How to make do-it-yourself slime at home: 27 best recipes for kids

How to make a slime for children 3-6 years old

You can make slimes and play them with the participation of adults from the age of 3. At this age, the safest edible slimes or prepared from food (flour, starch), light plasticine. Even if the baby licks his hands during the game, it does not threaten him. Do not just use artificial beads and balls as additives so that the decor does not accidentally end up in your child's ear, nose or stomach. But you can take edible decorations. And from the listed components, butter slimes or handgams are obtained. They can be used for sculpting, but are more difficult to roll into your hair or smear on furniture.

Of flour

This is another easy way to make a soft handgum. You can use baby shampoo instead of shower gel. And the flour is added until the mass becomes plastic. If there is too much of it, you need to pour in an additional amount of shower gel and knead the toy again.

How to do it at home

The first component should be poured into a mixing bowl.
It should be tinted immediately so that the slime is not colorless.
Flour is poured into the liquid in portions.
After each addition, the mass is kneaded with a spatula.
When it becomes steep enough, knead it with your hands.

Fluffy slime from scrap materials

Fluffy slime is very popular with children due to its pleasant tactile sensations. Its airy, soft, sea foam-like texture sets it apart from all others. The recipe for such a toy is a little more complicated than that of other slimes, but the ingredients here are already familiar.

You will need:

white PVA glue - 150 grams;
shaving foam - 250 grams;
soda - 15 grams;
sodium tetraborate - 15 grams;
dye (optional);
gloves, container.

Put 3-4 handfuls of foam in a bowl (the more foam, the more slime), sprinkle with color and mix well. Add PVA glue and blend the ingredients. Do the same with baking soda. Gradually introduce sodium tetraborate into the finished mass, literally 3-4 drops each. Stir the resulting mixture.

If you did everything correctly, then at the final stage the finished mixture will peel off from the walls of the container. To prevent the slime from sticking to your hands, it must be thoroughly kneaded. If that doesn't work, you can add another 2-3 teaspoons of shaving foam to it.

Making tasty and safe slimes

From "Nutella"

We take:

Nutella chocolate paste, 60 grams;
gelatine sweets, packaging.

Dissolve the candies in the oven. Pour this candy mess into Nutella and stir quickly. Stir the mixture until a plastic elastic consistency.

Gummy candy

Composition:

gum candies, any quantity and any shades;
powdered sugar, a little for dusting.

Melt the candies in the microwave, set the time to 10 seconds. Then refrigerate a little sweet lump and sprinkle with powder. Knead the slime well until it stretches.

Marshmallow

Ingredients:

marshmallow, 9 pieces;
water, 20 ml;
icing sugar, 40 grams;
cornstarch, a teaspoon.

Broken marshmallows into small pieces, put them in the microwave for a quarter of a minute. Combined into one whole, powdered sugar, starch and dye, fill the melted marshmallow. Mix everything with gloved hands.

Condensed milk

For cooking you need:

condensed milk, 200;
corn starch, 40 grams;
food coloring, optional.

In condensed milk, mix the starch and, stirring, heat over low heat. When the mixture becomes dense, add the coloring agent, cool.

Of flour and water

The composition includes:

flour, 100 grams;
warm water, 4 tablespoons;
cold water, 50 ml.

Put it all together. Leave the mucus in a cool place for half an hour. Mash up.

It turns out that making a safe slime with your own hands is not such a tricky thing. Enjoy a pleasant and useful pastime yourself and involve your little helpers in this, who will appreciate your efforts.

Safe slime without glue and sodium tetraborate

Variants of such products, as a rule, consist of more expensive components, but they are safer from the point of view of an allergic reaction. This is also an option for those who want to make such a toy out of handy tools available in every home.

To do this, you will need:

warm water - 150 ml;
inexpensive shampoo - 15 grams;
flour - 150 grams;
dye, glitter;
gloves, container, stirring stick.

