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.
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6. 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.
Related: If your child loves outdoors, we suggest these Fun and Educational Outdoor STEM Activities for Kids.
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:
Time needed: 20 minutes
- Pour the glue into a bowl.
- Add the food coloring of your choice and mix it to get the desired color.
- Add baking soda to the glue and food coloring mixture.
- Add contact lens solution and mix until combined.
- Mix and knead.
Keep mixing till it gets thick and cannot be mixed with a spoon anymore. Now it’s time to get your hands dirty! Knead your slime until it’s no longer sticky. This usually takes about 5 minutes.
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.
Related: Also try your hands at Kinetic sand. It is so quick and easy to make at home and great for sensorial play.
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.
– Rainbow slime: Mix in some food coloring to create a variety of colorful slimes.
– Galaxy slime: Add some eco-friendly glitter and a space-theme food coloring to create a fun, space-themed slime.
– 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!
With so many possibilities, the sky’s the limit when it comes to making slime! Get creative and have fun.
Fluffy Slime Recipe
Fluffy slime is a variation of traditional slime that is made with shaving cream. It’s super soft, fluffy, and a lot of fun to play with.
This non-sticky version is just so fun to play with that it is hard to put down for grown ups as well!
Just like the traditional slime, fluffy slime can also be made at home with a few ingredients and is so much fun to make. Your kids will have a blast making fluffy slime and enjoy playing with it for hours.
Here’s what you’ll need to make your own fluffy slime:
Ingredients To Make Fluffy Slime At Home:
– 1 cup white glue
– 2 tsp. contact lens solution
– 1 tsp. baking soda
– Food Coloring of your choice
– 2 to 3 cups shaving cream
How to Make Fluffy Slime:
1. Pour the glue into a bowl.
2. Add the shaving cream to the glue and stir it well until combined.
3. Add the baking soda to the glue and shaving foam mixture.
4. If you’re using food coloring, add it now and mix it to get the colour of your choice.
5. Lastly, add contact lens solution, one tsp. at a time, and stir until combined.
Knead the slime until it’s no longer sticky. Use baby lotion or baby oil on your hands if the slime is too sticky.
Fluffy slime requires more kneading than the regular slime. We recommend kneading it for at least 4 minutes to get rid of the stickiness and reach the desired consistency.
If the slime still feels sticky, add in a little saline solution to get away with the stickiness. Make sure to add only small quantities of saline solution at a time and knead at least for 2-3 minutes before you take the call to add more contact lens solution.
Related: Also try Puffy Paints! They are easy to make, take less than 5 minutes to make and ensure hours of creative fun!
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.
Once your kids are done playing with this super-soft fluffy slime, store it in an airtight box to reuse it later.
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.
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.
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!
Unicorn Slime Video Tutorial
Happy sliming!
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