Even my 2 year old participated! What great fun! Interested in making some?
Materials needed:
1 teaspoon Borax
2 cups water
2 cups white glue
Food coloring
Bowls
Here are the instructions:
Dissolve Borax in 1/2 cup of water. Stir the mixture and then set it aside.
Mix 2 cups of white glue with 1 1/2 cups water in another bowl. Add food coloring, if desired. Kids seem to like a nice lime green color, which resembles snot.
Pour the Borax solution into the glue mixture. Mix together until a thick gelatin is formed.
Knead the slime for about 5 minutes. The more it is kneaded, the drier and less sticky it becomes.
Store the slime in a plastic baggie or container, otherwise it will mold.
What a great hands on Science experiment to see how the properties of the materials change! They loved it!
Linking this homeschool post up to Homeschool Creations, Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers, Advenures in Mommydom, 1+1+1=1 this week!
16 comments:
Such fun! Great learning experience.
Totally pin'd this for ya! Looks like fun... def going to try it out with my 2 year old! :)
We have made this before but found it always needed just a little tweaking to get it 100% right. It was lots of fun though!
I can't wait till my little guy is old enough to play with this:) So much fun!
You always have the best ideas! This looks fantastic!
this is awesome, my daughter would love this. Thanks for sharing!
We have been talking about doing this for ages! I might just have to tonight!
I'm not familiar with Borax other than seeing it in detergent recipes. Is it safe to handle or should the parent do the first step?
This looks cool and I have a Cub Scout den that I'm sure would love making it.
How fun! My 5 boys would LOVE this! Thanks for sharing! :)
I used to make something similar to this with my preschoolers when I worked in childcare and we would call it "space mud". They loved it! Thanks for sharing these instructions!
Have no idea what that is, but looks like an awesome experiment
eeewww what fun, i cant wait till my son is old enough to want to do that
Cool! my son would love this!!
gross - but fun! :)
We love slime, too!!
Congrats on making that successfully, our attempt did not work right. I need to try it again sometime.
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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.