How to make snow slime with your own hands at home
There are many types of slimes that you can buy in stores or order online. If you know how to make your own snow slime, it will not only be interesting, but also cheaper. The ingredients for its creation are simple and affordable, they are not expensive, the cooking process is not complicated, and the result will give both children and adults positive emotions due to joint creativity.
Description and characteristics
When making a snow slime, artificial snow is added to the main composition, which makes it fluffy and pleasant to the touch, like a crispy snowball. Mud of this type does not stain the surface, does not stick to the hands and is a good anti-stress. Stretching it in the hands, they relieve stress and irritation, calm the nerves and bring order to the thoughts. Develops fine motor skills in children. If dirty, the slime is washed off with water.
How to choose and prepare ingredients
The main component of this substance is glue, it can be PVA, silicate or office. The presence of an activator, bought in pharmacies, is mandatory in the ingredients.Most often, a four percent solution of sodium tetraborate, or borax, borax is used. When using powder, a teaspoon is diluted in half a glass of water.
It is advisable to use a foaming agent. Shampoo, shower gel or cream, a liquid soap will do. For plasticity and softness, take a cosmetic cream, for example, for the hands. An optional component used in the preparation of a slime is a shaving cream or gel, which increases the volume of the finished product.
In a snowdrift, the presence of artificial snow is required, which is sold in stores in bags. Before use, it is diluted with water, according to the instructions on the package. In extreme cases, a layer or potato starch, which is pre-diluted with a double portion of water, is helpful.
The simplest ingredient needed to make slime is water, which affects the transparency of slime.
how to cook
There are many recipes for making snow slime, these recipes will help you create an airy and pleasant to the touch toy.
To craft a Snow Slime, you will need the following components:
- PVA glue;
- liquid soap;
- Hand cream;
- the water;
- thickening;
- artificial snow.
Glue, a little water, liquid soap are poured into a plastic container, the composition is thoroughly mixed. After mixing the cream, thickener. The finished substance should stick to your hands. Pour a tablespoon of snow into a separate bowl, pour five tablespoons of water, mix. The resulting mixture is gradually mixed with the mud.
The second method of making snow slime
Compound:
- 50 milliliters of PVA glue;
- 80 grams of transparent glue;
- a small bowl of shaving foam;
- a teaspoon of blue acrylic paint;
- 0.5 teaspoon of hand cream;
- sodium tetraborate;
- artificial snow.
In a suitable container, mix the two types of glue with the shaving foam.Add paint, hand cream in a homogeneous mass, mix, gradually thicken with tetraborate, previously diluted with water. The snow is diluted with water according to the recommendations on the package, then combined with the slime.
How to do without snow
If it is not possible to buy artificial snow, then it is made from a baby diaper. The scrunchies are unrolled, the fabric is carefully cut. Inside the diaper there is cotton mixed with small crumbs. To make artificial snow, cotton wool is not needed, therefore, only small crumbs should be removed from the cut layer in a deep cup.
On a note! To make a snow slime, you will need four small layers.
A small amount of water is gradually introduced into the granules - about 3 teaspoons. After adding a little shaving foam, mix. The snow is gradually mixed into the pre-made mud.
Application and storage rules
Parents, who allow their children to make and play with slimes themselves, should know that it is not the safest toy. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to the following recommendations.
- Before you make a slime, you need to check that the child's hands are not burned and injured. If such damage is present, contact with the mud should be deferred until the skin has fully healed.
- You should not let your child play with mud for a long time, as prolonged contact with the toy may cause an allergic reaction.
In most cases, the use of children's toys is limited by shelf life, snow mud is no exception.Subject to all storage rules, the slime will last quite a long time.
First of all, before you start making slime, you need to take care of the container in which the slime will be stored. For this purpose, a food container with a lid, which can be purchased at any supermarket, or a tightly closed glass cream jar are suitable. It is advisable to store a suitable container with slime at a temperature of three to ten degrees. Direct sunlight should also be avoided.
Tips & Tricks
Having prepared a slime at home, the child acquires a kind of pet that will have to be taken care of. Slime should be fed twice a day. In the morning, several crystals of salt are poured on the surface of the slime, and in the evening it is enough to add two drops of water. After feeding, the slime is left for a couple of hours in a closed jar.
The slime can not only be fed to prolong its life, but also increase the size of the toy. To do this, add a few drops of water to the container with slime, tightly close the lid and put it in the refrigerator for ten hours. Such a simple procedure will help "grow" your favorite toy.
While playing with the slime, the child drops it on a dusty floor, carpet or sand. Do not leave the toy dirty, as it may dry out. For cleaning, the mud is placed in a container with water and the adhering dirt is carefully removed. The bath is carried out for two minutes, but no more. After cleaning, the slime should be placed in a container and refrigerated for several hours.