This is for you Melis!
And anyone else who wants it- the Gak has lasted us forever, like over 3 weeks. I keep it in a tupperware and it has still been good. It cost me about $4 ish to make.. I think it's so funny when looking at craft blogs or something and the writer says "It only cost me $5!" Well, some of us don't have yards and yards of scrap fabric lying around or a giant craft room full of paint and supplies and left over wood pallets to make a bedframe... but I digress.
What I'm trying to say is, if you need to by these supplies, it really is cheap.
GAK
Supplies- Two 4 ounce bottles of Elmer's glue
1 tsp. Borax (found in the laundry section)
Food coloring of your choice
Empty glue into a bowl. Fill the empty glue bottles with warm water, shake, and empty into bowl full of glue. Add food coloring, stir, and set aside.
Put 1/2 C of warm water into a plastic cup and add 1 tsp. of Borax; stir to dissolve.
Add the Borax water to the glue mixture and stir. It will be kind of stringy but continue to stir with your hands and it will become the consistency of Gak in a couple minutes. So easy!
SIDEWALK PAINT
Supplies- Muffin tin
Food coloring
Cornstarch
Fill each muffin tin cup with 3 tbl. of cornstarch, 2 tbl. water, and 3 drops of food coloring. That's it! Use a little brush outside and let your kiddos paint to their hearts content.
I wish I could remember the sites I got these on- I hope it's not a blog law to not post the link!
Enjoy! We sure have!
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