Making Snow Slimes at Home

The newfangled trend of the 21st century is slime or, as it is also called in Russia, lizun. The availability of the Internet and a huge number of bloggers who not only describe but also show the process of the game on camera have made slime one of the best-selling toys. An interesting fact is that lizun has become “to the liking” of not only children of all ages, but also adults. It was immediately credited with anti-stress qualities. Stores are literally littered with a huge variety of slimes, and the Internet is full of recipes for making them at home.

Description and features

Snow slime is the most fabulous and magical representative of the slime family. Anyone who touches it for even a second literally finds themselves in a winter fairy tale. It feels like your hand is holding a real snowball.

Its consistency resembles a loose, snowy mass. The toy stretches in small, beautiful grains - stars.

Ingredients for snow slime

In essence, snow slime is a slime created on the basis of a classic basic recipe. That is, the following components must be prepared for making slime with snow:

• Glue.
• Any product that can foam.
• Hand or face cream.
• Shaving foam.
• Any available activator.
• Artificial snow.

How to choose and prepare ingredients

You can use transparent silicate or the well-known PVA.

Old adhesive composition is absolutely not suitable for preparation. Slime should be made from the most "fresh" ingredient. The most suitable brands are: "Moment", "Elmers", "Berlingo".

You can add shampoo or shower gel as a cleaning agent. In this case, you need to pay attention to the smell of this product and its thickness.

Using cosmetic cream allows you to get a pleasant shine and delicate texture.

Sodium tetraborate or boric acid can be used as an activator.

How to make cloud slime with your own hands

How to make snow slime? It is absolutely not difficult at home. There are many recipes that allow you to make a slime from improvised means.

From PVA glue

The PVA snow slime making kit consists of the following components:

• Inexpensive shampoo or liquid soap.
• Ordinary PVA.
• Lens solution or sodium tetraborate.
• Any fatty body cream.
• Water.

It is recommended to dilute the glue for this recipe with water a little. You also need to add a little liquid soap and literally a drop of cream. After mixing thoroughly, you should add a little activator. About 2-3 drops are enough.

You should get a tight slime. The snow for the slime should be made according to the instructions on the package. You need to achieve a crumbly effect, but in no case over-moisten it.

Your own slime, prepared in advance, should be gradually dipped into the snow. The amount of the introduced preparation will depend on the thickness of the slime made. After a long stretching, you will get a homogeneous and very elastic mass.

With sodium tetraborate

The addition of the activator to the snow slime is due to the thickening properties of tetraborate. The preparation process:

1. In equal proportions, you need to mix two types of glue - PVA and silicate. You need to add literally a drop of any cream to this composition.
2. Shaving foam should be added in portions. It is very important to achieve a uniform consistency and only then add the activator.
3. The snow must be prepared in advance by preparing it according to the instructions on the package.
4. Mixing the contents of two cups will create a real snow miracle.

Without sodium tetraborate

In almost any recipe, sodium tetraborate can be replaced with another activator. In this case, the thickener is borax, but it can be replaced with the following preparations:

• Boric acid powder or its solution.
• Liquid for lenses.
• Hairspray. You can use the cheapest and simplest one.
• Hydrogen peroxide. 6% is best.
• Baking soda.
• Potato or corn starch.

Such components will also be called activators.

With rice flour

The main ingredient can be prepared by yourself by grinding ordinary rice in a coffee grinder, or you can buy a ready-made product.

It is recommended to use Teimurov spray as a thickener for this recipe.

Ingredients for preparation:

• Dye 10 grams.
• PVA - 40 ml.
• Cosmetic product - 2 tablespoons.

The glue and dye should be mixed thoroughly. Gradually add the spray. At this stage, the mass should not be stirred under any circumstances.

You can only knead after adding rice flour. Long mixing for 10-15 minutes will allow you to get a soft and very elastic mass.

From toothpaste without glue

Airy snow slime can also be made without adding glue. The main components will be airy plasticine and toothpaste.

Having mixed these two ingredients, you can begin to gradually introduce the fat cream, it will not only bind these components, but will make the mass elastic and viscous.

Without water

The liquid component in the recipe in the form of water can be replaced, for example, with shower gel. The ingredients for making slime according to this recipe are as follows:

• Kinetic sand - 60 grams.
• Shower gel - 20 ml.
• Transparent stationery glue - 100 ml.

First of all, you need to fill the kinetic sand with a cleaning cosmetic product, mix everything. Then you need to gradually add glue and mix thoroughly again. The activator added at the very end will allow you to get a very pleasant to the touch slime.

Easy recipe

A very easy recipe that even a child can handle, consists of just a few ingredients:

• 50 ml of any adhesive mass.
• 10 ml shower gel.
• 10 ml sodium tetraborate. For this recipe it needs to be diluted, proportion 1:1.
• A tablespoon of dry artificial snow.

To prepare it, you need to knead all the ingredients at the same time, except for the snow. When you get a regular slime, it is recommended to add snow to it.

How to Make Snow Slime Without Fake Snow

To avoid having to figure out how to make artificial snow for slime, some slime lovers recommend replacing this ingredient with, for example, a filling made from a diaper or pad.

It is very easy to get it, you just need to cut the absorbent layer and get the hydrogel. Its water-saturated grains have an external resemblance to artificial snow.

The principle of preparation is similar to the recipe for creating ordinary slime. After mixing shampoo and sodium tetraborate in a cup, the resulting composition must be mixed with soaked gel.

How to care for slime

The toy must be taken care of regularly. Slime must not only be fed, but also washed.

If the slime has thickened, you can revive it with ordinary water, that is, simply give it a drink. Spreading slime restores its structure if you simply add salt to it.

It is recommended to remove large debris regularly, for example using tweezers.

Storage and use rules

The prepared slime should be stored in a small container that closes tightly. The best place for storage is the refrigerator.

It is recommended that a child play with slime only under adult supervision. It is important to remember that before playing with slime, hands must be washed thoroughly. The playing surface must be clean.

Caring for the slime requires regular water treatments and adherence to basic storage rules.

Snow slime is an elite type of slime. It will undoubtedly please even the most demanding slime player. Playing with it will give incredible tactile pleasure and perfectly relieve nervous tension.