Making slime has become one of the most popular kid's crafts. The ingredients are easy to get and to the best of my knowledge, it is kid safe and no toxic. I still would suggest not letting your kids eat it or put their fingers in their mouth after handling it.
However, my daughter Kaitlyn is constantly creating new slime at home, if I can keep her shocked with enough glue. Someone at our grocery store is buying it by the carton I think because they never have any white or clear Elmer's glue.
We found that getting in from Amazon is cheaper and you get more than what you can find in the stores. White glue can be used for making solid colored slime, whereas the clear glue works best for the slime that you want a little more translucent.
1. In a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon of Borax with one cup of water. Stir to make sure the borax is fully dissolved.
In a large or medium sized bowl, add as much white or clear glue as you like. Leave enough room in the bowl for the borax water solution.
Add water to the mixing bowl with the white or clear glue. Keep in mind that you'll use the same amount of glue as you do water.
For colored slime, this is where you can add the food coloring. Just a few drop, a little goes a long way. Note when they or you first make this slime, it WILL stain their hands, clothes, anything it touches. Once it has a chance to set up it doesn't bleed as much onto the hands.
Mix using clean hands until the color is evenly distributed throughout the slime.
However, my daughter Kaitlyn is constantly creating new slime at home, if I can keep her shocked with enough glue. Someone at our grocery store is buying it by the carton I think because they never have any white or clear Elmer's glue.
We found that getting in from Amazon is cheaper and you get more than what you can find in the stores. White glue can be used for making solid colored slime, whereas the clear glue works best for the slime that you want a little more translucent.
Ingredients:
1 T Borax
1 cup Water
white or clear glue
food coloring
Medium to Large bowl
spoon
Optional:
glitter
1. In a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon of Borax with one cup of water. Stir to make sure the borax is fully dissolved.
In a large or medium sized bowl, add as much white or clear glue as you like. Leave enough room in the bowl for the borax water solution.
Add water to the mixing bowl with the white or clear glue. Keep in mind that you'll use the same amount of glue as you do water.
For colored slime, this is where you can add the food coloring. Just a few drop, a little goes a long way. Note when they or you first make this slime, it WILL stain their hands, clothes, anything it touches. Once it has a chance to set up it doesn't bleed as much onto the hands.
Mix using clean hands until the color is evenly distributed throughout the slime.
So you’re probably thinking, “This is way too sticky to be slime.” It is because you haven’t added the final ingredient yet.
Add just a little bit of the borax solution at a time and keep mixing as you do. Adding the borax gradually gives you the consistency of slime you want in the end. It may take several additions to get it, too.
The only way to make a thicker or a runnier slime using white glue is to add more or less borax solution as you mix it together. You can’t just add water to make it runnier. This means you can make a variety of test consistencies of slime in several cups and figure out proportions of ingredients for the one(s) you need or like best. Then all you do is scale-up the formula to the quantity you want to have/need.
Keep kneading and working the goo until it has a smooth consistency throughout. It should start sticking together a little like bread dough.
When you get the slime you want, take it out of the bowl and play with it – uh, that is,
When you’re done learning as much as you want with your slime, just bag it up and throw it away in the trash.
When you’re done learning as much as you want with your slime, just bag it up and throw it away in the trash.
Luckily, you’ve got lots of Borax left to make it again and again, too!
Hint: If you used a full 8 oz bottle of glue, just fill it with water, swirl it to mix any extra glue, and pour it in. That’s the perfect amount of additional water.
Wash your hands! (You don’t want dirt and germs in your new slime before you’ve even made it.) It’s time to get messy in the name of science. Use your hands to mix the water and the glue solution in the bowl.
Hint: If you used a full 8 oz bottle of glue, just fill it with water, swirl it to mix any extra glue, and pour it in. That’s the perfect amount of additional water.
Wash your hands! (You don’t want dirt and germs in your new slime before you’ve even made it.) It’s time to get messy in the name of science. Use your hands to mix the water and the glue solution in the bowl.
