how to make slime with pva glue without activator

Next add 1 tablespoon of contact lens solution. Dip a matchstick or skewer into gel food colouring to pick up a blob, then mix it into the glue and bicarb mixture until it has fully integrated. If you want to add colouring this is the best time to do it. Then add 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda.) Tip 1 cup of the PVA glue into a clean bowl. Gel food colouring (Liquid food colouring alters the recipe and doesn’t work so well we’ve found.) PVA or clear glue (also known as school glue or Elmer’s brand)īicarbonate of Soda (Baking Soda in the US)Ĭontact Lens Solution (there are various types of this so if you click the link to the one we used you will find it works perfectly! If you can’t choose this exact one, then make sure the one you buy contains boric acid (borax) in the ingredients list. I’ve called this a UK slime recipe for the simple reason that the ingredients are easy for us to find here in Europe, but of course it’s perfect to make *wherever* you live in the world! 🙂 We found out that it is easy to make it too sticky or too brittle, so we fiddled with the proportions until we got the PERFECT elasticity and texture! If it can wash your lenses which go directly into your eyes, then a small quantity will be fine for the hands during play!Īs with all sensory play, avoid contact with eyes and mouth and wash hands afterwards too. Recently there have been lots more variations that have been developed and Miss 5’s classroom assistant told me about a version she had made using contact lens solution! Yay, finally something we could use that’s easily accessible and much safer than neat borax or laundry detergent. I loved the idea of the super stretchy, elastic sensory play material but the only UK recipe I could find included a washing detergent as a key ingredient, but this is not something I’m keen to let my kids touch!

I’m a HUGE fan of play-dough and write about our best ever, natural play dough recipe often, as well as developing loads of other sensory play recipes over the years too! But one sensory play recipe I had always been keen to try but never had the right ingredients for here in the UK was slime. Making and playing with slime is a huge fad with school aged kids at the moment and there are some creative child YouTubers now showing all sorts of amazing variations to this classic play idea! Here’s an easy UK slime recipe that takes just 2 minutes to make and is so much fun for sensory play and fine motor skills! Using easy to find ingredients that are safer than traditional alternatives, its perfect as a boredom buster for summer and for older kids to make independently.

How to make slime with pva glue without activator