First, we make a solution of warm water and shampoo. It is desirable that a minimum amount of foam appears in the bowl. Dye and decorations can be added to the soap solution at this stage. Then carefully add the flour, avoiding the formation of lumps. Since the dry ingredient is poured into the bowl at the end, you can adjust the viscosity of the mass yourself. The resulting slime must be refrigerated for half an hour, and then rinsed with water.

What is slime, and what types it is

Remember the movie or cartoon "Ghostbusters" and one of the most annoying, but in its own way cute character Lizun? He had the consistency of mucus, he could change shape and size, appear here and there, and stick to everyone. It was this cartoon character that gave the Russian-language name to the toy released by the American company Mattel Ink in 1976. The toy was sold in a special plastic container and had a green color, which gave it its main component, guar gum.

Lizunas, depending on their composition, are of several types and have a different consistency.

Original - the classic version of the slime, consisting of glue and activator. As an example - slime, which always turns out - look at the video.

Glossy is a slime with a dense texture, but very soft due to the baby soap it contains.
Fluffy. This fluffy, airy and soft texture slime contains shaving foam. Very easy to make slimes of this type are shown in the video.

Butter means butter. This well-spreadable matte slime is created on the original base with the addition of clay or plasticine to it.
Milk slime (milk slime) is similar in texture to the original and is made of white and transparent glue in equal proportions.
A crunchy (crunchy) slime is obtained when small foam balls are added to the original base.
Popcorn - this slime, like the previous one, is crispy. Only foam is added to it in pieces or, as a filler option, popcorn.
Avalanche (mountain) slime belongs to complex slimes and consists of transparent (colored) and opaque (white) bases.
Ombre is also a complex slime, consisting of two bases, but having several different colors. When mixed, slimes of a wide variety of colors and shades are obtained.
Transparent (clear) is made from transparent glue and activator. Almost all of the above slimes are made on its basis.
Metallic or pigment slime is obtained when paint with a metallic tint is added to a transparent slime.
Cloud - cloud slime - fluffy and very stringy. It does not crunch, but it spreads well and is good at podrizzling (it falls evenly when stretched).
Jelly (jelly) slime. It is made from any base with the addition of water. It does not stretch, but it can be beautifully decorated with small beads or sparkles and painted with it.
An iceberg is obtained if starch is added to the fluffy base and left in an open container for a day. The crust that forms crunches funny.

Basic components for "home" slime

To make slimes at home, you may need:

glue: PVA, stationery, silicate;
sodium tetraborate;
Toothpaste;
shaving gel or foam;
soda, salt, sugar;
shampoos and shower gels, face masks and various cosmetic creams;
flour, starch;
food coloring, gouache or other paints;
sequins, small beads, foam balls.

It is very simple to make a slime from everything that is at hand at home. Don't believe me? Watch the video.

The very process of making slimes is very entertaining. For children and adults, this is an opportunity to keep yourself busy and experiment with different ingredients. Look at the video about successful (and not quite) options for creating slimes and choose which you like the most.

Guar gum

The main ingredient for this recipe can be purchased at the grocery store as it is a safe food supplement. The slime should turn out to be translucent, very fluid, stretching to the film. At the same time, it does not stain hands and furniture.

How to make a safe slime

Pour water into a large bowl.
And immediately you need to tint it.
The next component is soda, which, after adding, is stirred in a liquid.
Then guar gum is added there in portions.
During the introduction of the last component, the liquid is constantly stirred with a spoon.
When the mass thickens, lumps will curl up in it, you need to pass it through a sieve.
The filtered gel liquid is thickened with a lens solution.
After mixing with a spoon, it should stabilize.
Now it remains to crumple it in your hands, and you can play with the ready-made slime.

Glitter gel

This slime turns out to be translucent, soft, stretching to transparency, shiny. If you want, you can tint it, but it is better to add the pigment at the very end of the manufacturing process. The main component is bought at a toy or stationery store.

Cooking method

The entire gel must be squeezed out into one bowl.
Then water is added to it.
The components are mixed so that the color is uniform, and the texture is uniform, without lumps.
The last ingredient is lens solution, which must be infused in small portions.
The liquid is constantly kneaded with a stick or spoon.
When the mass stops leaving marks on the dishes, knead it with your hands.

