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Making Homemade Flubber


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January 9, 2017

Homemade Flubber - plastic storage bowl with pink flubberHomemade flubber is easy to make and provides hours of fun for your little ones.

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Supplies:

  • 3/4 cup cold water
  • 1 cup Elmer's white glue
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 tsp borax
  • liquid food coloring
Homemade Flubber
 

Editor's Note: Use your own discretion regarding sensitive skin, as borax can cause mild skin irritation. We have not experienced any irritation while playing with the flubber, but you may want to wash your hands afterwards as a precaution. Enjoy!

Steps:

  1. Mix the glue and cold water together.
  2. Homemade Flubber - mixing glue and cold water together
     
  3. Add food coloring and stir well. Add more coloring until you achieve the desired color
  4. Homemade Flubber - add food coloring to get desired color
     
    Homemade Flubber - mixing in food coloring
     
    Homemade Flubber - mixed pink color
     
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  5. In a separate bowl, combine borax and hot water. Stir to dissolve.
  6. Homemade Flubber - in separate bowl combine borax and hot water
     
    Homemade Flubber - mix borax and water
     
  7. Slowly add glue mixture to the borax mixture. Mix well.
  8. Homemade Flubber - add glue mixture to borax mixture
     
    Homemade Flubber - mix well
     
  9. Pour off excess water.
  10. Homemade Flubber - pour off any excess water
     
  11. Store the flubber in an airtight container or Ziplock baggie. You can even play with the flubber in the container to help limit any mess. Optional: You can add glitter to the flubber if you want. We added big pink flecks to ours.
  12. Homemade Flubber - store in airtight container, glitter may be added
     
    Homemade Flubber - toddler's hand mashing flubber
     
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September 26, 2017

This homemade flubber is a great toy for a preschooler. It can be used over and over again. Learn how to make it in this short video.

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