OOBLECK!!!!!!

First I want to say that I started this blog wanting it to be about stuff I have made from scratch and it has slowly turned into fun activities with my little guy. There will be things from scratch and my hearts at home reflection but we just made oobleck today and had so fun I have to share this now!

So Oobleck what is it? It is a made up creation from a Dr. Seuss book . BARTHLOMEW AND OOBLECK.

As a past daycare teacher I remember making all these cool and ridiculously messy things with the kids and wanted to start doing them with my little man.

Well so this is how it started.

Yesterday I was making cheese sauce from scratch (recipe will come at another time) and it called for corn starch. I kept thinking I really need to make oobleck with Landon. So today I woke up early got some stuff done and was ready to get messy.

So I laid down an old shower curtain to pick up the mess because I figured he is almost 11 months it will get everywhere! Landon thought it was cool he kept looking at it and was confused what was going on. I did it in his high chair since he is a walker and i thought he would have gotten it everywhere. We did the activity right after breakfast (hence strawberries on the table) and it seemed to work great.

Then I got to work on the mixture. I am not really one with recipes but I remembered from daycare ideas its cornstarch and water. I was told equal parts but I am me and just poured until it felt right. (Yes I used my hands and it got messy!)

Well I thought it would be a great idea to put it in this bowl. I forgot how little his arms are and well we had to put it in a different container.

Goodness that took forever (getting the pictures right, not the oobleck). So in the last pic he looks like is getting a little tired of it so we spiced things up! Here comes....a wooden spoon!

 

Boy did he love that spoon. He beat the oobleck with it , ate off of it, and shook it like crazy!

If you don't want a bigger mess I would not recommend the spoon. 

My goodness! He loved when mommy joined in the fun!

And then it got really messy...

The last picture was when we were done since he started trying to throw the container of oobleck. 

The clean up took about ten minutes and a bath. Not too bad for awesome memories with your child.

Also, I had all ingredients in my house, and we are reading the book through the week. 

We will experiemnt some more through the week with the oobleck ( I saved it). 

I love how God shows himself. While we were playing with this oobleck I had a sense of peace. I have been waiting for that for a while. 

God calls me to be home with Landon, I love it and I am trying to make it the best experience for the whole family.