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
I was wondering. If i use regular sized baby food jars about how many jars can i fill per batch. Also if you could email me the answer i would love that. [email protected]. we are making these for the kids to hand out at school for Halloween. Thanks for the idea. Shelley
Shelley, the glitter glue bottles are not that big. You may want to use the small size of food jars for these project. If I remember right one bottle makes like 6 small jars.
Thank you for this great tutorial! This is such a neat project! : )
Awesome idea! Couldn’t find glitter glue so my daughter and I made our own! Elmers makes a clear glue so we found a pack of 6 glitter tubes and 6 bottles of clear glue and made party favors for her birthday party next weekend! She loved mixing the glitter and playing with the goo when it was done! Thank you for the idea!
Have fun at the party!
Made this with my 5 yr old son a few days ago! He loved being my big boy helper since this is such an easy recipe! Turned out great will definitely be making more of this in the future! Might give this a try this at preschool with my 4’s this year! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I am glad you guys had fun making the slime… My kids love it as well. Thank you so much for visiting with us!
how long will this homemade slime keep? I was thinking about making some as a stocking stuffer for my son this christmas… Thanks.
It gets hard a lot faster that the Kool Aid Playdough. You may want to try this recipe instead : http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/03/kool-aid-playdough-recipe.html
Love this! Thanks so much for posting 🙂
Could you use regular Elmer’s glue and add food coloring?
Yes you can.
is this hard to remove from fabric and clothing? With the borax in it, will it change the color of fabric?
I have used this recipe repeatedly, and its awesome. I just want to make sure that you know that Borax is toxic if it is consumed, so make sure that you watch your little ones and be sure they don’t try to taste their monsters (or the liquid).
could you replace the borax with soap flakes?
I’m not sure
Just made this tonight with our 4 year old and she loves it! We only did pink, but now I want to go back and get all of the colors, lol. Thank you!
How fun! Thank you so much for stopping by.
Hi, Meggan, what did you use instead of Borax?? We cannot buy Borax in the UK…
Lisa