GAK!

GAK! Have you ever heard of it? Well, if you haven’t it is a lot like silly putty. I’m not really sure where the name GAK came from but it sure is fun to say but even more fun to play with! What’s even better? It is super easy to make and only requires a few ingredients!

Here is the recipe:

GAK!

Materials:

·      1 cup of Elmer’s glue (I just used a whole normal bottle)

·      Food coloring of your choice (We used green)

·      1 cup of liquid starch (Found this at Wal-Mart on the laundry detergent isle, if you don't know what starch looks like mine came in blue bottle like the picture below)

Liquid Starch!

What to do:

1.                Pour the glue and food coloring into a plastic container.

2.             Stir until the color is mixed thru out.

3.              Add the starch a little at a time, stirring with a spoon or kneading with your fingers as the mixture thickens.

4.             Keep stirring until the mixture looks like putty.

5.             Test it with your fingers. If the mixture is too sticky, add more starch in small amounts until the mixture is smooth and rubbery.

I had to add more starch the next day because it became too sticky but I think that’s because I didn’t add all of the starch the day before.

Look at that concentration!

It’s lots of fun to play with and can get messy quickly if you’re not paying attention. I would suggest having complete supervision on any child younger than 8, just to make sure you won’t find random amount of GAK all over the house.

Peace and Love

Kelley