![]() You should’ve hear the hooligans shrieking and squealing when they play with it. Just imagine how wonderful it feels to when a child sinks his or her hands into it. Resting in a bowl, a cornstarch and water mixture looks like liquid, but if you put some pressure on it with a spoon, it can firm up so much you can hardly stir it. If you’ve ever combined these two ingredients while cooking, you’ve seen oobleck in action. The basic Oobleck recipe is just two ingredients: water and cornstarch! If you’ve never made it before, you must! It’s so easy and it will keep your kids entertained for ages. We love clean mud and cloud dough, and Elmer’s glue slime, but because of it’s fascinating scientific properties, Oobleck is the most amazing sensory substance of them all! We’re no strangers to making simple concoctions here in my home daycare. You may also like our Nature Goop Activity Fascinating substance for sensory play It becomes more viscous when agitated or compressed and belongs to a subset of non-Newtonian fluids called dilatants. However, when you squeeze it in your hand, it behaves like a solid for a short time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oobleck is also known as Goop in the preschool world and sometimes referred to as magic mud and ooze. Oobleck a cornflour and water mixture named after a substance in a Dr Seuss book initially behaves like a liquid or a jelly. 75+ Best Chapter Books for Girls Ages 5-13.Best Books for Boys – 40+ Fantastic Reads for Boys ages 8-16.Happy Hooligans Accessibility Statement. ![]()
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