What is the recipe to make plasti-goop for the old Creepy Crawelers toy?

I wish I did! Do you remember Incredible Edibles? Same creepy crawlers but edible?

I miss Creepy Crawlers! I used to make them, then sell them at school. I payed for my entire middle school lunch, for all three years, on those things. I got really creative and started to add eyes and hair and stuff.
As for the formula? I don’t know. I still have an old bottle barred in my heap-o-mess I have yet to clean up, but when I find it, I’ll take a look-see at what it is made off.
My best guess would be basic plastic, with some form of silicone to make it pliable. If that was the case, the plastic beads are really cheep, for 50$ you can get like a 20 lbs. bucket, but silicone can get ery pricy (this year, alone, I have spent 3,000$ on enough for my photography. I do profession hollywood makeup, with things like horns and whatnot.) That is a lot of silicone, but still, for that price, you might as well buy the bottles, but at the same time, it may not be silicone. You also have to consider the dye they might use. I know some dyes change dramatically when exposed to heat.
I really want to know now, what they made that stuff from… cause the more I think about it… the more I realize I have no idea what kind of compound would cook like that… It ether goes from liquid to solid, or viscus, never semi-solid…

It is a tough one to figure out. It kind of looks like liquid latex mixed with mineral oil and coloring. Does liquid later harden (but remain pliable) when baked for a few minutes? Is silicone a pourable liquid?

A call to Jakk’s Toys has given me the main ingredient; PVC!

So do you just melt a pvc pipe? P U! Is that hazardous?

Did he\they mean Vinyl Chloride?

Yes, PVC stands for Poly Vinyl Chloride,

Hi, This material is also commercially known as Plastisol.
It is a liquid PVC compound, commonly used to make fishing lures.
I’d advise the Professional #502 type. A whole QUART of this stuff costs a mere $18 !

-Steve

Way to go Steve!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks!

Hi! thanks for the websight info, one more question. It says it needs to be heated to 325 before it hardens would that work for a creepy crawler oven, they dont get near that hot
thanks!!!

I found plastigoop at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_10?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=plastigoop&sprefix=plastigoop%2Caps%2C918

Is there anyway to Color the Plastisol? Does it come in colors?

I’ve been researching and experimenting. Plastisol is a white, relatively thin plastic syrup that is sold to fishermen wanting to make their own rubber lures (worms). When this raw plastisol is “baked” it will cure to a transparent, soft rubber. 325 F is the usual temperature. The old Creepy Crawlers hot plate provided heat from below, but this is can easily lead to scorching. So, an oven provides heat all around for uniform heating. The lure-maker sites also sell colorant for plastisol. I tried resin colorant, and that worked. Researching shows plastisol is one of the materials used to make screen-printed tee shirts. It is called Plastisol Ink. It is heavy (way thicker than lure plastisol), and the colors are across the full spectrum. Some are very vibrant. It is not like regular printers ink. Plastisol ink results in a very tough rubber when baked. Plastisol ink has a lot more PVC molecules than the lure plastisol. I mixed in lure plastisol to thin out the plastisol ink enough to get a result that would pour into a 4 oz squeeze bottle. I filled nearly all the way with lure plastisol and shook it until well mixed. It made the best looking result: solid, rich, uniform color and very tough. Pure plastisol, on its own, is very soft and very easy to tear.

@craftyjim – I’m trying to perfect a formula myself, but its not working. I got some fishing lure plastic but like you said, it’s very flimsy. I got some plastisol ink and added some in different amounts, but nothing seems to work. When I shoot for the same consistency as plastigoop, it puffs up, lots of bubbles inside, and sometimes just sticks and breaks apart when trying to remove from the mold. What would you say is your formula? And I wonder of the type of plastisol ink used makes a big difference – mine has a low cure temp of 270. Also, how did they make goop that was semitransparent? From what I can see they don’t make a transparent plastisol ink. I would love to get some feedback on your success!

It’s made of ½ cup of plastisol and some water. Here's the recipe: https://howtoadult.com/make-own-goop-bug-makers-11402903.html.

I have just tried it with the 94 model with plastisol (bought from screen print direct) and it worked. Made a perfect creepy Crawler first go round!