I am sharing today a tutorial that your kiddos will love. We { Mimi and I } are showing you how to make Slime
in just four simple steps. Well, not just slime but awesome Glittered Slime!
Your kids are going to love you!!!!
How fun is this?
Let’s get with it!
MATERIALS
1 Elmer’s Glitter Glue
1 Cup Water
1 tsp. Borax
1 Tb Water
{ You can replace the Glitter Glue for regular white glue to make normal slime }
TUTORIAL
1
Mix 1 tsp. Borax and 1 Cup water together.
You can find the Borax at your local stores in the Laundry section.
Call me crazy but I love the box.
2
Have your little helper empty the Glitter Glue into a bowl.
Oh the anticipation!
3
Add 1 TB. Water to the glue and mix it together.
This will help the glue to become a little more flexible.
4
Then pour the Borax mixture inside of the bowl.
Let their little hands work the magic as they combine the glue and the mixture together.
Right away you will see how the Glitter Slime will start to form.
I love this part when you hear them say oooh and cool at the same time!
Isn’t it pretty?
Don’t leave the slime in the water mixture too long since it will make the slime too hard.
Finish mixing it in your hands.
It will look like this!
TIP: Don’t throw the extra Borax mixture yet.
If the slime gets too slimy you can put it back inside and it will harden some more.
We made the Glitter Slime in three colors.
At this point all that was left was to have fun…
Time to play!
To store it we used baby food jars.
And it was at this point that I thought
Wait a minute!
What about if we make some Halloween Glitter Slime Monsters with it.
So we did!
You can check out the tutorial here.
They should be scary but I am going to say that they are super cute!
Happy Tuesday!
Besos
Desirée
Do you think it would glow if you put it in front of a light or blacklight?
Barbara I am not sure but it is super colorful!
I’m thinking you could use cornstarch instead (for little ones, in case they put it in their mouths). We use cornstarch, food coloring, and water to make a fun “slime” that’s not quite a liquid and not quite a solid. Fun to stomp around in! Not sure how it would react, but DEFINITELY going to try it! SO CUTE!!!
This is OH so cute Desiree!!! LOVE it! Can’t wait to try it with my kiddos. Thanks for sharing your genious with us 🙂
So cute, but Borax is poisonous. What does it do in the mix? I’m wondering like the other poster if something nontoxic could do the same job. Thanks for the adorable idea.
It makes the glue get hard. You don’t mix it with the glue though.
How long does this stuff last? Does it stain? Oh ,I am confused about the tip about if it needs to harden up more. “Don’t throw the extra Borax mixture” ? Can you please clarify? Thanks so much, my kids are so excited about this!
Sometimes right after you make it the slime can be a little bit sticky. Just put it back in the water and it would be perfect.
This is awesome! I can’t wait to make this at school and at home with my own kids! Thanks!! 🙂
You are welcome! Have fun!
Such an adorable idea!!!!! I work at a school and have 100+ kids. Do you think I could add glitter to regular white glue? (we buy the realy BIG 1 gallon).
I don’t see why not since you can follow these same directions for white glue. You can even add food coloring to the glue to make it super fun! Just mix the food coloring with the glue before adding the Borax.
I was wondering the same thing and found a recipe for this with regular glue on another site. It’s opaque. So if you were to add glitter to it, you could see it on the outside, but it wouldn’t look quite like the cute guys above. We’re doing this for my daughter’s halloween gift to her classmates.
Love this – and I’m not kidding… it’s me that wants to play with it first!! Will be making soon!
It is a lot of fun!
Way. Cool. I think I know a certain party later this year that might just have to feature this one. Thanks Desiree!!!
Sheree xo
Very neat. I knew the glitter glue had a better purpose than glue.