Mock Silly Putty

7 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • Elmer's Glue-All white glue
  • 4% Borax solution (20 Mule Team Borax)
  • water
  • 5 oz. paper cup
  • food coloring (optional)
  • paper towels
  • plastic bag (Ziploc type)

Directions

  1. 1
    Prepare Borax solution by adding 4 grams of Borax to 96 grams of water.
  2. 2
    (Or you can add 1 tablespoon Borax to 1 cup water.) Measure 25 ml. of glue into paper cup.
  3. 3
    Add 20 ml. of water and stir well.
  4. 4
    Add 5 drops of food coloring; stir well.
  5. 5
    Add 5 ml. Borax solution and stir.
  6. 6
    Remove the solid material and place on a paper towel.
  7. 7
    Pull the solid off the stirrer.
  8. 8
    This material will be sticky for about 1 or 2 minutes.
  9. 9
    Store in a Ziploc bag or other airtight container.

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