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Wordless Wednesday - Polymer Jewel Balls

Wednesday November 19, 2008

Polymer balls are made using a variation on the slime recipe. They look like little jewels to me.

Comments

November 19, 2008 at 8:33 am
(1) Nancy says:

This is your best activity ever! It would be perfect for a birthday party - provided you had room for all those bouncy balls.

November 19, 2008 at 9:21 am
(2) Beth says:

Wow! Those are really wonderfully cool! I love the photo of them all together, too. :)

November 19, 2008 at 9:26 am
(3) jams O'Donnell says:

Wow they are wonderful!

November 19, 2008 at 9:53 am
(4) Shirlie says:

Cool!! Hard to believe they are kissing cousins to slime.

November 19, 2008 at 11:51 am
(5) Suzanne says:

Great project! I’ve got to try this one with my daughter. They look like marbles to me.

November 19, 2008 at 12:51 pm
(6) CatSynth says:

Those are cool. I’m going to take a look at the recipe.

November 19, 2008 at 1:07 pm
(7) JJL says:

They do look like jewels!

November 19, 2008 at 3:32 pm
(8) Newlyweds Guide Francesca says:

How pretty! Sounds like a fun project for a party. Thanks for sharing it!

November 19, 2008 at 9:00 pm
(9) nicole says:

omg these are so cool! we made them in chemistry and they were everywhere the next day!

November 19, 2008 at 9:04 pm
(10) nicole says:

These are so cool!

December 11, 2008 at 2:04 pm
(11) Matthew says:

It is a great science project for my whole class.

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