Learn how to make homemade silly putty with just cornstarch and dish soap! This easy recipe is perfect for sensory play, stress relief, and rainy days. Budget-friendly, screen-free fun for all ages!

For the past couple of weeks, the geekiest corners of the web have been gawking at a strange but simple new phenomenon: magnetic putty. It’s like Silly Putty but infused with millions of black iron ...

While it may have escaped the notice of anyone under 40 years old, the pinkish goo in the red plastic egg stomped into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001, where, with more than 300 million units or ...

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A few days shy of Christmas 1968, the Apollo 8 mission blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., with Captain James Lovell and two other astronauts aboard. The mission would accomplish many firsts. It was ...

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Silly Putty: the rubbery stuff that started the revolution in play putty. Millions of gobs of it have been sold since the 1950s, and it shows no signs of stopping. What would childhood be without this ...

This sticky goo may be fun for your kids to play with, but getting it off your carpets, furniture upholstery and clothing is tricky. The folks at Crayola, the brand that bought Silly Putty in 1977, ...

Well, let's say it "swallows" magnets. What you have here is, in fact, Silly Putty, but doctored with a healthy sprinkling of mixed iron oxide powder. Iron, as you know, likes magnets. Iron and ...

If you see a group of scientists playing with a blob of Silly Putty, they might not be goofing off, they may be working on a technological breakthrough. That turned out to be the case with researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aibekov Daniyar / Getty Images Silly putty is stretchy and sticky, and if you're not careful, its ooey-gooey texture can easily ...