{"id":29,"date":"2008-09-29T22:53:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T05:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=29"},"modified":"2009-09-26T22:59:28","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T05:59:28","slug":"imitation-floam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Imitation Floam"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>2 tsp. borax (available in laundry aisle at your grocery store)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup white glue such as Elmers (&#8220;If you have access to a chemical supply house, try a 4% solution of polyvinyl alcohol instead of glue for a less rubbery polymer. It will be more transparent &amp; show off color better.&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<li>food coloring (otherwise it will look like cottage cheese)<\/li>\n<li>an air-tight plastic bag (for mixing and storage)<\/li>\n<li>5\/3 cups of polystyrene beads [Floam\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 is made with polystyrene (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dow.com\/styrofoam\/what.htm\">Styrofoam<\/a>\u00e2\u201e\u00a2) beads ranging in size from about 1 mm to 1\/8 inch in diameter. You can make an approximation of the beads at home by grating polystyrene cups, packing material etc. or by purchasing beads in multiple sizes such as: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poly-fil.com\/consumer\/microhands.jpg\">Micro-beads<\/a> (about 1 mm in diameter), which we found at a Jo-Ann Fabrics &amp; Crafts store. We had to call several stores before finding one that sold them. They can be ordered from <a href=\"http:\/\/roseannsdolls.com\/pomibebyfa.html\">Roseann&#8217;s Dolls<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poly-fil.com\/consumer\/beanbaghand.jpg\">1\/8&#8243; beads<\/a>, sometimes called &#8220;milk bottle filler&#8221; or &#8220;bean bag filler&#8221;, which you can buy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milkbottlefill.com\/\">Milkbottlefill.com<\/a>.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dissolve 2 tsp. borax completely in 1\/2 cup (4 oz.) water. Set aside. In a separate bowl mix 1\/4 cup (2 oz.) white glue and 1\/4 cup (2 oz.) water. Optionally add food coloring. Pour the glue solution into the air-tight bag. Then add 3 tbsp. (9 tsp.) of the borax\/water solution to the glue solution. Do not mix them yet. You will have some borax\/water solution left for another batch. Add the polystyrene beads. Seal bag and knead by hand until thoroughly mixed. Let stand about 15 minutes, and then knead a few minutes more. \u00c2\u00a0This should produce a hard clay well suited for sculpting; for a more malleable clay, use fewer beads and optionally less of the borax solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 tsp. borax (available in laundry aisle at your grocery store) 1\/2 cup water 1\/4 cup white glue such as Elmers (&#8220;If you have access to a chemical supply house, try a 4% solution of polyvinyl alcohol instead of glue for a less rubbery polymer. It will be more transparent &amp; show off color better.&#8221;) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kindergarten","category-preschool","category-project","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}