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Googly eye glitter goop
This is an fun twist on our ever-popular Messy Artist goop, beloved by kids of all ages in our classes, parties and camps. Recipe included!
Adding glitter and googly eyes is an exciting twist to our ever-popular goop, beloved by kids in our classes, parties and camps. It’s a tactile, open ended play experience that immediately engages kids of all ages (and often, their caregivers, too).
Our regular goop recipe is very simple, calling for white glue, laundry starch and liquid watercolor paint. We tweaked it a little for this version and use clear glue, laundry starch and lots of glitter. This large amount of glitter is the key to giving it great depth and texture.
Finally, adding some googly eyes takes it to another level of imaginative play. We only use the googly eyes however for kids over the age of 3 years, just in case the temptation to put them in their mouth is too much for the youngest kids.
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The inspiration for the googly eyes came from one of our students. One day, a boy came to class with a stuffed animal, and while there, its googly eyes popped off. He put them into the goop and started playing and voila! We recognized the great idea and incorporated it into our activities.
Here’s our recipe in the photo section so you can make it yourself: enjoy!
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The Messy Artist is a special place to create art. We offer year-round art classes for children 18 months through 8th grade, as well as adult workshops. In addition to art classes from September through June, we offer summer art camp and Drop-In and Play art activities for kids between our regular sessions. Our bright, colorful studio is also the perfect place for a kid’s birthday party!
We are located in the Castle Ridge Shopping Plaza (with Michael’s and Best Buy), a few doors down from Cups and Smashburger.
