Buckets-O-Fun Yuck!

We received samples of yuck to review from Buckets O' Fun.  The children loved this stuff! There are four different kinds of yuck which is made from an acrylic polymer.  We got to play and experiment with chunky, saucy, snowy, and sticky.  Rather than describe what this is I will include lots of pictures so you can see it.

I gave the sticky and chunky to my teen son to see what he would do with them.  He hydrated the samples and played around for awhile.  We added more water to the chunky and left it overnight to see how big the pieces would get.  The little ones played with it the next day.

Sticky is very sticky

Sticky

Chunky

For our last 2 samples I wanted to try a few experiments before I let the children play with the rest. We measured the volume of the first sample before and after hydration.  1Tablespoon expanded into 3 cups after the water was added.

saucy yuck

We reserved some of the hydrated sample to try sprouting bean seeds.  We also planted some beans in potting soil so we could see if they would sprout faster in a different medium.  Both pots sprouted at the same time.  The beans in the yuck were at a disadvantage because they could not make their way out of the slime.

We also set aside two small samples of snowy and saucy to see which one would dry out the fastest.  The saucy won after three days.

With our sample of snowy we decided to try one of the activities from the suggested games page which came with our samples.  We smoothed snowy out in a baking dish and then the children used cookie cutters to cut shapes out of it.  We all admired the sparkly snowy properties of this sample when we took it out into the sunlight.

snowy yuck

After our planned activities, I let the children take what was left to see what ideas they could come up with for its use.  They liked the feel of it in their hands and mushed it out of their fists.  Then they placed it on the ground in their match box car town to replicate snow.  They also put some in water to see how big the pieces would get when they were fully expanded.

I think this stuff would be lots of fun in large volumes for a school or youth group activity.  I would not like to be the one in charge of clean up though.  I would highly suggest ordering a sample before deciding to use yuck!  It is best used outside with access to a hose for clean up.

I would recommend this product for homeschools tolerant of messier activities.  You also might want to consider using disposable containers for yuck.  I didn't appreciate the clean up required even though the children were good about washing their hands well outside.  It does take a lot of washing to get all of it off your hands.  Oh, and it is only good for one use, a throw away toy. 

To purchase this product or order samples visit the Buckets-O-Fun website.  The different types of yuck range from $16.00 to $20.00 per pound.  One pound makes up to 60 gallons of yuck!  They also sell accessories to use with the yuck.   

If you would like to read more reviews of this product visit TOS Homeschool Crew's blog.

I received a free sample of this product in order to write this review.  I have expressed my honest opinion.