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Swamp Gunk Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
A: Mix: 1 c. water
1 c. white glue
food coloring
B: Mix: 1 1/3 c. warm water
4 tsp. Borax
Directions:
Directions:
Mix A ingredients separately and B ingredients separately. Pour mixture A into mixture B and knead gently. Kids enjoy helping to make the individual mixtures then knead them together. Then the gunk is ready for play. P.S., Keep the gunk away from carpet! Clean-up from carpet is difficult.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was also an idea for me as a babysitting grandmother. I was always hunting for ideas to keep the grandchildren busy.

 

 

 

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