Making Starch Slimes at Home Yourself - Recipe Options

The popular toy slime is sold in any children's store. It contains a number of harmful chemicals. And this is not safe for a child. There is a possibility of an allergic reaction or even inflammation. You can also make such a toy at home. Regular starch will do. It is absolutely safe. There are many recipes for making slime from starch. You can choose the most accessible one for yourself.

Slime - what is it and what does it look like

Slime or lizun is a world-famous children's toy. Externally, it is a homogeneous viscous substance that can be glowing, shiny, and have different colors. Depending on the composition, the lizun looks like a thick liquid, an airy mass, or soft plasticine.

Properties, features, application

This children's toy has very interesting properties:

• If you act on it with your hands, it becomes denser and takes on a shape that you can make yourself.
• If you leave it alone, it will spread over the surface.

Why do you need slime:

• For children – to develop fine motor skills.
• For adults - as an anti-stress toy for calming down.
• For everyone - to develop manual dexterity.

You can make a safe slime at home. This will require available ingredients that are always in the kitchen.

Which starch to use: potato or corn

The main ingredients for making slime are a thickener and an activator. The first is a chemical substance responsible for the stretchy nature of the toy:

• glue;
• shower gel;
• soap;
• etc.

The thickener used at home is starch. You can use potato or corn starch. What is the difference:

• The appearance of cornstarch slime is similar to marshmallow. It is pleasant to the touch, delicate, very soft and slowly stretches when you push it down.
• A toy based on potato starch is more elastic. The mixture turns out doughy.

Slime recipes using starch

There are more than a dozen recipes for making slime using starch. You can choose the simplest one - the one with the fewest ingredients.

Slime from shampoo and starch

Necessary:

• 100 ml hair shampoo;
• 200 g starch;
• 100 ml of water;
• dye, glitter or other additions (if desired).

Step-by-step instructions for preparation:

1. Starch is poured into the container.
2. Water is poured there.
3. Mix everything thoroughly. There should be no lumps.
4. Shampoo is added.
5. You can use additional ingredients if you like.
6. Mix well again.
7. Close the container with a lid.
8. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for 12 hours.

Without sodium tetraborate

Want to make a "crunchy" slime? It will also turn out shiny and will stretch to a transparent film.

Need to:

• a spoonful of starch;
• office glue (about 55 ml);
• 2 tablespoons water;
• watercolor paint to add color;
• a small spoon of sunflower oil;
• 8 doses of Teimurov spray (special spray for feet).

How to make a slime from starch using this recipe:

1. Pour the glue into a container.
2. Pour water there too.
3. Add coloring.
4. Add starch.
5. Stir until smooth.
6. Add spray.
7. Mix the slime until it becomes thick.

With sodium tetraborate

This slime should be flexible and matte. It stretches well, but you won't get a transparent film from it.

You will need:

• 4 tablespoons water;
• 3 spoons of starch;
• acrylic paint (a couple of drops);
• 4 drops of sodium tetraborate;
• 3 spoons of silicate glue.

It is prepared quite simply:

1. In a bowl, mix starch and water.
2. Add coloring.
3. Pour in the glue and mix thoroughly.
4. Add thickener.
5. Stir first with a spoon, then with your hand.

Without PVA glue

Why add glue when you can do without it. For a simple slime recipe you will need:

• 2 tablespoons of liquid soap;
• 2.5 tablespoons of starch;
• 1.5 tablespoons of toothpaste.

Preparation:

1. Place toothpaste in a bowl.
2. Add soap.
3. Mix thoroughly.
4. Add starch, stirring constantly. This is necessary to avoid lumps.
5. At the end, the slime needs to be lightly sprinkled with water and mixed well again.

With soap

The slime made from starch and soap is quite dense. You can play with it by slowly pulling it in different directions. To prepare it you will need:

• 6 spoons of starch;
• 2 tablespoons of liquid soap;
• acrylic paint.

It's done quickly:

1. The soap is tinted with paint.
2. Then starch is gradually added.
3. As soon as the mixture becomes thick, you need to take it in your hands and knead it thoroughly.

With hair conditioner

A nice and gentle slime is obtained by mixing 2 ingredients - hair balm and starch thickener. Proportions: 1:2 respectively.

Useful tips

To make homemade slime, you need to take only high-quality ingredients. Then the toy will be safe and will last a long time.

There are a number of other tips and nuances that may be useful.

Is it possible to make slime without thickener?

Sodium tetraborate is not used in all recipes. Starch itself is an excellent thickener.

What to do if the slime is too crumbly or thick

Often, if the proportions are not observed, the slime turns out too thick or crumbly. There is no reason to be upset. You just need to add more liquid component. This should be done gradually, so as not to overdo it.

Rules for storing and caring for the toy

Slime has a consistency that can stick to itself a variety of debris: hair, sand, threads, etc. Therefore, you need to take it and play only with clean hands. Such a mass of starch can be stored for up to 48 hours. Then the slime is disposed of.

To keep slime flexible and prevent it from becoming moldy, it should be stored:

• in a closed container;
• in the refrigerator;
• at temperatures up to +5 degrees.

If the toy has become hard, you can add a little water. And it will again delight its owner.

You can make a starch slime at home from almost any materials at hand. Soap, toothpaste, shaving cream or shampoo will do. It won't take much time. But the result will be a harmless and entertaining toy that will captivate not only children but also adults.