How to Make Slime For Kids at Home?

Homemade slime is a great activity for kids because it’s both fun and educational. It’s also a great way to bond with your children and spend some quality time together.

So, if you’re looking for a fun activity to do with your kids, why not try to make slime at home!

With a little variation in slime recipe, you can explore some great variety of slimes. Check out our 3 slime recipes to make simple slime, fluffy slime and edible slime. Also, there is a video tutorial on Unicorn slime at the end of the article.

• What is Slime?
• Homemade Slime Recipe
• Edible Slime Recipe
• Slime Variations
• Tips and Tricks for Making Slime

What is Slime?

Slime is a viscous, sticky substance that is often used in arts and crafts. It’s made from a variety of substances, including glue, contact lens solution, liquid starch, baking soda, borax powder, and food coloring.

Slime can be played with in a variety of ways and can even be used as a stress reliever. Homemade slime is a must try indoor activity for kids who are curious and like experimenting & creating their own playthings. 

Homemade Slime Recipe

Homemade slime is a wonderful science experiment for kids of all ages. Kids will have loads of fun mixing common household items and observing how they react with each other to make slime.

Besides being a fun, hands-on way to explore science and express creativity, making slime is a great sensorial activity for kids who love to get their hands dirty (and sticky!).

There are many fun slime recipes for homemade slime, but we’ve found that this one is the easiest to follow. Plus, it only requires a few ingredients that you probably already have at home. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get started!

Ingredients To Make Slime:

– 1 cup or 8 ounce of white glue (school glue)

– 1.5 Tbsp. contact lens solution

– 1 Tbsp. of baking soda

– 1 drop of liquid food coloring (optional)

How to Make Slime At Home:

Knead the slime until it’s no longer sticky. Use baby lotion or baby oil on your hands if the slime is too sticky. You can even add 1-2 drops of contact solution is the slime feels sticky even after kneading.

Once the slime is no longer sticky, you can play with it however you like! Store slime in an airtight container or a zip pouch when you’re done.

If you want thicker slime, again add some drops of saline solution. The more saline solution you will add, the thicker your slime will be. But that will make it less slimy. So, balance is the key when making slime.

Related: Also try your hands at Kinetic sand. It is so quick and easy to make at home and great for sensorial play.

Make Edible Slime At Home

While the above slime recipes are super fun to try and easy to make, they are not taste safe. If you have little kids who love mouthing their toys and everything else they play with, we highly recommend this taste safe, edible slime to make with chia seeds.

This slime recipe makes taste safe slime but nonetheless you wouldn’t want your kids to be eating mouthfuls of it. Adult supervision is always recommended!

Though taste-safe, this version does not have the same consistency as the traditional slime. It is somewhere between Oobleck and slime but extremely fun to play with.

It does not stick to hands and its grainy texture, owing to the chia seeds, provide a completely different, unique sensorial experience to kids.

Edible Slime Ingredients:

1/4 cup Chia Seeds

2-4 cups Cornflour

1 3/4 cup Water

Food colouring (optional)

How to Make Chia Seed Edible Slime:

1. Take chia seeds in a large bowl and add water.

2. Add food coloring to the water and soak the chia seeds overnight.

3. After 12 hours, check if the chia seeds have absorbed all the water and started to slime. If they have not, let them soak for a few more hours.

4. Mix cornstarch, one cup at a time, into the chia seeds.

5. Keep adding cornflour to get the desired texture. It should feel soft and get off the hands without sticking.

Make sure to store it in the refrigerator between play times. If you feel it has dried, add a little water to refresh it.

Related: If your child loves sensorial activities, we recommend you to Make Moon Sand. It is super soft and mouldable, which makes it a great hit with kids.

Slime Variations

There are many different slime forms that you can make at home following the above slime recipe. Here are a few of our favorites:

– Glow in the dark slime: Add a few drops of glow in the dark paint to your slime for a fun, spooky effect.

– Fluffy Rainbow slime: a favourite with young kids! Follow our easy fluffy rainbow slime recipe to make it at home.

– Metallic slime: Mix in some metallic paint to create a shimmery slime.

– Halloween Slime: Use orange colour and pumpkin spice to make Halloween inspired slime.

Related: Check out Fun Halloween Activities to make your halloween memorable!

– Unicorn Slime: this glitter slime is just out of magical wonderland!

With so many possibilities, the sky’s the limit when it comes to making slime! Get creative and have fun.

Related: Another thing that gets kids super excited besides slime is making bubbles. Our easy-peasy Bubble Solution recipe is easy to make and promises biggest and bounciest bubbles.

Tips and Tricks for Making Slime

If you’re looking for tips and tricks to make your slime even better, you’ve come to the right place. Here are a few of our favorite tips:

– Make sure the contact lens solution you choose has boric acid and sodium borate in its ingredients. Most of the borax free slime recipes use contact solutions, which have these two ingredients. 

These ingredients act as a slime activator and react with glue to make slime. Renu Fresh and Equate contact solutions work well to make slime.

– Add a few drops of essential oils to your slime for a pleasant smell.

– Mix in some environmentally friendly glitter to make your very own glitter slime or use glitter glue instead of plain white glue.

– Use different food coloring to create colorful slime and make sure to add colour before the saline solution. This way it gets easier to uniformly mix the color.

– Try adding small beads or confetti for a fun texture.

– If your slime is too sticky, add a bit more contact solution until it reaches the desired consistency.

– If your slime is too runny, add a bit more glue until it reaches the desired consistency.

– Use plastic spoons and bowls to make slime. They are easier to clean.

– Use play mats or place mats to play with slime. You don’t want it sticking on your furniture. Trash bags work just as well!

– In case your child has long hair, we recommend tying them before you get started with slime. It is quite a mess with hair and you would not want slime stuck in your child’s hair. In case it does get in your child’s hair, use coconut oil and gently comb it out.

– If you or your child has sensitive skin, we recommend wearing gloves while making and playing with slime.

With these tips and tricks, you’ll be a slime master in no time!

Happy sliming!

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