G's been playing with what some people call cornstarch goop, or quicksand. Initially though, because I was going from memory, all we had was cloudy water: wrong proportions. But it turned out in time by adding more cornstarch, overdoing it on the water, adding more cornstarch – at the expense of over a pound of the powdery. When I let BB have a go of it, she barely got one hand starchy before she became disinterested, or disgusted. She's at that funny age where (some) kids don't like to get their hands dirty, even though she's the sloppiest when it comes to eating. Anyway, later, once I manage to get my hands on some liquid starch, I want to make some gak and silly putty (different proportions of white glue to liquid starch).
19 March 2009
Non-Newtonian Pink
G's been playing with what some people call cornstarch goop, or quicksand. Initially though, because I was going from memory, all we had was cloudy water: wrong proportions. But it turned out in time by adding more cornstarch, overdoing it on the water, adding more cornstarch – at the expense of over a pound of the powdery. When I let BB have a go of it, she barely got one hand starchy before she became disinterested, or disgusted. She's at that funny age where (some) kids don't like to get their hands dirty, even though she's the sloppiest when it comes to eating. Anyway, later, once I manage to get my hands on some liquid starch, I want to make some gak and silly putty (different proportions of white glue to liquid starch).
