11/26/2023 0 Comments Aaron thinking puttyCrazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty, is the next big leap in putty, with his improved secret formulas bringing putty to the kids (and adults) of today, with a whole host of improvements!įor those of you who don’t know, Crazy Aaron is a real person in America that has made putty long before the recent craze. ![]() Though it wasn’t what the scientists wanted, it let a whole generation of kids in the 60’s experience a new sensory tactile toy. Most people will have heard of Silly Putty, originally invented during World War II as a rubber replacement. ![]() It’s for this reason you need to keep your putty in it’s tin, otherwise it’ll flow away over night! Other examples of non-newtonian liquids are things like ketchup, toothpaste and blood! Every one’s seen that video of a man running over a swimming pool of custard, right? Yuck, I think I’d rather just play with putty. This is because of super special ingredients called viscoelastic agents (liquid viscous stuff + elastic stretchy stuff) that give it these amazing properties. It can float in liquid and even be torn! The scientific word for this type of material, is a ‘non-newtonian fluid’. It flows like a liquid, but bounces like a solid. Warning, scientific stuff ahead! Thinking, bouncing or silly putty, whatever you want to call it, is a bizarre material. It’s a far more mouldable material, that can be snapped, popped, bounced, stretched and torn. This huge fad has been driven by kids loving gloopy, wibbly wobbly sensory stuff, and quite frankly, there’s nothing wrong with that! So get your scientist googles on, we’re about to delve into what thinking putty is, and mix some of our own! What is thinking putty? The back of your sofa, the ceiling, every page of youtube and all over this year’s London Toy Fair. ![]() Whatever your stance, the recent explosion of slime sensory toys and the ‘make your own thinking putty’ craze has meant this stuff is everywhere.
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