Messy Fun!

In addition to my real job, I am a Girl Scout Leader for a wonderful group of Brownie Girl Scouts. We do a lot of crafts in Girl Scouts, and I will be sharing more of these on my blog. I often enjoy these projects as much as the girls do! A couple of weeks ago, we had our first overnight at a local Scout Camp, and I thought it would be the perfect time for some messy craft time!

Oobleck!

Cornstarch + water is all it takes to make oobleck. Try adding a little at a time and stop when you like the consistency. It will dry out as you play with it, so be prepared to add some more. Oobleck is sometimes a solid, but sometimes a liquid.


Super fun, and almost mesmerizing to play with!

Gak!

Gak is basically a stretchy blob, and the girls really enjoyed playing with it. You need glue, water, and Borax to make this one. Borax was a little hard to find, and only came in a large box. I guess I'll be using Borax to clean from now on! Here is the site I got the recipe from: http://lilluna.com/homemade-gak-recipe/

Yorkshire Pudding Surprise!

My husband brought up wanting to make Yorkshire Pudding a few weeks ago, and I can honestly say, I wasn't sure what to expect. I was interested to find out, though! The first adventure of making Yorkshire pudding: finding a recipe that isn't in metric, or converting a metric recipe.

Here's what I ended up using:

1 cup flour with 1 tsp salt added

Beat in 4 eggs until smooth

add 200ml milk, gradually

That's all that's in the batter. You add it to the cups after heating a small (very small!) amount of oil in each cup. Everything I saw just said "a small amount." I finally found a site that listed "a pea size amount of lard/drippings" or "1/4t. of oil." Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees.

While I knew they were supposed to puff up, I was so excited when I went to the oven to check on them! This would be a really fun recipe to do with kids - seeing them all puffed up in the oven is pretty cool! Here's how ours turned out:

They are quite good! An egg-y bread as a perfect side to a meat or soup dinner. Enjoy!