Little kids love to get their hands stuck in to slime and
gooey materials. If you’ve already tried cornflour gloop, what other options
are there for homemade goos?
There are lots of recipes for goop online, but if your
little one likes to taste new materials, it’s best to avoid slimes that use PVA
glue or borax. A simple and safe goo that you might like to try is hydrated basil
seeds. It might not sound very inspiring, but when you soak basil seeds, they
form a gel casing, which takes up food colouring well. The result is something
that resembles frogspawn. At this month’s session of messy play in St Bees, the
tray with yellow, blue, orange and green frogspawn went down really well, as
little hands set to work exploring the mix.
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The hydrated seeds stick to clothing and towels like mad, so
you might like to have your tots play with these just in their nappy or pants
for easy cleaning! If this doesn’t put you off, the recipe for frogspawn couldn’t
be easier. Simply take one tablespoon of basil seeds – you can buy these on
ebay and Amazon - and one and a quarter cups of water coloured with food dye of
your choice. It takes just five minutes for the seeds to swell and your kids
can play with them straight away. If you’re making the seeds ahead of play, you
may need to add some extra water to help the seeds unstuck and flow more
easily.
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