With a child who loves tactical experiences, I’m always looking for ideas to keep her interested. Make your won boogers definitely captures imagination and gives that fun “ewww!” childhood experience. Kids (OK and parents too) will find something oddly fascinating while playing with this slime.
Materials Needed:
- Boiling water
- A cup
- Gelatin
- Corn syrup
- A teaspoon
- A fork
- Fill half a cup with boiling water.
- Add three teaspoons of gelatin to the boiling water.
- Let it soften before stirring with a fork.
- Add a quarter of a cup of corn syrup.
- Stir the mixture again with your fork and look at the long strands of gunk that have formed.
- As the mixture cools slowly add more water, small amounts at a time.
- After you let it sit for a while, it will turn into more of a Jell-O like substance.
This was just a fun, quick activity I thought the girls would enjoy…and they did. My girls had fun mixing the ingredients and then touching and playing with it. Make sure you are handling the boiling water and that they are being very careful around it.
We also did a quick lesson on the purpose of mucus. The simple explanation I gave them is that it is a sticky substance that helps grab dirt and germs so that those bad things don’t go deeper into our bodies. Boogers protect us.
I hope you have a great time playing with boogers. Providing kids with sensory activity helps build new pathways in their brain as they are experiencing new interactions with the world around them.
Oh my gosh – my nephew would go crazy over this stuff!! You should come back and enter my Vanilla Bean Paste giveaway that I have going on right now!
Thanks for inviting me over to your giveaway. I hope you do the boogers with your nephew. That’s one of those sentences that I never really imagined writing.
Thanks for this idea!
No problem! 🙂
How long do these last? Wondering if I make them for my class the night before if it will still be gooey and finger ready the next day. Thank you!!!
I think I would make it while they were at recess or something. The gelatin does make it solidify a bit after a while. I hope that’s helpful. Thanks for asking.