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How To Make Slime

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If you’re looking for a recipe on how to make slime, then you’ve come to the right place. This homemade slime recipe is super easy to make and will provide hours of fun for your kids.
Make Slime with Borax Recipe

What is Slime?

According to the dictionary slime is a moist, soft and slippery substance which is typically regarded as repulsive. And you wonder why kids are so slime crazy these days! Slime can be made in several different forms including colored slime, fluffy slime, glitter slime and even clear slime. There are so many ways you can have fun with this odd substance which is why I think it’s so popular with kids.

How To Make Slime

Making Slime from home is super easy. To make any kind of slime you will need a few basic ingredients

Slime Ingredients

 

Recipe for slime with Borax and glue

Slime Ingredients List

Slime

For this basic slime recipe I will be using Borax. Keep

    • 4 Tablespoons of borax (found with the laundry soap)
    • 1 cup of White School Glue
    • Food Coloring (to color the slime we used green)
    • 1 1/3 Cup of Warm Water
    • 1 Cup of Room Temp water

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Make Slime Without Borax

MOM TIP: This slime or any other slime can easily be made without Borax. All you need is LIQUID STARCH and glue. It’s easy-peasy. Just mix about 1 tsp of liquid starch into 4 ounces of glue. Mix the liquid starch into the glue until you get the consistency of slime that you want. Then dye the slime any color you like.
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I’ll be honest though. Liquid Starch can be really hard to find in stores. You can pick up an inexpensive container of liquid starch here (the same kind I use). I also like to purchase my glue in bulk so that we can make slime anytime we want. Plus it’s a lot cheaper to buy these in larger quantities.

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Instructions For Making Slime

1. In one bowl mix together the room temp water and glue. Add food coloring to bowl. Set Aside
making slime with borax
2. In another Bowl, mix together the warm water and the Borax. Make sure the water is warm enough to dissolve the Borax. Stir until it is mostly dissolved.
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3. Pour the White Glue slowly into the mixture of Borax and water, but DO NOT mix together. A big slime ball will form. Take your hands and swoosh the slime around the bowl several times. There will be a big slime ball and lot’s of water this is OK.
Slime Borax Recipe
4. Pull the Slime Ball out and place it on newspaper or into another bowl. Knead the Slime for a few minutes. Be sure to store slime in an air tight container so the kids can play with it again!
How to Make Slime

Homemade Slime is easy to make

Making Homemade Slime is a pretty messy activity but lot’s of FUN and it’s pretty easy to clean up. We just use our “ART” table that they kids have managed to make their artistic marks on over the past few years! I hope you all who have kids will try these activity this summer because it is a lot of fun for both the kids and mom.
Easy recipe for homemade slime

More Make Homemade Slime Recipes:

How to Make Glitter Slime 
how to make slime-slime using glitter glue