Make Your Own Goop: Therapro’s Free Activity of the Month

Therapro’s Sensational Fun activity cards feature over 100 creative, safe sensory experiences—perfect for parents, teachers, and therapists. As a standout, the Make Your Own Goop activity delivers a tactile, proprioceptive, and kinesthetic feast. This goop behaves like a solid when squeezed and flows like a liquid when released, offering quick, easy-to-make fascination and rich sensory stimulation for curious hands.

Materials:

  • 1 cup of cornstarch
  • 1 cup of water
  • Medium plastic bowl
  • Spoons

Directions:

  1. Place one cup of cornstarch into a bowl.
  2. Pour water into the bowl slowly and stir continuously until the cornstarch is fully saturated (you may need more or less water, so add a little water at a time).
  3. The mixture is ready to use once the cornstarch resembles a thick paste and becomes difficult to stir.

CAUTION: DO NOT EAT THE MIXTURE.

Activities:

  1. Give your child a scoop of goop. When he squeezes tight and then opens his hands, it drips out in unexpected ways! Does it feel cool or warm?
  2. Play charades by making shapes or animals with the goop. Can your child guess what you’ve made? Give him hints: draw details in the goop!
  3. Fill a larger container with goop and submerge your child’s feet. What does it feel like? Does it make a sound?
  4. Place the goop on a cookie sheet, have your child spell his name.
  5. Add food coloring and make colorful goop! Mix food coloring and guess what colors you can make.
  6. Make it an olfactory sensation as well- Add a sprinkle of your favorite Fruit Flavored drink mix (Kool-Aid®)

Have fun! Below are some pictures of our Cherry Scented Goop.

Child's hand in goop from Make Your Own Goop activity
Childs hand mixing goop in the Make Your Own Goop activity

Ready to explore even more engaging sensory experiences? Discover all 100+ activities in Therapro’s Sensational Fun cards—each designed to spark curiosity, develop skills, and bring joy to your therapy sessions or home play. Check out the full collection here: Therapro Sensational Fun Activity Cards.