Slime Recipe

Most kids enjoy playing with gooey and slippery slime. Instead of buying slime from the store, one can make use of the slime recipe to make it at home. Making slime at home will also help you to teach the kids a thing or two about polymers. Slime is often also used for different science projects. Most of the ingredients required to make slime are normally available at home. In this write up, we will learn how to make slime using borax as well as without the use of borax. Are you aware, you can also make edible slime, so that you do not have to worry about your child ingesting it. Having said that let's see how to make slime.

Homemade Slime Recipes

There are many ways which can be used to make slime. You will come across recipes using borax, without the use of borax and also edible kind of slime, etc. Depending on the age of your child, you can opt for a convenient slime recipe for kids.

Recipe Using Borax
Making slime using borax is the most commonly used method to make slime. Borax can be picked up from the section from where you procure detergent at the supermarket or grocer. Just a word of caution, it is important for you to know if your child is allergic to borax. Make sure you have tested this, before you give slime made from borax to your child.

Ingredients

• White Glue ¼ cup
• Borax 1 tbsp
• Food coloring 1 pinch or a few drops
• Water 1¼ cup

Method

• Mix ¼ cup of glue and ¼ cup of water to form a glue solution.
• To the remaining 1 cup of water add borax powder and let is rest for sometime.
• After sometime, mix both the solutions together and keep it in a bag.
• Now add food coloring to the solution and keep it aside for sometime.
• After sometime you can knead the mixture and make use of the slime.
• If slime is very slippery, then white glue solution can be added to slime.
• On the other hand, if it is sticky, add some more borax solution.

Slime Without Borax
Some children may be allergic to borax, therefore one can make use of this recipe, which does not make use of borax. At the same time, since the ingredients required for this recipe are normally available at home, making it is far easier than anticipated.

Ingredients

• Cornstarch ½ cup
• Food coloring 1 pinch or a few drops
• Water 2 cups

Method

• In a saucepan, let water come to a rolling boil.
• When water comes to a boil, gently add cornstarch to it.
• Continue to stir when you are adding cornstarch.
• Then add food color and continue to stir again.
• When the mixture begins to thicken, remove slime from heat and let it cool down to room temperature.
• You will notice that this recipe makes a messy slime, yet it is great fun to play with.

Recipe for Edible Slime
It is not uncommon to see kids putting everything they get into their mouths. Would it not be great if we could get a recipe to make edible slime? Here it is. With this recipe you will not only be able to make edible slime, but also a tasty slime.

Ingredients

• Cornstarch 1 tbsp
• Sweetened condensed milk 14 oz
• Vanilla flavoring 3 to 4 drops
• Food coloring as per choice

Method

• In a saucepan stir condensed milk and cornstarch together.
• Place the saucepan over low heat and continue to stir it, till the mixture thickens.
• Add vanilla flavor and color to it and remove from heat.
• Let it cool down to room temperature and give it to your child and you can sit back and watch your child feast on it.

Using the recipes mentioned in this write up, you can easily make slime at home. Don't you agree slime is a great item for kids' art activity. Just a few precautionary measures, before I end this article. Store slime made with cornstarch in the refrigerator. Any kind of slime should be stored in an air tight plastic bag. If coloring has been used in the slime, then ensure your child does not leave it on colored surfaces, else the color can ruin the colored surfaces.