Slime!

A few weeks ago, we made slime. It was really easy and fun! All the girls liked it, which is hard to accomplish with the age spread I have in my kids.


You start out by mixing the Borax into water, then mixing the glue into water. After the glue is mixed in, you put in food coloring, then add in the Borax and water mixture. At this point it gets slimey!

The texture is really gross right now. It even made me wonder if we had messed up somehow. Corrine refused to touch it. She was thoroughly grossed out. You have to take out the slimey mess and work with it to get it to the right consistency. All my other girls had no problem with this, but Corrine was disgusted. She would try, then shudder and pull her hand quickly away, while looking at her sisters like they were nuts.



After you get it to the right consistency, it is lots of fun. The girls played with it for over a hour. Michaela figured out that we had made "flarp". If you haven't had the joy of discovering that product, it is just slime in a little container. When you put your finger into it, it distributes the air inside and makes a noise. You can guess what noise! Well, our slime did that too when placed in a cup.

We had so much fun with it that when the Merrells came to visit, we made some with them too!

Corrine wouldn't touch it at first even after it wasn't so slimy. I kept trying to show her it wasn't nasty, but she wouldn't touch it. Finally, I gave her a cup and put the slime in it, and after that she was fine.


No fear!

This was really fun and cheap, you should try it!

Slime ( recipe taken from Our Best Bites)

1 teaspoon borax powder

1 1/2 C water, divided

4 oz (1/2 C) Elmer's glue, clear or white

food coloring

Add borax powder to 1 cup of water and stir to dissolve. Set aside. Pour glue into a medium mixing bowl and add 1/2 C water. Add a few drops of food coloring until desired color is reached and then stir to mix glue solution until smooth. Pour the borax mixture into the glue mixture and watch the solids start to form. Stir for a few moments and then use your hands to gather the mass. The mixture will be very soft and wet. Keep kneading until it firms up and feels dry. Discard excess liquid in bowl. The more you knead and play with the slime the firmer it will become. Store in a ziplock bag or air tight container and the slime will keep indefinitely.