Homemade Squishiness

One of our more popular endeavors last week was the creation of "gak." I got the recipe from Pinterest. It was so easy - a couple of bottles of Elmer's glue, a little water, a little Borax, and some food coloring - and provided lots of squishy fun.

The texture is smooth and cold. It's shiny but not slimy, though if you leave it lying around, it tends to expand and grow, like something out of a bad 1950's horror film. But it's easy to pick up in one big lump - like a huge pile of Silly Putty.

Liam's favorite thing to do with it is to plant both feet firmly in the middle of the goo, then look at his footprints. The prints don't stick around very long, as the gak reforms fairly quickly. We also had fun with gak racing. We each hold up a string of the goop and see which thread hit the table first.

Store it in a plastic bag and it should keep forever. Future generations will marvel at the stuff.