Dr. Seuss' Oobleck

hollyfrolly's Note:

This NON-EDIBLE recipe is named after the strange material that falls from the sky in Dr. Seuss' book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. It's a really fun recipe to be used as a science experiment of sorts with young children. ----Is it a solid? ---- Is it a liquid? **It's a liquid until pressure is applied. Hit it hard and it feels like you are hitting a wall! Touch it gently and the material will flow around your fingers like water! **Have fun using different utensils to play- see what form it takes while using different cups, spoons, bowls, etc. HAPPY PLAYING!

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 4 cups

• 2 cups cornstarch
• 3 drops food coloring
• 1 cup water

Directions:

1. Mix ingredients together in a medium sized bowl. (Add water slowly as it may not need entire cup!).

Reviews

[bonjovi4ever]

My 7 year old daughter and I just made this. We had alot of fun playing with it.

[michelles3boys]

Wow, what fun my 7 year old and I have been having!! This stuff is so weird. It looks liquid, but when we sink our fingers in it, it is firm and powdery feeling. It's neat to watch it ooze off your fingers back into the bowl. It immediately assimilates back with the remainder in the bowl (reminds me of the silver T-1000 bad guy in the Terminator movie). The only bad thing is our hands now look like one of the Navi from Avatar. Maybe the color will wear off in a couple of days. Thanks for this cool recipe!

[UnknownChef86]

We used to have an annual party with all sorts of fun and games...part of which was the Green Slime Relay Race. We used green food coloring and we didn't measure the ingredients, we just mixed to the "right" consistency and handed out a scoopful (a couple of tablespoons or so) to each relay team, who had to race back and forth between two markers. Instead of passing a baton back and forth, they had to pass the Green Slime. They had to keep the Slime moving from hand to hand while running. The team with the most Green Slime left at the end of the race was the winner. The Green Slime Relay Race was always a favorite...people looked forward to it every year! :) PS: I love V'nut's suggestion for the marbles...that would be a great one, also! :)