Today's official Operation Playtime theme was "Playdoh, gloop, and yuk!" We play with homemade playdoh around here a lot, so today I thought we would try something different. It was also a snowday for the older kids today, so I knew that I have re-enforcements to help clean up a mess!
We have never "played" with cornstarch and water before, but we have seen it highlighted on Mythbusters, so we were looking forward to experimenting with it.
I had no idea! The kids (big and little) played with this for over 2 hours. There is no way to explain the consistency of this mixture. You HAVE to do this with you kids! It is both a liquid and a solid. If you use force on it, such as squeezing it or smacking it, it is hard, but relax, and it immediately turns to a running liquid. TOO COOL!
Everyone got into the act as we began to mix the cornstarch and water together.
I also thought it would be messy, and it looks messy in the pictures, but it easily washed off with nothing but warm water.
Th "old" kids have a big plan for using pounds of cornstarch, water and a kiddie swimming pool this summer.
You can't beat this fun--or face!!
This constanstly moving 3 year old sat at the table for 2 hours doing stuff like this.
Now I just need to find where to buy large quantities of cornstarch for the lowest price.Check out all the fun at Operation Playtime.
