Purple Up! (with gak) For Military Kids!

Today, we invite you to join us in celebrating military children in our communities around Alaska by making purple GAK!

As stated in the Executive Proclamation declaring April 17, 2020 as Purple Up! For Military Kids! - 

all Alaskans are encouraged to wear purple, the color symbolizing all branches of the military, as a visible show of support and appreciation of military children.

So get on your purple shirts, your purple boots, and let's make some purple GAK!

​Ages: All ages
Difficulty level: easy
Supplies: glue, purple food coloring, borax, water

First things, first.  Why are we making GAK??? Our friends from Juneau 4-H share some of the reasons they love GAK! 

​Convinced? Let's try it! The step by step directions have been written out for you, but we also have a demonstration on how its done:

Try it out, make your purple gak, and then play with it!  Check out some of the cool stuff you can do with it below, and then experiment, and show us what you come up with! Don't forget to post your photos to the Alaska 4-H facebook page. ​

Let's Purple Up Alaska with Gak!