All slime recipes (unless otherwise specified) are from The Slime Book by Sarah Larter from DK publishing.
Basic Slime
This is the easiest recipe, but one of the most amazing. Watch as your slime turns from a solid to a liquid and back again in seconds!
You will need:
. cornstarch
. water
. food coloring
1. Scoop a few big spoonfuls of cornstarch into a bowl.
2. Add drops of water little by little until you have a thick slime.
3. Grab a handful of slime and squish together. Keep your hands moving to keep the mixture solid. When you stop, the slime will change back into a liquid.
4. Stir in a few drops of food coloring for a blast of color.
Science Bit:
If you try to hit this slime, it will act like a solid and you’ll get sore knuckles. If you gently poke your finger inside the mixture, it will feel like a liquid. Strange, huh? Hundreds of years ago famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton wrote about how liquids behave. Slime like this is known as a non-Newtonian fluid because it doesn’t play by his rules!
Fluffy Slime
Beat up a storm with this super-soft, foamy recipe. It might feel like clouds of marshmallow, but this slime is NOT to eat!
You will need:
. 2 cups shaving cream
. food coloring
. 1/4 cup PVA glue
. 1/4 tsp baking soda
. 1 tbsp saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
- Mix together the shaving cream and a few drops of food coloring. Then stir in the glue and the baking soda. Make sure it’s all fully blended.
- Whip in the saline solution. When the mixture starts to get stringy, you’re almost there.
Now it’s time to get your hands dirty! Knead the slime until it’s puffy and soft. Add more saline solution if your mixture is too sticky.
Science Bit:
Shaving cream is rather special. At different times it can be a gas, a liquid, or a solid. Instead the can, it’s a gas. When squirted out, it’s a solid. Over time, the foam turns into a liquid. Not many things can do that!
Note: Down below is another recipe for fluffy slime. Down below is the link. I personally have used this recipe and its my favorite for fluffy slime.
Best easy slime recipe for kids
1. Add 2/3 a cup of white Elmers glue (can’t be clear) to a large bowl
2. Add 1/4 cup of water and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and then mix
3. After well mixed mix in 2-3 cups of regular shaving cream (can’t be gel)
4. Add your choice of food coloring for desired color and mix together.
5. Add in 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of contact lens solution at a time while mixing until the slime no longer sticks to your fingers (contact solution must have sodium borate or boric acid in the ingredient list).
Note: The shaving cream settles in after the first day and won’t be as fluffy. For best usage store slime in an air tight container and the fluffiness should last a week.
Stretchy Slime
This is a super fun recipe to try. This gloopy stuff is the basis for many more awesome slimes later in the book.
You will need:
. 1 cup PVA glue
. 1 tsp baking soda
. finger paint or food coloring of your choice
. 1 tbsp saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate.
1. Pour the glue and baking soda into your bowl. Beat together.
2. Squirt in some paint and stir well. Keep adding more paint until you get the perfect color.
3. Drop in 1 tbsp of saline solution and mix together. The slime will begin to get stringy. When it comes away from the edges of the bowl, knead or squish the mixture with your hands.
Science Bit:
Glue is made of long molecules (groups of atoms) called polymers. When glue and saline solution are mixed, the polymers stick together. This turns glue from a liquid into a bouncy, stretchy solid.
See-through slime
good slime comes to those who wait. hang on in there for a week as the bubbles slowly burst. Then it will become clear to see why this is known as glass slime.
You will need:
. 1/2 tsp baking soda
. 1/2 cup warm water
. 2/3 cup clear craft glue
. saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
- Put the baking soda and water into your bowl
- Mix in the clear glue. Then stir in small amounts of saline solution until the mixture starts to gloop together.
- Keep mixing until your slime forms a big, see-through ball with bubbles inside. Check your slime every day until the bubbles have disappeared, and then play!
Science Bit:
Some animals make slime, too. Hagfish create a thick, gloopy, see through ooze to put attackers off. For this reason they are sometimes known as snot eels!
Starry Slime
A sprinkle of neon sparkle will give this slime an out-of-this world shine.
You will need:
.1/2 tsp baking soda
. 1/2 cup warm water
. 2/3 cup clear craft glue
. neon purple glitter
. saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
. star confetti
. star glitter
- Mix together the baking soda, water, and clear glue. Pour neon glitter on top. You shouldn’t need food coloring. The glitter should be enough to add color and sparkle.
- Stir in small splashes of saline solution until the slime doesn’t stick to your fingers.
Add star confetti and more glitter. To give your slime real depth, try to find stars of different sizes. Mix everything together with your hands, and play!
How about…?
This is a great slime to make at a birthday party. Instead of star confetti, grab bags of number confetti-for how old your going to be!
Glitter Slime
You can add glitter to lots of slime recipe, but it sparkles best when added to see-through slime.
You will need:
. 3 tbsp (or 3 packets of) peel-off face masks-they must contain polyvinyl alcohol
. glitter
. 1 tsp baking soda
. saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
- After emptying the face masks into a bowl, sprinkle in some glitter. Try adding different colors and sizes of glitter for extra sparkle.
- Stir in the baking soda.
- add splashes of saline solution and mix until the slime starts to come together. Slime-making can take a bit of trail and error, so use your judgement.
Pooping Slime
Want to make your slime go POP? This noisy slime looks like something spooky left behind by a ghost-oooohhhh!
You will need:
. a couple of drops of green food coloring
. 1/2 tsp baking soda
. 1/2 cup warm water
. 2/3 cup clear craft glue
. saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
. popping candy
- Put two or three drops of green food coloring into a mixture of baking soda, water, and glue.
- Add saline solution little by little until your slime gets stringy and starts to come away from the sides of the bowl
- Sprinkle in as much popping candy as you want, then stick your hands in the bowl and mix everything together. your slime will start popping as you play with it.
Science Bit:
The noise popping candy makes is caused by tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide bursting out of it. The gas is trapped in very hot melted sugar under very high pressure. When the popping candy cools and hardens, the carbon dioxide can’t escape until it gets wet.
Monster Slime:
Add googly eyes for awesome slime that looks like a melted monster!
You will need:
. about 1/2 cup PVA glue
. 1/2 tsp baking soda
. green finger paint, or a mix of blue and yellow finger paints
. 1/2 tbsp saline solution-it must contain boric acid or sodium borate
. googly eyes
- Mix the glue and baking soda. Squirt in blue and yellow paint. Keep mixing. Getting the right shade of green will be a bit of a experiment in color. Or if you have it, just use green paint!
- Beat in the saline solution. You’ll know when the slime is coming together when it turns stringy.
- When the slime doesn’t stick to the bowl anymore, it’s ready. Make a splat of slime on a plastic mat and add googly eyes to create your melted monster!
Top Tip:
Try other paint colors, or mix two colors together, for a swirly, melted mess of a monster!