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Slime Pit Relay
On your mark, get set, goo! Kids will like making this shape-shifting slime (it transforms from a solid to a liquid right in your hand) nearly as much as using it in place of a baton for a relay race.
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WHAT YOU NEED:
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• Cornstarch
• Water
• Food coloring
• 4 cauldrons (buckets)
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How to play:
Step 1: Prepare the slime by mixing one part water (tinted with a few drops of food coloring) to four parts cornstarch. If you dare, invite the guests to help you make it. Begin by rolling the ingredients around in a bucket; you'll find it easier than stirring the stuff. The slime is ready when it looks like a liquid but has a thick, smooth consistency that changes to ooze when touched. You might have to mix it with your hands for a minute before it's just right (you'll have plenty of volunteers for that assignment) or add a little water if it's too dry. It's best to try out a small batch before the party so you can see how it works and estimate how much you'll need. Pour the slime into a cauldron (a bucket or bowl) for each team. You'll need two additional empty bowls for each team, as well.
Step 2: Definitely an outside game or one for foolhardy parents without wall-to-wall carpeting. Put the cauldron of slime for each team at one end of a yard and the empty bowl for each team at the other. We found 20 feet to be a nice run; the point isn't the distance but hanging on to the slime.
Step 3: The kids form a line behind their team's cauldron of slime. On "Go!" one player after another (in relay style) runs with a sloppy handful of slime to fill the empty bowl. The first team to fill its cauldron wins.
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Variations:
Bucket brigade—team members pass the slime from hand to hand to fill their bowl—the game inevitably starts with passing and progresses to hurling.
Tips:
Prizes for each member of the winning team can be a box of cornstarch, some food coloring and a recipe card for slime.
There's no neat way to play with slime. Kids should wear old clothes or smocks—the food coloring can stain. The slime hardens to a powdery substance if it sits more than half an hour. To clean the lawn, we drenched it with a hose, and the hard slime dissolved into the ground, leaving the grass unscathed. (Just to be safe, test beforehand whatever surface you will be using for ease of cleanup.)
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