{"id":605,"date":"2009-08-02T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T04:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2009-08-02T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T04:20:35","slug":"rubbery-flubbery-gak-art-playgroup-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/08\/rubbery-flubbery-gak-art-playgroup-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubbery Flubbery Gak &#8211; Art Playgroup Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5370.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5370-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Gak\" title=\"Gak\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5370-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5370.JPG 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our playgroup is still going, no sign of baby #2, other than too many Braxton Hicks contractions.  On the one hand, I&#8217;m ready for the baby.  On the other hand, I think babies should stay in the womb another three months, because they come out half baked as it is.<\/p>\n<p>This week the girls mixed up a big batch of gak, which bounces, stretches, rips and jiggles.  It&#8217;s the borax-glue version, which we made with purple tempera paint this time, and it is an excellent tactile substance for little ones to get their fingers into.  We didn&#8217;t let them dissolve the borax, but other than that they are great little pourers and mixers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5384.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5384-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Big painting board\" title=\"Big painting board\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5384-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_5384.JPG 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also did some big painting on a foam core sandwich board large pieces of foam core board make great huge white expanses to paint on.  It is a little extravagant and not particularly ecological though.  I bought this for Rebecca&#8217;s party, then turned it inside out and painted the third side this group.  Someday I&#8217;ll salvage a large whiteboard and turn that into a washable easel, reusable rather than disposable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our playgroup is still going, no sign of baby #2, other than too many Braxton Hicks contractions. On the one hand, I&#8217;m ready for the baby. On the other hand, I think babies should stay in the womb another three months, because they come out half baked as it is. 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