Safe homemade slime recipes

Be sure to prepare a bowl and a spoon or stick for mixing the ingredients. Do not forget that it is necessary to combine any components that will be shown in our guide until a complete homogeneous mixture is formed.

We will not focus on this further. The product that gives color or shade to your creation, it is advisable to take food, so that it also does not appear among the irritants of your baby's skin.

So let's make a safe slime at home.

From starch

We take:

corn starch, approximately 100 grams;
spinach, large bunch (for coloring);
water, 50 ml.

Use a blender to hammer in the spinach and water in the puree. Transfer the mass to a bowl and beat it well, gradually adding starch in small portions until you achieve a tight mucous thickness.

The fun is ready!

From shampoo and salt

It is not advisable to use this slime for too long, so that it does not melt, and keep it cool.

What do you need:

shampoo, 75 ml;
salt, a pinch.

Combine both components gently, avoiding high foaming. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Next, knead your slime with your hands for a while. The toy is ready to use.

From shower gel

This product must also be kept in the refrigerator.

We take:

shower gel, 100 ml;
baby thick shampoo, 100 ml.

Mix all ingredients. Put it in the refrigerator for an hour. Take out and massage the lump of slime with your hands a little.

From plasticine

The composition includes:

plasticine, 2 pieces;
contact lens storage solution, 6 drops;
PVA glue, warm water and soda in a couple of tablespoons.

Mash the plasticine until tender and slightly melted. Separately combine the glue and plasticine with a lens solution. Mix water and baking soda and pour into the first mixture. Stir until tender.

Shaving foam

What is included:

shaving foam, as much as you want;
warm water, 25 ml;
lens fluid, half a teaspoon;
PVA glue, 15 grams.

Place the shaving foam and glue in the container and stir until smooth. Combine the water and lens fluid in another bowl and pour this emulsion teaspoon at a time into the first mixture, stirring until thick. Take the slime in your hands and knead it well.

From soda

Components:

soda, 30 grams;
any juice (for pigmentation), 30ml;
glue, 50 ml.

Dilute the baking soda in the juice. Combine it all with glue and stir. Leave the mass to rest for 10 minutes. Then transfer it to a slime bag and mash.

From hair gel

We take:

hair gel, 50 ml;
water, 40 ml;
soda, 25 grams;
liquid dye, a few drops;
film mask, one pack;
lens storage solution, small amount.

Mix water, baking soda, hair gel, and dye. Then pour in the film mask and lens liquid. Another caveat - shampoos, hair gels and other similar ingredients must be natural with organic substances. Ready-made safe mucus is sure to delight your child.

From PVA glue

For this method of making slime, thick glue is needed, but intended for office supplies. Only in this case the creation process and the game will be safe for the child. Instead of food coloring, you can use watercolor or gouache for painting.

How to make a safe slime at home

The glue must be poured into a wide container.
You can add the pigment immediately and stir it.
Soda and water are combined in a teaspoon.
This solution must be poured into the glue, stirring the base with a spatula.
Now it's time to add Naphtizin literally a few drops at a time.
The mass must be kneaded with a spatula until it starts to lag behind the dishes.
In the final, you need to knead the slime in your hands, adding more Naphthyzin if necessary.

Basic proven recipes with your own hands

There are many ways to make slime. Different options allow you to make unique slimes.

Classic for kids

To create a regular slime, you need to take glue, soda, water and dye. All components are mixed and kneaded thoroughly.

With toothpaste or shaving gel

Adding a paste or gel to the base components gives a snow-white shade to the product. The manufacturing process is standard.

Transparent

The way to create a transparent slime involves the use of a saline solution. No dye is added in this case.

From shampoo and starch

First, the starch is stirred in water, and then soda, glue and a little shampoo are added. The resulting mass is kneaded in a bag.

From shampoo and airy plasticine

Using plasticine for the manufacture of slime, it is preheated in a water bath. Then it remains to mix the melted plasticine with the rest of the ingredients.

