In case you didn't know, Chuck has now moved on from bubbles. Bubbles are out. Bouncy balls are in. It's so cute, he sometimes even requests to sleep with a ball (or two) at night. Hrmm.. I wonder what he dreams about.
To make this homemade bouncy ball, I simply combined glue, food coloring, Borax, corn starch, and warm water according to these directions. Then, voila, a bouncy ball emerged within minutes. (With my unkempt hair and nails, I felt very much like a mad-scientist while stirring the ingredients together... muah ha ha ha)
It wasn't quite as bouncy as the store bought ones and tended to lose its shape over time. (But no problem, we just remolded it back into a sphere.) Here's a video proving that it did indeed bounce:
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Chuck bounced it around for a couple minutes, until... uh-oh, he went all Hulk on it and tore the poor thing it two.
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RIP bouncy ball. (Have you tried making your own bouncy ball? It seems like a fun activity for older kids to do.)