3 recipes for making rainbow slime at home
The slime rainbow is cool. Playing with him is much more interesting than with simple slimes. The multicolored hand eraser is popular with adults and children. With proper care, the toy retains its ductility for a long time. She is also alive, sometimes she needs to be fed.
Description and characteristics
Now both adults and children are playing slimes. They are purchased, made with their own hands from improvised materials purchased on the Internet or in a store. The first slimes were made from guar gum and borax. They appeared in 1976, sold in plastic cups. Nowadays, different ingredients are used for the production. The characteristics of mucus depend on their combinations. It can glow in the dark, change color. It is useful to play with slimes, especially with multicolored ones. They improve mood, calm down.
How to choose and prepare the right ingredients
Making a slime with your own hands is not difficult. The simplest tools are needed: cups for diluting mucus, spoons for mixing it. PVA glue is the basis of a classic slime. The quality of the toy is influenced by its age. It is impossible to make a good slime with an expired product.
To thicken the glue, they buy borax, sodium tetraborate at the pharmacy.The product is delivered without a prescription. Water is not the main ingredient. Without it, the slime turns out dull, it stretches worse. Water is added if they want to make a transparent slime.
Dyes are essential ingredients of Rainbow Slime. Slimers come in different colors:
- gouache;
- acrylic paints;
- food coloring;
- special coloring pigments.
Basic recipes
Slimes are best prepared according to proven recipes. There are several, they haven't let anyone down yet. They have few components.
Classic
There are many multi-colored slime recipes on the Internet without glue or thickener, but the quality of the slime they contain is not always pleasant. But the classic version of PVA glue + sodium tetraborate still works. People with allergies replace the thickener with shaving foam.
The classic rainbow slime set includes:
- dyes (yellow, blue, green, red);
- children's stationery glue;
- sodium tetraborate or shaving foam.
Use liquid acrylic paints or food coloring to stain mucus... To knead the mucus you need cups, separate for each color. First, pour the glue into the container, then pour the thickener or wring out the foam. First, knead the mucus with a spoon, add thickener if necessary.
Take it out and bring it to condition with your hands, when the mass begins to peel away from the walls. With a little work, they get 4 different colored slimes.
You can play with them in different ways. Each offers its own scenario. The slime is rolled into sausages, tied and stretched. Or they form rectangles of it, superimpose them, flatten, pull, twist.They play with color until the rainbow turns into a single, most unexpected color. That's the beauty of rainbow slime. It doesn't just click, click, stretch, it also changes color.
Bright
There is glitter glue on sale for children's creativity. The Brauberg set is available in 5-6 colors. Small vials - 6 ml. These sequins can be used to make shiny, multicolored slime. It will be small, but it will be very interesting to do.
For work, prepare:
- 6 cups (disposable containers);
- 6 disposable spoons;
- concentrated sodium tetraborate.
There's not much of such a multicolored slime. A bottle of thickener 20 rubles, a set of glue-glitter for children's creativity 100-200 rubles. WITH the sequins have a special glue for slimes.
There are only 3 colors in the Elmer's Glue Deluxe Slime set, but it's expensive - 1800 rubles.
How to make rainbow slime:
- Squeeze the glitter into a container, each color in its own;
- drop 2-3 drops of a thickener;
- knead with a spoon;
- take it out, rub it with your hands;
- make a rose;
- put aside.
Repeat with each color. In the end, you get 5-6 roses. You have to make it a kind of rainbow. To do this, stretch each mucus in the form of a strip. Play with the colored mass as usual: pull, click, blow bubbles.
Luminous
The shiny rainbow slime is very cool. Doing it is no more difficult than usual. You need to buy fluorescent dyes from an online store. They come in a variety of colors. To make slime shiny, just add 1-2 drops to slime.
For a popping slime, you will need:
- transparent glue;
- borax powder;
- the water;
- luminous pigment.
First, pour 2 parts glue and 1 part water into a cup, mix. Repeat the procedure. In another cup, dissolve the borax powder in hot water. The volume of the solution should be equal to the volume of glue + water or slightly more. Material consumption for 5 slimes:
- glue 400 ml;
- water to dilute the glue 200 ml;
- water for breeding borax 800 ml;
- borax 1 scoop.
When the mucus no longer sticks to your hands, divide it into 5 parts, put each in a separate cup, add a bright pigment, mix. It is more interesting to play with ready-made slimes in the dark.
What to do if slime sticks to your hands
High quality slime does not stain hands, it stretches well. If he sticks to his hands, then something went wrong:
- used outdated glue;
- added a little thickener;
- violated storage rules;
- revived the hardened mud with water.
There is a recipe for making slime firm and not sticky. Pour warm water into a glass and add soda. Proportions:
- water - 100 ml;
- soda - ½ tsp.
Mix the soda solution in parts into the mucus until it stops sticking to the skin. If you don't want to mess with baking soda, squeeze a generous amount of shaving foam onto the drool and mix the mucus.
Storage and Usage Rules
Mud stays slimy longer and doesn't stick to your hands if stored properly. If left anywhere, it will quickly lose its properties. A good owner has a slime for 3-4 weeks. Store it in a container with a lid or in a small bag (zip bag).
The container is placed on the side shelf of the refrigerator. The slimer feels good in it. You can't forget it. If they are not played, it will become moldy.During the game, slime should not be thrown on padded surfaces or on the floor. A dirty toy can be washed gently in lukewarm water. With the help of a saline solution, the volume of the dried mud is restored.
Tips & Tricks
Homemade slime needs to be nourished so that it does not dry out prematurely. Different ingredients can be used as food:
- glue;
- the water;
- shampoo;
- a soda.
A syringe is needed to inject the food. It is necessary to collect warm water - 5 ml. Introduce it into different places of the mucus and knead. Feedback slime life is a paste of water and salt... It is placed on the mucus and mixed.