How to make slime. Basic production methods.

In 1997, a cartoon called "Ghostbusters" appeared. One of the characters in the cartoon was a ghost called Lizun. It was green in color and could fly through walls and leave behind a sticky green liquid.
He became a popular character and this played into the hands of the American company Matell. Since 1976, this company has begun producing toys that resembled this character.

The green ghost really liked the little viewers and sales of this toy skyrocketed.

While playing with a slime, fine motor skills, the vestibular apparatus and motor activity develop. And it has long been known that fine motor skills are associated with the nervous system, attention, vision, memory and perception of the child.

Children need to be told that when playing with a slime, they should not be thrown at walls painted with water-based paint. And also on those surfaces that cannot be washed, as it leaves a greasy trace after it.

How to make a slime from sodium tetraborate (borax) and glue with your own hands

Made from borax, it turns out the same as the one that is sold in stores.

Ingredients:

Stages of production of toys from borax and glue:

Slime prepared according to this recipe should not be taken by mouth. You need to store it in a closed jar.

How to make a slime from starch and glue with your own hands.

Ingredients:

• PVA glue;
• small plastic bag;
• liquid starch;
• food coloring.

If you do not have food coloring, you can replace it with natural or plain gouache.

PVA glue is better to buy a new one and it should be white.

Stages of making a toy from starch and glue:

If the toy turned out to be very sticky, then you used a lot of glue or a little starch. Redo it a little by adjusting the amount of glue or starch.

If the slime is hard or crumbly, then too much starch has been used.

A toy prepared according to this recipe should be stored in a closed jar and its shelf life will be about a week. Also remember that you can not take it in your mouth and after playing with it you need to wash your hands.

How to make a DIY slime out of water and baking soda

Ingredients:

• soda;
• water;
• dishwashing liquid;
• dyes as desired.

Steps for making a toy from water and soda:

How to make a slime from shampoo with your own hands.

This is one of the easiest ways to make slime. Every time after the game it needs to be cleaned in the refrigerator. It must not be taken by mouth and hands must be washed after playing with it.

Ingredients:

• shower gel or dishwashing liquid.

Steps for making a shampoo toy:

Do-it-yourself slime from washing powder.

To make a slime according to this recipe, we will need to take not an ordinary dry washing powder, liquid.

Ingredients:

• PVA glue;
• food coloring;
• liquid washing powder;
• rubber gloves.

Steps for making a toy from liquid laundry detergent:

A toy prepared in this way should be stored in a closed jar. If it changes its appearance, you can put it in the refrigerator.

How to make a slime from flour with your own hands

To make a slime that is relatively safe for kids. You can use the recipe which includes flour. Replace food coloring with natural ones.

Ingredients:

• flour;
• cold water;
• hot water;
• dyes;
• apron.

Stages of making toys from flour:

How to make a DIY magnetic slime

According to this recipe, you can make a magnetic slime that will glow in the dark.

We will need:

• water;
• borax;
• iron oxide;
• glue;
• Neodymium magnets;
• phosphor paint.

Steps for making a magnetic slime:

So your magnetic slime is ready. If you bring a magnet close to it, it will be attracted to it.

If you can't make a slime

It happens that it does not turn out quite the way you wanted. It may depend on the quality, the ingredients you use to make it. Because of this, the proportions that are indicated in the methods described above may be incorrect. Therefore, you need to try to find the right proportions when producing this toy.
The correct slime is taken out of the container in a single mass. It may be uneven in some places, but after you knead it for two minutes in your hands, it will become viscous, relatively sticky and uniform.

If it sticks strongly to the fingers, and it takes effort to clean your hands. In this case, it may help to add liquid starch or just water to thin the slime. It depends on the recipe you made it with.

And if, on the contrary, it does not stick to your hands at all, but simply slides off them. This means that it contains a lot of liquid. To fix this, you need to remove excess liquid and add a little glue, flour or borax solution. The ingredients to be added depend on how the slime is made. After adding the desired material, you need to mix this mixture well.