0 Oooey and gooey

One of my fondest summertime memories is of my aunt creating a tub of oooey and gooey gook. This is very messy and VERY FUN! My aunt use to make a small kiddie pool full of this stuff and us kids would walk in it (or on it if you go fast enough), make balls and watch them melt, have fights with it... but what is IT exactly?

Here are the ingredients:

Water and cornstarch, a bowl or plastic tub (or a kiddie pool if you like). That's it!

How do you make it, you ask. Very easily:

Put some cornstarch in the bowl. Slowly add water. As you pour, stir (with your free hand). The trick is to add just enough water so that you can roll the mixture into a ball, stop rolling and it melts between your fingers.

Now have some fun!