Impress your kids with this fantastically icky snot recipe activity. Snot recipe is a fun way to get kids learning about science through art and craft and making their own kitchen creations. Kids art and craft has never been this fun, so grab your ingredients and get mixing!
Number of players:
What you need:
- corn syrup or golden syrup
- green food colouring
Ask an adult to boil 1/2 cup of water on the stove.
Take the saucepan off the heat and add a drop of green food colouring.
Sprinkle in three envelopes of gelatine.
Let it soften for a few minutes and stir with a fork.
Add enough syrup to make one cup of snot mixture.
You'll need to add more water as it cools.
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