When you just can’t get enough of gooey, slimey fun, use Gelli Baff to turn bath time into more play time!

Children Playing with Gelli Baff

Simply add the powder to your ordinary bath water and watch it become a pool of fun! GelliBaff is completely free of harmful chemicals which means it’s stain-free, easy clean and safe for your skin, your bath, your drain and the environment.

Description:

Have endless hours of bath time fun with the Green Gelli Baff! This super-cool set made by Zimpli Kids is great for kids who love playing with slime and creating their own slimy world. Set up in seconds, just add water to magically make ooze! Having a slime-tastic time has never been so easy with this easy clean, stain free and drain safe set, ideal for anyone who is doing the cleaning up after. 100% safe goo fun, suitable for children 3 years and over.

Features:

• 12 x 50g Green Gelli Baff powder
• 12 x 50g Dissolver Powder Salts
• Make Your Own Ooze
• 100% Safe Bath time Fun
• No harmful chemicals and kind on the skin
• Environmentally friendly

1 x 50g bag makes up tp 12 litres of Gelli/Goo

Use 1 x 50g bag with 4 Litres of water, mix and stand for 30 minutes to create Gelli modelling slush! Use it to build shapes, characters or even Gelli-castles!

Box and leaflet are fully recyclable in standard paper recycling and the Gelli Baff powder is certified biodegradable!

Great for Sensory Development!

• Creative Development
Provide open-ended opportunities where the process is more important than the product – how children use the materials in our products is more important than what is made from them. Using creative thinking skills and expressing creativity are important self-esteem builders.

Outdoor Gelli Play

• Social & Emotional Development
Children will learn to co-operate and have the opportunity to work as a team together around a sensory table, giving them the opportunity to express themselves and to feel good about their decision-making skills.• Cognitive Development
Changing the colour of water, making water turn into goo and slime, and moulding your own shapes will help children see and understand that if you add ‘this’ to ‘that’, it will make something new and unique.​• Physical Development
Children reinforce and practice their small motor skills while pouring, measuring, stirring and manipulating the materials. They learn to control and give their bodies directions to  accomplish tasks as they explore.

Ooze baff is the focus of our Science It! Activity the EVANESCO SPELL

Watch this video to see Scientific Sue perform this spell for the Northern Ireland Science Festival 2021

Click on this link above for the full version of this and other spells: Potions and Explosions Spell Book 

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2, 3 & 5 min colourful sand timers

Colourful Sand Timers – Set of 3

Visual learning made fun! Perfect for routines, playtime, and curious young scientists.

These bright and colourful sand timers are more than just timers — they’re a parent’s secret tool for making daily routines calmer, playtime more fun, and learning time more visual. Whether it’s brushing teeth, tidying up toys, or counting down until screen time ends, these timers help children see time passing rather than just being told about it.

Why Parents Love Them

• Visualise time: The flowing sand makes an abstract concept real and easy for little ones to understand.

• Reduce stress & tantrums: Use timers to give gentle, predictable countdowns when it’s time to start or stop an activity.

• Support positive behaviour: Perfect for turn-taking, managing transitions, and building independence.

• Helpful for children with autism: Sand timers are widely used to provide calm, visual cues and predictable countdowns — making routines smoother at home, in school, or during therapy sessions.

What’s Included

• Orange Timer — 2 minutes

• Yellow Timer — 3 minutes

• Green Timer — 5 minutes

Each timer is colour-coded and clearly labelled on both end caps for easy use.

Product Details

• Set of 3 mini timers – 2, 3, and 5 minutes

• Size: 9 cm tall × 2.5 cm diameter

• Material: Durable, safe plastic with vibrant sand

• Classic hourglass design – ideal for science experiments, maths challenges, and fun family activities

• Mess Factor: None!

• Supervision: Recommended for children aged 3+

Educational Benefits

Help your child:

• Understand how long activities take

• Learn to estimate, observe, and record the passing of time

• Build patience and focus through visual countdowns

• Explore science and maths concepts in a hands-on way

Activity Ideas

• Talk about time: Ask, “Can we see time? How do people know what time it is?” Use the timers to start conversations about clocks, sundials, and how humans have measured time for centuries.

• Experiment & compare: Gather different types of timers — wind-up kitchen timers, digital timers, and these sand timers — and test them side by side.

• Time your world: Use the timers to measure how long it takes to build a tower, sing a song, brush teeth, wash hands, or pack a school bag. Compare results and order activities from shortest to longest.

A Fascinating History of Timekeeping

Before mechanical clocks, people used sundials, candle clocks, and eventually hourglasses to measure time. The hourglass, invented around the 8th century, became essential during the Age of Discovery because it worked perfectly at sea — the rocking of the waves didn’t affect its accuracy. With these colourful modern versions, your child can enjoy their own miniature link to history while learning about time.

Top Parenting Tips

• Ease transitions: “When the sand runs out, it’s time to switch activities.”

• Manage turn-taking: Set a timer so siblings each get equal playtime.

• Reduce meltdowns: Give children a predictable countdown instead of abrupt changes.

• Motivate with fun: “Let’s read quietly until the green sand runs out — then we can play outside!”

These simple little tools can make a big difference to your child’s independence, understanding of time, and emotional wellbeing — all while being fun and engaging.

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