Need a quick and easy last minute gift? Your slime making enthusiast will love this Homemade Slime Making Kit! This kit features a borax-free instruction book and an assortment of add-ins, and is just perfect for any craft loving kid. Read to the end, because there’s also a giveaway for a copy of Alyssa Jagan’s Ultimate Slime book as well!
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How to Make an Awesome Homemade Slime Making Kit
It’s official. My kids are 125% totally and completely addicted to making homemade slime. This scene in my kitchen is almost a daily reality and a good portion of the time it drives me completely and totally up the way…just being totally honest here.
If you know someone who loves making slime like my kids, why not put together a gift they will really appreciate this year? With the help of my kids who have been making all the slime for months, we made a handy list of things you will need to make so you can put together your own diy slime making kit too!
What to include in Homemade Slime Making Kit
There are two essential ingredients to borax-free slime that you must include in any slime making kit:
1. [easyazon_link identifier=”B0038DZZJC” locale=”US” tag=”sililo-20″]White glue[/easyazon_link] and 2. some sort of activator.
You can use a few different things for an activator. One example is borax, but a lot of people don’t like it because it can get dangerous if used improperly. My daughters’ favorite activator is liquid starch. You can also use baking soda and contact lens solution, but Anna thinks it’s hard to work with plus, contact solution is expensive. The nice thing about liquid starch is that it’s also cheap (<$3 at Walmart).
Elmer's white glue. Clear glue is also nice, but it's a little harder to work with than the white glue. With all the slime making that happens in this house it is more affordable for us to buy the glue by the gallon. You can pick up your liquid starch anywhere. I normally pick it up at the grocery. Remember you can use contact lens solution but it is more expensive. This pack has 32 colors in 8 gram bottles. The kids can mix, match and create a lot of glittery slimes with this. Don't shoot the messenger. You can omit it. Scent your slime with one of these KidSafe Essential Oil Wellness Sets. I think if they're going to play with the slime at least things can smell nice. This 12 Color Variety Kit for Slime Making by Maddie Rae really lets the kids explore color therapy. They can create a galaxy of colors and slime. These fishbowl beads come in a colorful pack of 12. They give texture and color and they can be mixed into any type of slime or added to glitter or dye. Don't forget your snow powder if you want to make cloud slime. It will also let you add dye or glitter if you'd like. Don't forget the texture element to slime. Giving them the additional option of even more colors and textures helps make it even more fun. This kit has different sized foam balls too so you can really explore. Don't forget your air dry clay. Model Magic is my kids' favorite. You can save some money by buying a bulk tote of white and coloring it on your own. You might not think you need these, but trust me, you need some way to store all this slime your kids will create! If you have time you may want to check out your local dollar store for additional options. If the kids are gifting slime to family and friends or you're looking for fun stocking stuffers these containers are perfect and look really cute with a holiday sticker on top or a simple label on the side. Ultimate Slime: DIY Tutorials for Crunchy Slime, Fluffy Slime, Fishbowl Slime, and More Than 100 Other Oddly Satisfying Recipes and Projects--Totally Borax Free! by Alyssa Jagan is our go to guide. There are a LOT of recipes to create. A Homemade Slime Making Kit is a Great Gift
Ultimate Slime book by Alyssa Jagan
My slime makers are in love with the [easyazon_link identifier=”1631594257″ locale=”US” tag=”sililo-20″]Ultimate Slime book[/easyazon_link] by Alyssa Jagan. I was sent a copy for review purposes a while back and my kiddos immediately put the book to use and haven’t looked back. Anna knows the book has definitely honed her slime making skills. She learned how to make much more interesting slime using all the add-ins and also learned how to make slime without borax and what to do if she used too much activator. She highly recommends this book for any slime making enthusiast!
I’m excited to offer up one copy of Alyssa Jagan’s Ultimate Slime book to one luck winner! If you’d like to win a copy, just enter the rafflecopter form below!
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