Sunday, July 26, 2009

School Glue (Clear or White)
Borax solution (1/2 cup borax to 1 liter water, best mixed in an empty pop bottle)
Food coloring
popcycle sticks

Directions:

Pour aprox 1/4 to 1/2 cup glue into a disposable plastic cup.
Put in a few drops of food coloring.
Pour 1/4 to 1/2 cup water (plain old water) into the glue
Add only a very small amout at a time of the borax solution and stir, the solution will soon start to thicken and adhere to the stirring stick.

The original recipe for this that I found through Amy says equal amounts of glue to water make sure you do that step right and small amounts of the borax solution. I added just small amounts at a time of the borax as needed while stirring until it was the right consistency. you will want to stop while it is still sticky as you roll with your hands the slime forms nicely and what was once stuck on your skin works itself back into the main ball of slime you are now holding.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge to prolong its stability.

My first attempt I used the 1/2 glue and 1/2 borax solution and it thickened really stiff and was kind of a bouncy ball except broke really easily when bounced a few times. Here's what it looked like.

Video tutorial

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Bouncy Balls






Thanks Amy for sharing this.

2 Tbsp water
1/2 tsp borax
Mix the 1st 2 ingredients in a small paper cup label this cup borax and stir.

In another small paper cup mix and label this cup ball.
1 T glue
1 to 3 drops food coloring
1 tsp cornstarch

Add 1/2 tsp borax solution to the ball cup and let sit 10 to 15 seconds without stirring to allow chemicals to bond initially then stir until too stiff to stir then use your hands to roll into a ball shape. Keep rolling until ball holds shape and is no longer sticky.

Ball will keep in and enclosed container for a couple of days, just remove and roll round again.