There have been a number of times that I have come across a recipe to make your own bouncy or rubber balls. We never tried them because I didn’t see how it could work. Finally we tried it.
So we started out with two containers, one for our ‘ball’ and one for ‘borax’. We did end ep switching them at some point though it made no difference.
In the BORAX container mix 2 tbsp warm water with 1/2 tsp borax, stir until dissolved, and add colour if you’d like.
In the BALL container, put 1 tbsp glue and add 1/2 tsp of the borax mixture, and 1 tbsp of cornstarch. [Here is where we fumbled.] No mixture for 10 seconds. We waited, we watched, nothing happened, so we mixed.
It gets hard to stir then you get to mold it with your hands until it gets less sticky.
I wasn’t too sure it this one came out right so we tried again, turns out it was right.
She had fun, it bounced. It dried up quite quickly, after about 30 minutes or so of her playing with it.
*Sometime I’d like for us to try it with gel/clear glue.
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Hi! I work in the children’s dept of our local library and I am also a former teacher. We made this recipe at several of our Science Discovery programs. The kids LOVED it! Especially when we used the blue gel. So cool!
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Love this ! My boys are fascinated by bouncy balls. I can only imagine how excited they would be to have the opportunity to make their own. We will definitely be trying this soon. Thanks for sharing !
this looked like a really fun thing to do with the kids. And by the way, Ashley, I love the new look of the blog!
thanks for sharing!
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Lelanie
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Thank you! There are still a few things that need changing but it’s mostly done.