My oldest, Jayla has had me making slime for the past seven years. She is a slime fanatic. I keep a gallon of glue because it gives me an idea for something to do when the girls are “bored” or when they have a friend come over, it always gives us something fun to do.
We even made slime at her 6th birthday party. All the kids had a blast!
WHAT Y0U NEED:
- Bowl
- Spoon
- A splash of water
- A half tablespoon of baking soda
- Elmer’s glue (white or clear)
- Contact solution
AND THAT’S It. No exact measurements.
I’ll tell ya how…..
First, get your bowl and put however much glue you want in it.
Add a splash of water. (maybe like 3 tablespoons)
Add a half spoonful of baking soda.
(Add food coloring if you’d like it to be a different color.)
Stir.
Add in some contact solution, a good squirt or two.
Stir.
Stir some more.
Add more contact solution.
Stir some more. (You should start to see it form by now) just getting thicker and gooey.
Add some more contact solution.
Keep stirring until you get a good slime texture that you’d like.
*Add foam beads, glitter, or anything else you’d like to now.
Store in a small plastic container.
EXTRA TIPS
My daughter says you can add lotion to make it smell good and to make it softer. (But be careful, I did this a couple times for her and she kept asking me for lotion every time we’d make slime.) 😉
Keep stirring, your hand will hurt. You would rather add too little of contact solution and have to add more squirt by squirt than to add too much and to ruin it. If there is too much contact solution, it will start to feel very stiff.
Foam beads make a mess, be careful. Move slowly.
BEST TIP EVER:
If your child gets slime on his/her clothes, the carpet, anything at all, this is what you do.
Remove as much slime as you can first. Then go get your stain remover, spray it on the slime spot, let it sit for like 15, 20 minutes, then soak it in a bowl or a sink of hot water and let it soak for a half hour to an hour. If there is a lot you may have to take your finger and scrub a little off half way through and then soak it a little more but it will work. If you cannot soak the item in water, take a spray bottle with hot water and soak and scrub it that way.
Hope this helps!
Til next time, from me to you.
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