


Pour out excess water, and you’re ready to use. Get your hands in there and knead the putty until it’s no longer stickyħ. Add it to the glue mixture and stir again.Ħ. Add 1-2 tablespoons of dishwashing liquid to the bowl containing the cornstarch. The bowl doesn’t need to be very big as this recipe doesn’t make a whole lot of putty just enough for one child to play with 2. In a separate bowl, mix very hot water and 1/4 Tsp Borax until it is dissolved.ĥ. Start by pouring cup of cornstarch into a bowl. This DIY Putty recipe takes less than 5 minutes to make and kids LOVE squeezing, pulling, stretching, and playing with their Putty.Ĭreativity and endless amounts of inspiration will come from playing with this awesome homemade putty. The Putty Recipes we share here are for kids and adults are are a super easy way to create silly putty and Therapy Putty using common household ingredients. Your kids will be enjoying this DIY thinking putty while they squeeze it, flatten it, stretch it, snap it, poke it or whatever else they want to do with it. 1 Bottle of Elmer’s Glue (6 oz) we like to buy the gallon size and then measure out for savings you can use 3/4 cup of glue if you have a larger bottle. Plus, it does a great job strengthening their hand muscles which are important to use now and as they grow. It’s perfect for the kids to play with any time. We store therapy putty in magnetic spice jar containers or closed containers near our schooling area. It’s also great for improving hand strength so if you or your children need to work on hand or wrist muscels a DIY putty might be just what you need. Store your putty in an air-tight container or baggie for future use.Your kids will love this homemade putty just for them. Place the magnet on top and watch it sink! Pinch off a small “worm” shaped piece, place the magnet next to it, and watch it move! We used the one that came with my son’s magnetic putty kit, but the best magnets for this putty are the neodymium variety. Once your putty is formed and comes together into a smooth mass the iron oxide will no longer stain your hands.īasic craft or kitchen magnets WILL NOT react much with the putty. Rubber gloves will prevent staining on your fingers from the iron oxide. Once it thickened we then kneaded it for 5 minuteswhich is a lot longer than it seemsbut we weren’t happy with the consistency. We mixed it together with a wooden spoon. We started with 4 oz of glue and blue food coloring. Simply lift out the putty mass and work it around with your hands. The basic silly putty recipe is 2 parts glue and 1 part liquid starch. Not all of the liquid will be absorbed into the putty.
UNICRON SILLY PUTTY RECIPE HOW TO
Add to the mixture in the first bowl and watch how it reacts when you stir! 1 Cup Gallon of Glue 1 Tsp Thermochromic Color Changing Powder Pigment How to make silly putty that changes colors: First, pour approximately 1 cup of the glue into a mixing bowl. In second bowl combine Borax and remaining 1/2 cup warm water. In first bowl mix glue, iron oxide powder and 1/2 c. Earl Warrick, of the Dow Corning Corporation, also developed a bouncing silicone putty in 1943.

Not just for carrying around your unicorn squishy set Use it for travel, accessories, makeup, socks. As with any project like this, adult supervision is required. James Wright, an engineer at General Electrics New Haven laboratory, may have invented silly putty in 1943 when he accidentally dropped boric acid into silicone oil. Unicorn putty IS magnetic It doesn’t dry out, has no chemical smells and is even ASTM certified THE UNICORNS MADE ME DO IT - 7 x 10 inch drawstring bag. It worked like a charm! If you prefer to not use Borax, you can find a basic putty recipe that uses liquid starch instead and use that in its place. My son received a container of magnetic putty for his birthday last year and it was pretty awesome! We’ve made putty for years using glue, water, and Borax and decided to try our hand at magnetizing it! We used the same recipe and adding a few tablespoons of iron oxide powder.
