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Who said you can't play with your food? Join the A-TV science squad and learn how to make a rubbery bouncing ball out of pudding!

corn flour or pudding mix
glue
borax
water
food coloring
plastic teaspoon
tablespoon
2 plastic cups

REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WORK UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION WHENEVER YOU CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS. SO PLEASE DON'T DO THESE PROJECTS ALONE.

  1. First thing that you need to do is add 1/2 teaspoon of borax to 2 Tbs. of water. Stir the mixture until it is completely dissolved.
  2. In another container, pour 1 Tbs. of glue and if you want to have a colorful ball, add a few drops of food coloring.
  3. Now add 2 teaspoons of corn flour or pudding mix to the glue.
  4. Add 1 teaspoon of the borax mixture and stir everything together really well.
  5. Stir it up until your concoction becomes stiff. Take your mixture out of the container and knead the solution until it becomes elastic. This can be a bit messy but you need to do it. It should start sticking together and becoming more elastic.
  6. You should knead your rubber balls for about 3 minutes. When you’re done kneading, roll the dough into a ball. Once you have it nice and round, give it a bounce. Your rubber ball will last for a while, just make sure that you keep it in a plastic bag when you’re not using it.


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that was wonderfull!!!!

Momina, 10, Australia SYDNEY

awesome!!!

Arjun, 6, Wichita KS

Awesome

Carissa, 11, Milwaukee WI

well, first of all you got your facts wrong. there is no such thing as...

Emily, 11, Philly PA

Wow..it's funnn

Madara, 13, Kelaniya COLOMBO

very cool

Arjun, 6, Wichita KS

I bounced one really feet high after i dropped it from a stair baniste...

Mandy, 9, Dallas TX

THIS EXPERIMENT ROCKS!!

Vidushi, 12,


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