{"id":1442,"date":"2014-12-02T06:44:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/?page_id=1442"},"modified":"2015-07-06T22:24:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T04:24:30","slug":"funny-putty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/funny-putty\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny Putty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7173\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7173\" class=\"wp-image-7173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/camping_oregon_8.jpg?resize=233%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"camping_oregon_8\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/camping_oregon_8.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/camping_oregon_8.jpg?w=426&amp;ssl=1 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebekah<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fun science recipe to make:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups white glue (regular, not school glue)<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons Borax<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix the borax with 1\/3 cup water, dissolving well. In another bowl, mix the glue and 3\/4 cup water. You can also add a few drops of food coloring. Stir well and add in the borax\/water mixture. Amazingly, the putty will clot. Knead together, leaving any excess water that forms in the bowl.<\/p>\n<p>This weird stuff will pick up the print off cartoons from the newspaper. It has a strange oozy effect when placed in small molds and containers. Plastic forks are fun to use to make impressions, because the impressions will disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Store in a ziplock bag, releasing the air. It will last 2-3 weeks.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0 !important; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54490\/257\/E095ED040C4EDD3E333135FD5DD62823.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>May I recommend:<\/b><\/p>\n<table width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/science-fun-plasma-gloop-2\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hth4.jpg?resize=108%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hth4\" width=\"108\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nPlasma Goop<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovetolearn.net\/Kit-2-Hands-on-Science-Fun!-Microscopic-Explorations-Insects-and-Light\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/image-2.png?resize=144%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Microscope kit\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nHands-On Science Fun!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovetolearn.net\/Big-Book-of-Play-and-Find-Out-Science-Projects\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/11083.jpg?resize=112%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"11083\" width=\"112\" height=\"144\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nPlay and Find Out Science Projects<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a fun science recipe to make: 2 cups white glue (regular, not school glue) 2 teaspoons Borax Water Mix the borax with 1\/3 cup water, dissolving well. In another bowl, mix the glue and 3\/4 cup water. You can also add a few drops of food coloring. Stir well and add in the borax\/water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,9],"tags":[58,166,102],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-articles","category-what-articles","tag-hands-on-learning","tag-science","tag-science-experiment","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/camping_oregon_8.jpg?fit=426%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6IrRN-ng","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":302,"url":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/science-fun-plasma-gloop-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1442,"position":0},"title":"Plasma Gloop!  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