Eyeball Dig

The Eyeball Dig activity is MESSY. If you can plan to do it outside where you could squirt it down with a hose afterwards would be ideal. I have done it indoors though. It was with a group of 10 year olds, on my kitchen island, close to the sink. (I will post a picture.)
I used an old black roasting pan to make the gelatin as dark as possible. For my small group I used 2 boxes of orange and 3 boxes of grape flavors, but it never got black enough for my liking. Using the (1) black roasting pot really helped darken the gelatin and make it more difficult to find the buried treasures. I bought rubber snakes, spider rings, and rubber eyeballs - enough for everyone to find three spooky items. U.S.Toys or Oriental Trader has some great inexpensive spooky items. If you can't find what you want there, try the Dollar Store. You will need a clean up station whether you are executing the activity indoors or out. A container of warm soapy water works great for kiddos on their way to a sink. Hand towels, baby wipes or paper towels are additional items to have on hand. To make the game into a relay (because you will have kiddos get "lost in the muck") use a bell. It might look like kids taking off from a starting line on "go", running to the dig (gelatin goo), finding three items, ringing bell, and running back to starting line to allow next player to dig.

This is another activity to videotape! I assure you everyone will enjoy being messy and gross.