Slimes can be described as soft and stretchy jelly-like materials that can be stretched and squeezed.
Of course, you can buy this kind of entertainment in a store, but it’s much better to make it yourself, because making slimes is one of the most popular hobbies among children of all ages.
Fortunately, there are a lot of toy recipes, and they all consist of the following elements.
1. Foaming substance – this can be liquid soap, shaving foam, etc.
2. Water – it adds volume to the mixture and prevents it from drying out.
3. Glue – with its help all components are connected together,
4. Thickener – the most common is sodium tetraborate, but you can also use gelatin, etc.
The process of creating a toy includes the following steps.
- Mix foaming liquid and water to create a pile of foam.
- Add glue and start mixing everything until you get a homogeneous mass.
- At this stage, you can add decorative elements - these can be dyes, beads, glitter, etc.
- The last thing to add to the smiley is a thickener so that the slime becomes stretchy and stops sticking to your hands.
For reference
Slime is a toy first released by Mattel in 1976.
