Friday, October 29, 2010

Yuck!, Yuck!, and More Yuck! - Buckets-O-Fun Review

One of the most enjoyable parts of being on The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew is getting to review fun products and sharing them with my children.  I recently had the pleasure of reviewing the Yuck products from Buckets-O-Fun.  Buckets-O-Fun is a great resource for fun and unusual products for the event needs of groups like churches, schools, and corporations.  In addition to Yuck, Buckets-O-Fun also carries rubber animalsinflatables, water fun toys, finger rockets, and many more fun products.  I can only imagine how much fun the youth group at our church would have with any of the products from Buckets-O-Fun!

I received a sample of each of the four different kinds of Yuck sold by Buckets-O-Fun:
  • Sticky Yuck
  • Saucy Yuck
  • Snowy Yuck
  • Chunky Yuck.
Yuck is a polymer so I incorporated our exploration of the four different kinds of Yuck into my boys' Chemistry class.  Yuck was very easy to make - you simply mix it with water.  My boys absolutely loved playing with all four different kinds of Yuck!  Mason's favorite kind of Yuck was the Sticky Yuck.  Sticky Yuck is truly a young boy's dream - it's so sticky and gross!


One word of caution, though, about the Sticky Yuck, it was difficult to clean up.  While the other three types of Yuck were fairly easy to clean-up, the Sticky Yuck was just SO sticky.  I would recommend using Sticky Yuck with a disposable table covering.

Duncan loved both the Snowy and the Saucy Yuck as his favorites.  The Snowy Yuck was so neat in that it really felt like snow, without all of the coldness that goes along with snow!  We even froze our Snowy Yuck to see what would happen. 


Of course, my teenager couldn't be left out of the fun completely!  She enjoyed getting her hands into the Snowy Yuck and playing with it!

The Saucy Yuck had an applesauce-like consistency.  The boys recruited some of the Lego guys to help them explore the Saucy Yuck.  

Lastly, the Chunky Yuck made the largest pieces of Yuck.  When the water had been fully absorbed, the pieces of Yuck were about as big as small ice cubes.
Yuck is sold in various quantities.  For example, one pound of Saucy Yuck is $18.00 and makes between 35 and 60 gallons of Yuck.  If you would like to try Yuck for yourself, you can request a free sampleBuckets-O-Fun has lots of unique and fun products that might just be the perfect thing for an upcoming birthday party, family reunion, or Christmas present. 

I received samples of all four kinds of Yuck in exchange for my review.  No other rewards, monetary or otherwise, were given in exchange for my review.        

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