An easy
slime recipe that doesn't use borax. This contact lens solution on
amazon.co.uk contains the ingredients necessary to create the much loved oozy
flubber putty that children (almost certainly) adore and probably adults too!
These
recipe quantities worked well for us;
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Blend everything together except the contact lens
solution. Once this is well mixed add the eye saline and stir. The PVA will
immediately begin to vulcanise and after a minute you'll be able to remove
the blob from the bowl and knead it in your hands, letting it sink and dribble
between your fingers. Unlike dough, slime will roll itself! Watch how it settles
into a puddle of goo just a few millimeters thick. Use regular dough cutters
to imprint patterns on and into the rubbery surface, removing the cutouts
from the pool to see how quickly it works at refilling the newly created
space.
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You may need to adjust the amount of saline depending on the consistency
of the pva glue. Be assured this recipe is far more forgiving than the traditional
borax brew! and if you find the slime sticks too readily to your skin add
a few drops of the solution to the putty's surface or your hands andwork
it in, this will help to remedy any overly stringy mess! Too much saline and
eventually the slime will become brittle, 'snapping' and tearing apart quite
easily, all these are great discoveries that add to the fun of experimenting
with catalytic ingredients.
If for any reason this specific contact lens solution isn't available, please
take care when buying an alternative as these products are not all the same.
Check the labelled ingredients or even the reviews left by other customers
to avoid the tragedy of slime making disappointment! As with the original
recipe's borax powder, which became regulated back in 2007, do always follow
the manufacturer's recommendations and guidance for use.
These few photos show how you can theme your slime recipe and activities.
Galaxy space slime, stardust blue slime, and gooey pumpkin guts slime!
Frozen themed slime and shaving foam activity
This is an awesome activity, almost beyond sensory!! Mix up the 100ml glue,
100ml water and 1tsp bicarb and then separate equally into two cups. Add adrop
of blue food colouring to one, whilst leaving the other white. Add approx12ml
contact lens solution to one cup at a time and stir to form the putty. Drizzle
both into a bowl and present for messy play alongside artificial snow, swirls
of shaving foam cream, tubs of glitter, and tools for moving the slime about.
- a quantity of white and blue slime using the recipe above
- can of shaving foam
- artificial snow
- loose media - beads, pebbles, snowflakes, glitter
- grip seal bags, forks, tweezers, cutters, scissors,
tongs and scooping equipment that help children to handle and move the slime.
More slime activities and things to do with putty
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- Okay, first things first,
a little tub, 130g Play-Doh 3/4 filled with slime. Push a finger
in & force the air out to produce a fart noise, parp, toot (insert other
prefered name) and of cause lots of giggles :D
- Add wobbly eyes, beads, marbles, sequins, glitter
- Fill a christmas bauble
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- Place an blob in a
grip seal bag and use chalk pens or whiteboard marker pens to create faces
on top
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- Use cooling trays with a small grid and place a mound of
slime ontop. Lift the tray to watch the slime ooze down in ribbons. Catch
it in pots, on your hands or let it dribble over arms!
Stack trays together to create a smaller grid if you find the holes
are too big to be effective.
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