Tips to remember……vinegar dissolves slime, toothpaste removes food colouring from hands.
How to make it
In a bowl add 1/2 cup of glue, 1/2 cup shaving cream, 1/2 cup foaming handwash, 1 tsp cornstarch and a couple pumps of moisturiser. Stir.
Add your food colouring. Stir again
1 squirt at a time add your contact lens/saline solution. You’ll need to experiment with how much you need for your perfect slime consistency, but we found around 3-4 squirts worked well.
You’ll notice almost straight away that your mixture starts to become sticky and slimy. When it’s at the point you can take it out of the bowl with your hands start kneading and folding your slime until it’s nice and stretchy. Add more borax if it’s too sticky. Add a tiny bit of plain water if it’s too tough.
And there you have it! Fluffy, stretchy SLIME! Store it in an airtight container and it’ll last a while too.
Do you even have kids if you've never made slime? I have a love/hate relationship with the stuff. She loves it / I hate it because it's messy and almost always ends up somewhere it's not meant to be. BUT I do have to admit that it is pretty fun to make and also VERY satisfying when you get the recipe just right and make perfect slime. I feel like we've made every slime recipe known to man. We have whole books dedicated to the stuff. We've made fluffy slime, galaxy slime, bubble slime, glow in the dark slime and even edible slime using all sorts of ingredients and methods. When we find one that works we make sure to add it to this page to save you all the time (and frustration) of finding one that works. It is a bit of trial and error though and sometimes it can work one day and not the next. Different weather, different brands, different levels of supervision but kids LOVE MAKING SLIME so give it a go! What do we learn when we make slime? The two main concepts for slime science are polymers and Non-Newtonian Fluids. The white glue in our…
Here are a couple of quick and easy art activities inspired by Winter. SNOWFLAKE DECORATIONS You will need: PaperScissors Method: Start with a square. Fold in half to make a triangle, then fold the points upwards (check picture for reference) Then draw the snowflake design and cut out! Make a few in different sizes and decorate a wall or door! SNOWMAN SURPRISE You will need: Clear contactScissorsColoured card (or an old cereal packet you can cut up and colour)Either old lace doily from an op shop, cotton balls or white paper Method: This one is really simple but kept my three year old entertained for quite some time and she was thrilled with the result. Simply draw the snowman shape on the contact. Cut out and peel off backing. Stick to door or wall by folding over a couple of centimeters at the top and bottom. Let your child decide what accessories the snowman will have. If they can draw and cut them out by themselves, give them ownership of their artwork. My three year old drew the circle buttons, the lines on the carrot and the shape of his smile and I cut them out for her.
In the lead up to Easter it's pretty much a craft bonanza at our house. We have a few rules: It's got to be kid-oriented and age appropriate (eg. no origami or glass blowing!) . This year my kids are 3 and 2 (and 10 weeks, but he doesn't really count this year- sorry little man!). It should be an activity that the kids can do the majority of themselves so they can work on their fine motor skills, creativity and imagination. Some activities may require difficult scissor work, which may need adult help. The photos I've added in this post are the efforts that look most like what I expected! A lot of the craft we completed looked vastly different from one to the next, which is fine too. :-) It should be inexpensive to do (eg. no fancy paint brushes, sequins or cartridge paper) The mess should be as minimal as possible (eg. paint is fine, but glitter is NOT IDEAL). I'm fine with mess as long as it's not permanent! The art and craft activity should ideally use things I already have in the pantry or craft boxes So here are some of the craft ideas we've…
I'm a Mum of 2 girls and also one 4 legged ratbag of a dog called Rudy. I work from home and family balance out the work/school hours with lots of beach time, walks, bike rides skates, scooters and surfs. We like being outside. Our favourite places in Adelaide are the Adelaide Hills and Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park
9 Comments
Sad Slimeless Family
on 11/03/2018 at 1:15 PM
We tried this recipe twice, it doesn’t work. Tried adding lots of borax and corn flour when it was too runny (I really think dissolving 3-4 tsps in 1 cup of water is way too much water). Now we feel bad we’re adding mountains of crap slime to land fill…
Hi guys. That’s strange because we only just made it again the other day and it worked for us again no dramas. I am no expert BUT I do think the brands that you use can make a difference and I have also found that sometimes you need to add a bit more of one thing on particular days. Maybe the temperature of the water, or the brand of glue makes a difference.
Half the fun is experimenting until you get your perfect combo.
We made this recipe and it worked out great! We just kept slowly adding the borax and water until it was right.
I wonder if those who said it was way too running just tipped the foaming soap in rather than pumping it in fluffy? I think this would make a difference.
We just made it a second time. This time we used more glue and a little less shaving cream and foaming soap. It seems that the more glue you use, the less borax mixture you need. Plus I also think that a little more moisturizer makes it stretchier.
This slime recipe is a total WINNER!! My slime obsessed sons love it (and we’ve tried loads of recipes!). This is the BEST WE’VE FOUND! Thank you so much. ????????????????????????????????????????
This is an awesome recipe. I followed it to a tee except I replaced the borax/contact solution with slime miracle solution. It’s made by Elmer too and is sold at spotlight. I basically added a third of that bottle to your recipe and voila, perfect fluffy slime. Thanks so much Roxy!
If your slime is too runny or sticks to your fingers too much, trust me keep adding more boric acid solution until it gets to the right texture. We use Renu contact solution but as long as it has boric acid it would work.
We tried this recipe twice, it doesn’t work. Tried adding lots of borax and corn flour when it was too runny (I really think dissolving 3-4 tsps in 1 cup of water is way too much water). Now we feel bad we’re adding mountains of crap slime to land fill…
Hi guys. That’s strange because we only just made it again the other day and it worked for us again no dramas. I am no expert BUT I do think the brands that you use can make a difference and I have also found that sometimes you need to add a bit more of one thing on particular days. Maybe the temperature of the water, or the brand of glue makes a difference.
Half the fun is experimenting until you get your perfect combo.
By the way, we only added about 3-4 tsps of the water/borax solution to our mixture. Not the full cup of water. Was that maybe the problem?
My grandma and I tried this recipe and it did not work, tried some variations in differing quantities and it did not work.
Awesome slime recipe. I’ve heard of many failed recipes but this one worked first go and an awesome texture
We made this recipe and it worked out great! We just kept slowly adding the borax and water until it was right.
I wonder if those who said it was way too running just tipped the foaming soap in rather than pumping it in fluffy? I think this would make a difference.
We just made it a second time. This time we used more glue and a little less shaving cream and foaming soap. It seems that the more glue you use, the less borax mixture you need. Plus I also think that a little more moisturizer makes it stretchier.
This slime recipe is a total WINNER!! My slime obsessed sons love it (and we’ve tried loads of recipes!). This is the BEST WE’VE FOUND! Thank you so much. ????????????????????????????????????????
This is an awesome recipe. I followed it to a tee except I replaced the borax/contact solution with slime miracle solution. It’s made by Elmer too and is sold at spotlight. I basically added a third of that bottle to your recipe and voila, perfect fluffy slime. Thanks so much Roxy!
If your slime is too runny or sticks to your fingers too much, trust me keep adding more boric acid solution until it gets to the right texture. We use Renu contact solution but as long as it has boric acid it would work.