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crazyhazy
31-01-2012, 08:58 PM
I made gloop for the first time today and my lo and mindee loved it! It made me wonder we've not done much messy play before apart from shaving foam so am I missing out on any other wonderful messy play ideas? And is there anything else we can do with the gloop to extend the play a bit, today we used spoons, cups etc.

blue bear
31-01-2012, 09:05 PM
We mix cocoa powder in ours and call it dinosaur mud, mine like custard powder mixed with water and make cakes using play kitchen pans, bowls etc.

Other messy play is jelly, pasta cooked and uncooked, cereal, mud, whipped cream, water with soap suds, water and mini soaps to bath the dolls

VeggieSausage
31-01-2012, 09:13 PM
water with plastic animals in it...... (not v original i know) :)

LeeMarie
31-01-2012, 10:00 PM
My los have had lots of fun with the fake snow I made up (found tubes of it in a poundshop) and we also like soap flakes made into a slimey gloop

miffy
31-01-2012, 10:21 PM
You could add food colouring or glitter to the gloop, vary the consistency, use different objects to make patterns in it such as combs or tyre tracks from cars etc.

Miffy xx

AliceK
31-01-2012, 10:47 PM
I made green gloop the other week for my LO's, they hated it :laughing:. I on the other hand loved it :thumbsup:

xxxx

Demonjill
31-01-2012, 10:51 PM
ooh how do i make this "gloop" :blush::D

PixiePetal
31-01-2012, 11:01 PM
ooh how do i make this "gloop" :blush::D

cornflour mixed with water. A strange consistency - liquid and solid all at once if you add just the right amount of water :laughing:

If you move fingers through it slow it flows, fast and it can be picked up and slip through your fingers

must do it again soon - not done it for a while

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=cornflour%20gloop&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hopscotchplaygroup.com%2Fdoc% 2Fhtm_cornflour_gloop.pdf&ei=m3IoT9qWCeel0QWuvdXvBA&usg=AFQjCNFplRt5VYNzUxqDeisIQGic_mxYdg

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/lily_pads_-_corn_flour_gloop_download.pdf

Demonjill
31-01-2012, 11:05 PM
cornflour mixed with water. A strange consistency - liquid and solid all at once if you add just the right amount of water :laughing:

If you move fingers through it slow it flows, fast and it can be picked up and slip through your fingers

must do it again soon - not done it for a while

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=cornflour%20gloop&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hopscotchplaygroup.com%2Fdoc% 2Fhtm_cornflour_gloop.pdf&ei=m3IoT9qWCeel0QWuvdXvBA&usg=AFQjCNFplRt5VYNzUxqDeisIQGic_mxYdg

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/lily_pads_-_corn_flour_gloop_download.pdf

thanks v much :thumbsup: will try it out

kel1983
01-02-2012, 07:51 AM
I love gloop but the lo's dont like getting dirty hands. :eek:

Helen Dempster
01-02-2012, 02:36 PM
I loooooooooove gloop :)

cold baked beans? (they do this at my local surestart centre).

When it was Halloween I mixed breadcrumbs with beans and anything else I could find, it was DISGUSTING and none of the mindees would put their hands in it! Oh well, live and learn....:laughing:

karensmart4
01-02-2012, 10:23 PM
I put blue food colouring in the gloop once we all ended looking like Smurfs :eek::laughing:

Vickster
01-02-2012, 11:05 PM
Not that messy but home made moon sand 4 cups flour to 1 cup baby oil. Oats. Water play.

maisiemog
02-02-2012, 07:09 AM
Jelly is a popular one here, ice cubes in the summer, pasta, lentils, beans, oats, cold custard.

My mindees at the moment dont really like getting their hands dirty so havent done messy play for a while. Might try it again next week though!!!

Trouble
02-02-2012, 07:51 AM
add glitter to make it sparkle:idea:

mama2three
02-02-2012, 07:53 AM
I love gloop but the lo's dont like getting dirty hands. :eek:

try jellibath , not sure of the spelling , lots of fun and self-cleaning!!

Pauline
02-02-2012, 09:06 AM
There are quite a few messy activities in the Resources folder, these have been shared by members as tried and tested activities :thumbsup:

www.childmindinghelp.co.uk/freeresources