The Art of Halloween Preparation Part4

This is part 4 in a series based on The Art of Halloween Preparation.  I want to share with you a fun alternative to candy to give to your trick-or-treaters and or to make with your kids. These are also great party items for treat bags for classes.   We will cover homemade treat bags later in the series but today we are going to cover making Ooze that you can use!   As you can see on the left this is the finished product.  You can add flys, googly eyes or plastic spiders and eyeballs and you can get these items at the Dollar store! 

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There are many jars you can find and use for this project.   I am including this link for the fun purple jars on the right.  I have ordered from this company before and the product was excellent quality and inexpensive.   The 4 oz. jars they have in the purple would be perfect for our project since they look so Halloweenie  and yes "Halloweenie" is a technical term.  Please note that I do not endorse any company but I will point out where I got things as well as any good deals I find.  In this case you can get 24/4 oz. plastic purple containers with lids for $13. 92 not including shipping.  If you do the math it comes out to less than .60 cents a jar.  Now depending on if you want to use this as a party favor or for trick or treating these will go over great since they are so cute.  I am so digging the purple over the clear. The 4 oz. jars are unit #0066-08.  Here is the link for the jars: http://www.sks-bottle.com/fin133y.html

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Moving on.  To make your own Ooze you will need the following; Note this recipe is for each jar or you can split it so adjust accordingly:

Jars with Lids
2 Tsp Guar Gum (available at Health food stores)
2 Tsp Borax
5 1/2 cups Hot Water around 110 degrees (So boil and let sit a bit till it cools down)
A few drops Green food coloring
Strainer
Spatula
Print out labels; Double sided tape for this or a glue stick to adhere labels to top of jar.

To make the slime you will take the Guar Gum and stir it together with green food coloring and 4 cups of hot water in a glass bowl (Glass;to assist with non staining and cleanup).  Once the concoction is mixed you will push this green stuff through a strainer with your spatula to remove any lumps.  Set this aside.  Next take your borax ( Adults only here) and mix it with 1 1/2 cups of water till its dissolved then slowly stir it into your Guar & Green booger mixture.  I know you were thinking it at this point come on.  Once mixed let it cool down in the glass bowl.

Now all you have to do is decant it into your awesome purple containers and add your plastic creatures.  I also found some cool "Slimy Spider" Labels on Martha Stuarts' for Slime which I have included here for you to print and add to your lids.  Or you can make your own using our cool free Vintage images.  Just secure with double sided tape or glue stick. 

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Now the cautionary to ruin your fun.  Just remember this stuff can stain so be sure to supervise play, keep off clothes, carpets and pets.  Do not eat it and its not for kids under 3-4 years of age.  Borax, sodium tetraborate decahydrate, is not acutely toxic and a very significant dose of the chemical is needed to cause severe symptoms or death. Even so please please use caution when mixing it with the water.  Do no breath the fumes and make sure only an adult does the borax  step so as not to breath in fumes and or powder.  Borax is after all a cleaning chemical and I say always err on the side of caution.  As like anything too much of a good thing can be harmful.  Have fun at your own risk.

Join us for The Art Of Halloween Preparation Part5  where we will design cute treat bags using Vintage images from GrafXQuest.  Thanks for coming all the way from your place to mine today.