16 recipes to make shaving foam at home
If you have shaving foam, cream or gel, it is possible to make a slime out of it. It will be no worse than those on store shelves. There are many advantages of making slime with your own hands, for example, this procedure requires a creative approach and is quite interesting, especially for children. Moreover, such a slime will cost much less than a slime from the store. Learn how to make shaving foam slime.
Content
- 1 Features of Shaving Foam Slimes
- 2 Basic recipes
- 2.1 With PVA glue
- 2.2 Complicated, with do-it-yourself PVA glue
- 2.3 Rainbow
- 2.4 Shaving gel
- 2.5 Cream
- 2.6 With starch
- 2.7 Sodium tetraborate
- 2.8 how to make soda
- 2.9 With toothpaste
- 2.10 How to make fluffy slime
- 2.11 How to cook "Titan" from glue at home
- 2.12 With boron
- 2.13 With balls and beads
- 2.14 Magnet absorber
- 2.15 With shampoo
- 2.16 With salt
- 3 Tips & Tricks
Features of Shaving Foam Slimes
Slimes made from shaving foam differ in consistency, viscosity, and elasticity. They are divided into the following types:
- Ordinary. Consistency looks like jelly, slime looks like mucus. The product stretches easily, spreads on a smooth surface. It can be transparent or monochrome.
- Fluffy. They stretch perfectly and do not deform at the same time. In consistency, they resemble soft marshmallows, they acquire splendor and lightness in their hands. Fluffy slimes are unable to hold their shape for long.
- Hand games.Similar to gum, they have an elastic consistency. Blends on a smooth surface.
- Riders. Almost no stretch, no bouncing on surfaces.
Basic recipes
There are many ways to make slime at home.
With PVA glue
Mix 100 milligrams of water with a tablespoon of starch, add color to the mixture. Mix everything so that no lumps appear. Then pour 50 milligrams of glue. So that the proportions are not violated and the mixture does not splash, make the mixture not in a bucket, but in a bag.
Complicated, with do-it-yourself PVA glue
Mix 750 ml of foam with 125 ml of glue. Add dye, then add 10 milliliters of lens fluid. Stir the ingredients until the mixture begins to stick to the sides of the container. Remove the nearly finished slime from the container and knead it until smooth.
Rainbow
You will need:
- 4 containers;
- 4 portions of shaving foam of 250 ml each;
- 4 different color dyes;
- 500 milliliters of PVA;
- boric acid.
Pour 250 milliliters of foam and 125 milliliters of glue into each container. Mix everything, then add a few drops of coloring. Then pour a few drops of boric acid into each container and stir again. Remove the slimes from the containers and knead them one by one in your hands. Then combine them into one.
Shaving gel
Pour 200 ml of PVA into a cup. Add some dye, spreading it evenly over the glue. Add some gel and start stirring. Pour the gel until a soft mixture is formed that looks like a stretchy marshmallow.
Cream
Stir in 100ml of PVA and shaving cream for a thick mixture. Pour the dye into it, stir again.Add sodium tetraborate to the mixture and stir again, but not as actively. When the mixture begins to peel away from the walls, remove the slime and hold it in your hands.
With starch
The algorithm is as follows:
- Inflate and deflate the balloon until it becomes elastic.
- Use a PET bottle to fill a starch ball. Cut the top to form a funnel.
- Put a ball on the neck, pour the starch inside. Push it with a wooden stick.
- Remove the ball from the neck, tie its tail in a knot. Trim the protruding edge with scissors.
- Decorate the toy, for example, draw funny faces on it.
Sodium tetraborate
The procedure for making slime is as follows:
- Remove the glue sticks from 4 glue sticks and place them in the container.
- Place the container in the microwave, heat until a viscous mixture forms.
- Pour the dye.
- Stir with a spoon.
- Dilute sodium tetraborate (1 teaspoon) with water, add to glue.
