SLIME!

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Fun outdoor activity and measurement experiment.

Bouncy Putty Slime

Combine ½ cup water with one teaspoon of Borax in a cup and stir with a popsicle stick. In another cup, mix equal parts white glue and water. Add in a glob of glue mixture to the borax. Stir for one second with a popsicle stick, then quickly pull the putty out of cup and play with it until it dries enough to bounce on table (3-5 minutes). Pick up an imprint from a textured surface or print from a newspaper, bounce and
watch it stick, snap it apart quickly and ooze apart slowly…

Mucus Slime

Pour 1 tablespoon polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) into a cup. In a fresh cup, mix 1 tablespoon of water with 1 teaspoon of borax. Measure ¼ to ½ teaspoon of borax solution into the PVA cup and stir.

Starch Slime

Measure 1 tablespoon of liquid starch into paper cup. Stir in glob of glue mixture (equal parts of white glue and water), stir for a second. Pull it all out and play with it until it dries in hands. How is this different from Bouncy Putty?

Sewer Sneeze Slime

Fill a cup with 7 tablespoons of cold water. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon of guar gum, stir with a popsicle stick 10 times and stop, leaving the stick in. Cautiously dip a pinky into the cup, then rub it in their fingers. Does it smell? Leave it for 2 minutes to thicken before adding this final ingredient: ½ teaspoon of the Borax Solution (Borax Solution: 1
teaspoon borax in one tablespoon water). Stir and it will form a gel that looks like real boogers!

Corny Slime

Fill a large bowl with two cups of cold water. Mix in one cup of cornstarch. The faster you stir, the harder it is to stir. Go s l o w l y. Grab it with your hand – it should form a hard ball that you can't squish. When you relax your grip, the ball should melt and drip between your fingers as if liquid. If this is not what's happening for you, adjust the amounts of cornstarch and water you have in your bowl.

Squishy Slime

Mix 1 cup sugar, 12 cups water, and 3 cups cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir constantly until thickened, about 5 minutes. Place a glop in each of several bowls along with drops of food coloring in each. Place a dollop of each color into a plastic sandwich bad and zip it shut. You can squish and squeeze without getting your hands slimy.

Gelatinous Slime

Combine two cups cold water with one cup cornstarch or white flour. Cook in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until boiling. When thickened, remove from heat, let cool, add food coloring, and serve.

Amoeba Slime

This is always the biggest hit at the birthday party. After kids are finished making the above slimes, I leave out all the ingredients and ask them to make the best slime ever. Stand back and get ready with a hose. Best done outdoors. Kids always get to take home samples in empty film canisters