If you got tired of watching videos of people playing with slime or you don’t know what slime is but want to give it a try, this article is for you! Slime is a unique play material made up of a cross-linked polymer. The “game stuff” caught your eye, didn’t it? Well, just as the name suggests, he is awesome to play with and a great stress buster to revive.
Slime doesn’t just come in one shape or is made one way. There are many different types of slime that can satisfy a person in need. Each slime shape has its own preparation method, here are five of which we’d like to share with you!
1) fluffy slime
This recipe is the easiest and simplest of all! Just as the name suggests, fluffy slime feels softer and lighter compared to regular slime, and it may be soft enough that your hands feel good while playing with it during your stress-busting session.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Cream shaving foam
• Elmer’s Glue or PVA Glue
• Solution for contact lenses
• Baking soda
• Food coloring (choice)
PREPARATION METHOD:
A) Add some PVA glue or elmer’s glue into the mixing bowl (not much required as this recipe makes a decent amount of slime even with a smaller amount of glue) and add shaving cream foam (after of shaking the can well) into the container of glue.
B) Add a pinch of baking soda to the same bowl (baking soda loosens slime so it’s less sticky to surfaces) and mix well with a mixing spoon.
C) Add a few drops of the food coloring of your choice to the mixture and mix again to bring out the color.
D) Add a small amount of contact lens solution to the mixture and mix until it becomes a slimy structure (keep adding a small amount after a good mix if it doesn’t, but be sure not to add too much as it will could make the slime break up instead of spreadable) When the mixture comes off the bowl and becomes a blob, that’s when the slime is done!
2) Crunchy Slime
The crunchy slime, as the name suggests, is fun to play with because of the sound it makes. So here’s how to make some crunchy slime!
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Stay-Flo liquid starch
• Clear Elmer’s or PVA glue
• Transparent pearls
• Food coloring of your choice
PREPARATION METHOD
A) Put a certain amount of clear PVA or Elmer’s glue into a mixing bowl.
B) Add a drop or two of the food coloring of your choice (too much color can make the slime dark and dull) and mix.
C) Add a small amount of Stay-flo liquid starch and mix. You may notice that the solution is getting a bit slimy. Continue adding a small amount of starch and mix until slime forms. (The slime may appear opaque due to the air bubbles that form, but if you let it sit for a while, it will turn clear.)
D) Add some clear beads (glass or plastic) to the slime and play around with it until the beads fully adhere and create a crunch-like sound as you play.
3) floating slime
Floam slime is a mix of Floam and slime, where Floam is a play structure that can be molded into different shapes. Does it seem interesting? Well, this is how you can do it!
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• foam balls
• Liquid starch
• Elmer’s glue or PVA glue
• Food coloring of your choice
PREPARATION METHOD
A) Pour some Elmer’s or PVA glue into your mixing bowl (you can add as much as you like depending on how much slime you want to make).
B) Add some food coloring of your choice to the bowl and mix until color is visible.
C) Add a small amount of liquid starch and mix until the solution becomes viscous.
D) Add foam balls to the slime and play until the balls are completely attached to the slime.
4) butter slime
One of the hardest slime recipes and one of the most complicated to make. However, it is worth the effort! As its name says, butter slime looks and spreads like butter and feels extremely smooth to play with.
USED MATERIALS
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Solution for contact lenses
• Baking soda
• Elmer’s glue or PVA glue
• Cornmeal
• Shaving cream foam
• Baby oil
• Food coloring (preferably yellow)
PREPARATION METHOD
A) Add three tablespoons of cornmeal and three tablespoons of PVA or Elmer’s Glue to the mixing bowl.
B) Add three heaping tablespoons of shaving cream lather (this can be a bit tricky to measure, but do your best to get an accurate measurement).
C) Add four pinches of baking soda to the mixture in the bowl.
D) Add the food coloring to the mixture and mix well until it starts to look and feel like cake batter.
E) Add two teaspoons of contact lens solution to the mixture and mix well until slime forms.
F) Add half a teaspoon of baby oil to give the slime a buttery structure. And start playing!
5) Iceberg Slime
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Baby powder
• borax
• Elmer’s glue or PVA glue
• Shaving cream foam
• Hand lotion
• Food coloring of your choice
PREPARATION METHOD
A) Empty a whole bottle of Elmer’s or PVA glue into a mixing bowl and add a whole can of shaving foam as well.
B) Add three pumps of hand lotion to make your slime silky smooth and four pumps of baby powder to give it a matte finish.
C) Add some food coloring (preferably blue and green together to make it look like an iceberg) and mix. (Mixing becomes very difficult as the amount is so large and there may even be chances that you may need to add more food coloring to intensify the color of the mixture.)
D) Add one teaspoon of borax to hot water (separate from mixing bowl) and mix.
E) Slowly add the borax solution to the slime mixture and mix until the solution becomes viscous. If you let the slime sit in the fridge or even in a cool area, the top layer hardens and breaks off like an iceberg when you’re ready to play.