. If it gets smushed into the carpet, just scratch at it and it will come up no problem!