Homemade Flubber

Somewhere along the line during my internet surfing I discovered a blog post by Laura at Come Together Kids about Gak and decided I would love to make some with Sir N.  Well we ended up creating flubber instead! How to make Flubber


Ingredients:

Bowl 1

• 1 cup of PVA glue
• 3/4 cup of warm water
• food colouring

Bowl 2

• 1/2 cup of water
• 2 teaspoons of Borax (available in your laundry isle at the supermarket)

Photo story of our unintended journey to .... 

Flubber

Add glue, water and food colour to one bowl

Mix well

In a separate bowl mix borax and water

Add borax water to glue mix

"Yuk Mommy it's slimy "

Then it became lumpy

Carry on 'kneading' and water will separate out

Flubber! When it breaks apart it is straight. Squeeze back together. Form things etc and play.

Store in a zip lock plastic bag in the fridge.

When left alone it will 'relax' and spread.

Have fun with some flubber in your home

Warning : This activity involves the use of Borax which is harmful when swallowed. Please ask an adult to help you. Borax is a form of soap and is used to clean clothes. It can be found in the laundry section of your supermarket.

Note that this is not a recipe for human consumption.  

It is for play purposes only.  

Make sure to supervise young children.

Tuesdays Treasures (Vol 1-8)

The Usborne Illustrated Thesaurus

This book I must confess is one of the best purchases I have ever made.  I will never go back to a standard thesaurus after using this one.

On the back cover: The Usborne Illustrated Thesaurus makes it fun and easy to find the perfect word. Clearly written alphabetical entries are interspersed with stunning illustrated panels to provide inspiration for creative writing. Special panels for overused words, such as "nice", encourage writers to be more adventurous.

The panels are what make this book special and set it apart from any other thesaurus out there.  Someone has uploaded a few of the panels on line to give you an idea of what I am talking about and just what sets this book apart and makes it a must have.

Details:

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Usborne (June 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0746046111
• ISBN-13: 978-0746046111
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Author: Jane Bingham and Fiona Chandler

Blessings

What to do with left over puff pastry ?

When we made pies on our journey through Argentina we cut out round bits and had strips, bits and pieces over from our pie making.  What to do with this pastry asked Paul ?  I left this problem up to him and this was his solution
The process

• Grab all bits and squish into big ball - needs big strong hands ;-)
• Roll out thin (takes patience)
• Cut bits off side to make a rectangle
• Add left over raisins (that only Sir N knew were in the pantry) and poke them on one side of cut off bits of pastry and fold pastry over to seal.  
• Place on baking paper lined baking tray.

Spread jam layer across rolled out pastry

Roll

Place on baking sheet, Slice, bake at 180'C for 15 min or golden

Ready to eat

Lessons learned:

• Do not over cook
• Make sure pastry is well closed over the raisins (if not they will over cook  before the pastry is cooked and be in-eddable)
• Less is more with the jam
• Tastes good

What do you do with your left over bits of pastry ?