- Stir the mixture until it gets the right consistency.
how to make soda
Dilute 50 grams of PVA with a quarter cup of heated water, pour in the dye. Prepare a solution with a tablespoon of baking soda and half a glass of warm water. Gently pour the solution into the glue, remembering to stir. Knead the resulting mixture.
With toothpaste
The toothpaste slime will be very plastic and smell fresh. It is not necessary to use a dye, because there is soap instead. You will need:
- 20 milliliters of soap;
- 20 milliliters of toothpaste;
- 5 tablespoons of flour;
- a cup.
The algorithm is as follows:
- Squeeze the paste into a cup, stir with soapy water.
- Make a homogeneous mixture.
- Slowly incorporate the flour.
- Knead the mass by hand, sprinkling it with water from time to time to prevent it from sticking.
How to make fluffy slime
To make fluffy slime, you will need:
- transparent stationery glue;
- sodium tetraborate;
- foot gel;
- liquid soap.
The procedure for making slime is as follows:
- Mix glue and sodium tetraborate in containers.
- Pour in foot gel and liquid soap, stir.
- Remember the mass with your hands. It should stop sticking to your palms.
Ordinary gouache can be used as a colorant.
How to cook "Titan" from glue at home
You will need:
- 50 milliliters of shampoo;
- 150 milliliters of Titan glue;
- tight package.
The algorithm is as follows:
- Pour the shampoo into a bag.
- Pour the glue, tie the bag, shake it.
- Remove the mass that has formed.
- The slime will get bigger the more glue you use.
With boron
Shaving foam and borax drool look like drool you bought at a store. Buy sodium tetraborate in pharmacies. Additionally, you will need glue and PVA dye. Pour the glue and tint with shaving foam into the prepared polythene bag, stir well. Slowly pour in the boron solution. It can be either half a glass of water mixed with a tablespoon of sodium tetraborate, or 1 bottle of a liquid solution.
A gelatinous mixture forms. Blot the slime with a towel, crush it directly into the bag.
With balls and beads
You will need:
- 50 milliliters of silicate glue;
- 5 teaspoons of baking soda;
- 45 milliliters of water;
- 25 milliliters of liquid for lenses
- dye;
- container with foam balls.
Slime is made like this:
- Pour the glue into a container.
- Add baking soda, mix well.
- Add water, stir again.
- Pour in the liquid for lentils, dye, stir.
- Once the mixture has thickened, remove it and place it in a container with foam balls.
- Remove the slime and remember in your hands.
- Decorate the slime with beads.
Magnet absorber
WITH magnetic mud Fun to play. Like amoebic pseudopodia, the mass pieces follow the magnet. To make it you will need:
- a teaspoon of metal shavings;
- 30 grams of PVA;
- half a glass of boric acid;
- magnet.
Mix glue with acid, add shavings. Stir the mixture until it becomes viscous. Check how the slime reacts when a magnet approaches it.
With shampoo
You will need a thick shampoo and sugar. Mix the shampoo and sugar to make a smooth paste. Then place the mixture in the freezer for a few hours. The slime will be viscous and will melt quickly in your hands.
With salt
Little living slime, which is enough for one game. It looks like jelly in consistency. Would need:
- 3 tablespoons of thick shampoo;
- salt;
- dye;
- a bowl.
Pour the shampoo into a container and start stirring while adding salt. The mixture should become viscous, after which the dye can be poured into it.
Tips & Tricks
Observe the following guidelines when making slime:
- If your recipe uses starch, use heated water. The rest of the components should also be at room temperature.
- After use, the slime should be placed on a sheet of paper. So it won't get dirty and will last longer.
- Slime is a completely safe toy, provided the baby does not try to eat it. After playing, you should wash your hands. It is not worth pouring a lot of dye into the mixture.
- It is necessary to store slime in a cool place, preferably in a closed container.
Now you can choose one of the ways to make slime and make a nice toy for your child. It's much more interesting than going to the store and buying a slime.