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Bag of Slime 
3-1/2 cups water
4 tbsp. corn starch
food coloring 
Boil the water. Add enough cold water to the corn starch to make a paste. Slowly add the boiled water, cook and stir until thick. Add food coloring and allow to cool. Pour into a ziplock bag and seal. (Add a gummy worm to gross the kids out even more!) Children can squish the bag without opening it, for a fairly clean activity.

Drizzle Goop
1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water 
Mix all together and put in a squeeze bottle. Drizzle on paper or people!

Flubber
Solution A:
1 1/2 C. Warm Water
2 c. Elmers Glue
Food Coloring
Solution B:
4 tsp. Borax1
1/3 C. Warm water
Mix solution A in one bowl, mix solution B in another bowl. Dissolve both well. Then just pour solution A into solution B, DO NOT MIX OR STIR! Just lift out flubber. I made this with my daughters class, and the teacher & children loved it! It's neater than "Gak" or "slime". And it also a safe chemical reaction for the kids to see. I used a glass bowl for solution B so the kids could see the flubber form in the bowl. It just becomes a big "cloud" of rubbery stuff. Store in baggies. If you half the recipe, you only need to half the solution A and it will work the same.

Gunk
1 Part Cornstarch
1 Part Water
Mix and color with food color or Tempera Paint

Goop (Play Slime) 
corn starch
water
food coloring 
Put some cornstarch into a bowl. Add just enough water to make it pastey. Add food coloring.
This makes a messy slime, that can go from liquid to solid.....just play with it for a while!

Paper Paste
1/3 cup non-self-rising wheat flour;
2 TBLS sugar;
1 cup water;
1/4 tsp oil of cinnamon
1. Mix flour and sugar in a saucepan. Gradually add water, stirring vigorously to break up lumps.
2. Cook over low heat until clear, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from stove and add oil of cinnamon. Stir until well blended. Makes about 1 cup.
Spread paste with a brush or tongue depressor. Soft, smooth, thick and white, Paper Paste has a good spreading consistency and is especially appropriate for use with small children or for any paste-up work. This paste can be stored in a covered jar for several weeks without refrigeration.

Silly Putty 
1 cup white glue (Elmer's)
1 cup liquid starch
food coloring 
Put glue and coloring in plastic container. Add starch a little at a time, stirring constantly. Keep stirring until mixture holds together like putty. Test with your fingers, if too sticky, add more starch in small amounts until mass is smooth and rubbery. Have fun pulling, stretching, bouncing and taking transfers off of the Sunday comics, etc. Store in a plastic bag or airtight container.

Thin Paste
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup non-self-rising flour;
1/2 teaspoon powdered alum
1-3/4 cups water
1/4 teaspoon oil of cinnamon
1. In a medium-sized pan, mix together sugar, flour and alum.
2. Gradually add 1 cup water, stirring vigorously to break up lumps.
3. Boil until clear and smooth stirring constantly.
4. Add remaining water and oil of cinnamon. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
Makes one pint. How to use it: Spread paste with a brush or tongue depressor. Thin Paste is an excellent adhesive for scrapbooks, collages, and Strip Papier-mâché'. This paste can be stored in a jar for several months without refrigeration.