Proto-Putty
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Grab some of the food coloring and squirt a generous amount into one of the bowls
- 2Carefully squeeze a big blob of the silicone caulking directly into the food coloring
- 3Use something like a popsicle stick to slowly fold the silicone and food coloring together
- 4Drop the blob into a big bowl of corn starch, then generously coat the outside with powder
- 5Put on a pair of disposable gloves
- 6Flatten the silicone blob down into the corn starch, then flip it over a few times, kneading it into different shapes, and repeating the process about 10 to 15 times
- 7You can mold it, squish it, or press it into whatever shape you want.
Ingredients
- box food coloring
- tub corn starch
- tube silicone
Equipment
disposable paper bowlspopsicle stickdisposable glovesstackable plastic bricks
Tips
- double check your tube is marked 100% silicone just to be sure
- more food coloring used makes the richer your proto-putty color will become
- don't mix silicone and food coloring too quickly or it might splash out and stain your clothes
- if any part of the silicone starts feeling sticky again, just coat it with more corn starch and repeat the process until it loses all of its tackiness