Slime games

It is better to play with a slime on a table covered with oilcloth, or with an easily washable surface. What can you think of to keep your child busy:

mix multi-colored slimes;
arrange a competition for the speed of eating an edible slime;
stretch toys with tape for a bet, whose will break last;
roll slimes like a rose, competing for whom it is prettier and faster;
stretch elastic slimes to a film so that it is as thin as possible and does not tear;
blow out bubbles with a straw, putting the mass on the table;
play on the table like a ball, roll, knock on the surface;
make a large bubble by stretching the slime with both hands and sharply throwing one edge of it onto a hard surface;
sculpt figurines in the form of cakes, fruits or animals from a soft multi-colored mass;
play with a magnet if the slime is of the appropriate type;
watch how the slime spreads on the table or grows in volume, just crush and twist it.

We recommend reading about how to make a butter slime. From the article you will learn about what a butter slime is, how to make it from glue, airy plasticine, a film mask and other ingredients.

And here is more about how to make a glossy slime.

Parents often have a negative attitude to children's hobby with slimes, and in vain. These toys benefit not only the development of the child, they make it possible to occupy him, tear him away from the TV, phone and computer. Searching for new safe recipes, making slimes together, playing with them help parents and children get closer.

Slime recipes: how to make a toy at home?

There are a large number of slime recipes. They all differ in the set of certain ingredients and their quantity. So, let's look at the most popular and most loved by people.

From PVA glue

To prepare this slime, you will need the following components:

Light plasticine (if this is not at hand, it can be easily replaced with an air analogue).
PVA glue.
Sodium tetraborate.
Baking soda.

Cooking method:

Plasticine is crushed into small pieces and placed in a container.
Pour it with PVA solution.
Mix thoroughly until a mushy consistency is obtained.
Add a few drops of sodium tetraborate and mix again.
Without ceasing to interfere, add baking soda.
After the slime easily peels off the edges of the container, take it out and knead it by hand for 5 minutes.

In such an easy and simple way, you can get slime at home, and you don't need to have any specific skills.

No glue

In this recipe, it is quite possible to do without glue and dye. But the following ingredients are required:

Light plasticine - 1 pack.
Gouache of any color.
Gel soap bubbles - 1 pc.
Foot spray - 12 doses.

Cooking option:

Plasticine is mixed with gouache and kneaded by hands.
Grind it into small pieces and put it on a plate.
Add gel soap bubbles, mix.
The resulting mass is sprayed with a foot spray.
Mix by hand for 2-3 minutes, add sodium tetraborate.
Leave the slime for 10 minutes, after which it is completely ready for use.

From sodium tetraborate

A distinctive feature of this slime is the subtle smell of coconut, because coconut oil is used in its manufacture.

Composition:

Light plasticine - 2 pcs.
PVA glue - 80 ml.
Coconut oil - 1 tsp
Water - 1 tsp
Sodium tetraborate - 1 tsp

Cooking technology:

PVA and coconut oil are poured into a small container.
Stir until smooth.
Add a thickener.
Stir thoroughly with a spoon until the slime becomes loose from the container.
Drumming with your hands, this allows you to make the slime less sticky.
The resulting mass is divided into several identical parts.
Add 1 pack to each of these parts. light plasticine.
Then they are connected and crumpled in the hands for 5-10 minutes.

Elastic slime with hot water

This recipe is for making an elastic and airy butter slime.

Components:

Light plasticine - 2 pack.
Hot water - 2 tbsp. l.
Any shampoo - 1.5 tsp.
Shaving foam - 4 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

Both packages of plasticine are mixed with each other and placed in a cup.
In the middle of the mass, a small depression is made and boiling water is poured into it.
Shampoo is added there and mixed.
Squeeze out the shaving foam, mix thoroughly.
Take the slime out of the container and knead it with your hands.

Important! It is recommended to pour in liquid components gradually and stir well. An interesting video recipe for making a butter slime, but using warm water:

An interesting video recipe for making a butter slime, but using warm water: