Project Fun - Homemade Slime

Homemade Slime aka GAK

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.

Step by Step Directions:

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. 

Big Sis got attacked by the glue!

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 Ziploc bag or air tight container and the slime will keep indefinitely.

Now, Mom...step away and let their creativity flow!  While doing the dishes they were making "Jesus died on the cross", bathing suits, bracelets, necklaces, pizza's, eggs, teeny tiny squares, and the list goes on and on and on!  This is wonderful because it does not stick to the surface of anything.  It is like a gel substance. So there is no residue and doesn't get stuck to hair, clothes, table, floor, etc!  I love this stuff! 

Have Fun!  This will keep the little ones busy for a LOOOOOOOOOONG time.  I did the dishes, swept, got dinner ready, and they are still playing with it!!!

Okay...now that they have played you have permission to join in on the fun! This stuff is definitely crazy cool!

I found this through Pinterest and it was linked back to Our Best Bites Blog.  Thanks for the creative play idea today!