It’s cold outside and my kids are going stir crazy. Sound familiar? If your looking for something fun for your kids to do that will keep them busy for hours check out my recipe on how to make homemade slime 
. This recipe is SUPER easy, great for mom. And it’s fun and gross, great for kids! Whenever my kids are complaining their bored or can’t go outside then I make up a batch of homemade slime.
. This recipe is SUPER easy, great for mom. And it’s fun and gross, great for kids! Whenever my kids are complaining their bored or can’t go outside then I make up a batch of homemade slime.
How To Make Homemade Slime
Easy Ways To Make Slime? Here’s What You Need
- 4 Tablespoons of borax
- 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
Borax
Elmer’s GlueAssorted Food ColoringGlass Mixing BowlMeasuring CupLiquid Starch
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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.
Liquid Starch
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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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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Oh wow! That looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks! The kids had a blast making it.
Im planning on doing this for a birthday party on Sunday and the kids are so excited about makeing it.How long does it last becouse today is Friday and I want it to last for the party?
If you keep the slime in an air tight container with lid (I keep mine in a glad container) then it should keep for a few months. My kids actually still have slime that we made this summer. Hope the kids have a GREAT birthday!!!
Mellisa
Thanks Mellisa,
We are getting ready to make it now,and im excited to here it will last that long.
Great idea…my kids will love this!
im curious about how does it look like when it dries up? does it mold? does consistency change as it ages? my slime is not for kids, it’s for an art project. thank you!
We have never let it dry up before. When it gets gross, we just throw it out. Would love to know what happens though!
OH this looks SUPER fun!! 🙂
I absolutely love Stumbleupon. I’ve been looking for this recipe everywhere. My twins and I are going to have some fun with this tomorrow 🙂
I’m so glad you found it! My kids love making slime.
This looks like a great rainy day activity for the kids. Thanks for sharing!
I have just made this for my children as I loved playing with it when I was young, but it became more like play dough than slime! What did I do wrong and how can I correct it for next time? (The kids still love playing with it though).
e agradavel eu brincava com plasticina na infancia,..
This looks like a lot of fun. I love the the color you chose to make it in.
When I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four emails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service? Thanks!
So sorry about that MAtthew! I’ve done this before myself. When you get the emails there should be a box at the end that says unsubscribe from this conversation or something along the lines of that. Let me know if that helps. 🙂
Borax is very toxic. It is a natural substance but it kills ants and is very harmful for children to ingest even in small quantities. I would only do this with older children with close supervision.
My slime is hard. Should it be sticky? after I just made it.
I’m going to try it
my class made this together and it did not work out at all. i tried it again but i failed and looked at it again. i then realized that i forgot to add the food coloring
You don’t need food coloring
whoops i meant to put this on another website. but i did try this and i hate this website
jk
For preparing bows and also ribbon, we simply made a simple and
easy hardwood wall rack to preserve it every organized.
I would love to makebit but what is boraxs
This looks like an awesome DIY for our homeschool
Our kiddos would love this!
My friend made this and sold it in our class shop one event. We are in sixth grade, and it is still really fun!
My kids enjoyed it even rhough i dont have kids i wish
We did this with older kids, and it still was a hit! 10, 15, 16 and 20! (ok so I consider a young adult a kid still! LOL). They discovered if you put your hand into a fist and balance the ball of slime on the top of your knuckles, the slime will sloooowly melt over your fist. And then they slowly opened their hand while it was “melting” and by the time I got back from stepping out, the slime had coated their forearm down to their elbow! They were playing with it all evening! (We halved the recipe to use individual smaller bowls, the ziplock type 2 cup bowls with screw on lids from the dollarama to store the slime in after,. And the dollarama has glue in 120ml bottles, so already pre-measured for halving the recipe! Just give each kid their own bottle to empty!) Thanks for posting!
Great instructions- worked exactly as described. It’s so cool that my third grader brought it to school and his friends are asking him to make some for them.