Slime!

We found a wonderful recipe for slime here. For ours we used white glue and a little bit of red glitter so our looks very different. It was pretty easy to make. I'll just point out that it works a lot better if after mixing the starch and glue in the bowl for a few minutes, you take the blob out and continue mixing on a table or another bowl where any excess starch is not present.

Alyssa was very suspicious at first. She would not touch it. Eventually I got her to poke it and pull it by hiding her toy animals in the slime. She would stretch it big and say, "woah" with huge eyes. So funny. She was enthralled, but still didn't like it when small pieces would stick to her hand.

Abby was a little hesitant as well, but not nearly as bad as Alyssa. Abby just would touch it then retract. Touch it then retract. Then she started playing with it. She did try to eat it a couple times (apparently it doesn't taste good cause she made some real gross faces). To keep her mouth occupied and her hands free I gave her a mouth brush to suck on. It mostly worked. 

Quick thoughts:

• Love it. Both girls cried when it was time to put it away. Although we have played with in since and Abby doesn't last very long. 
• It washes out of clothes. It actually doesn't stick to clothes unless it sits there for a few seconds. The slime settles when it is not being moved and stretched. It can be a little sticky after it settles, but it washes out. 
• It keeps in a zip-lock although it seems stickier each time we get it out. Maybe next time I'll mix a little starch with it again. 
• It is a very clean "messy" activity. It doesn't get everywhere, but it does need supervision.