Slime!

As our next door neighbor was packing up his house and preparing to move, he offered us a few "goodies" that he didn't really need anymore.  Nothing too exciting, really.  Some baking supplies some yard items, but he also gave us a box of borax.  I questioned why we needed a box of borax and what we were possibly going to use it for ... and Steve simply said that he had a few ideas for the kids.

Yes, I am the scientist in his family; but it was Steve that set to work captivating the kids' attention with his ideas.  First, they made some pretty interesting crystals dangling from pipe cleaners in mason jars (even though the only way to get them out would be to break the jars -- a simple "rookie mistake"). 

And then they made the ever-popular SLIME.  This was a great project, as we have saved the slime in ziploc bags for two weeks and the kids continue to use it regularly.

Each of the kids got to have their slime tinted with a different color -- a great idea so that we would be sure which bag of goo belonged to which child.

Samantha's slime was blue:

And she played stretched it out over and over again, and then rolled it back into a ball ... only to begin the whole process over.

Sophia's slime was yellow, the perfect choice to match her shirt.

 

Beginning to get the hang of the gooey mess:

And Jack's slime was green.  That kid just dove right in -- with a smile on his face, squeezing with all of his might.

Absolutely fascinated:

 

 

Of course, I couldn't resist sending a few pictures to our neighbor, now residing in Minnesota.  After all, I don't think that he had the slightest notion at the time just how much use we would find for that partial box of borax!