Slime!: Do-It-Yourself Projects to Make at Home

By Trisha Haas

It’s colorful! It’s gooey! It’s gross! It’s your little one’s new favorite icky activity (and maybe yours, too)! It’s SLIME!

Included within this book are step-by-step instructions and recipes so that you can make your own slime right at home. The book features fifteen slime projects to teach you how to create all different types of slime, including holiday-themed slimes using glitter glue and different colorings! Also included are lists of what supplies you’ll need for each project as well as vibrant, slimy, full-color pictures to see how your concoctions will turn out!

So grab a copy and experience all the sticky madness of Slime! It’s sure to be tons of gross fun for everyone!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Racehorse
• Release date: Jun 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781631582172

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INTRODUCTION

Crafting recipes, unlike food recipes, are about finding out what works for you. They are meant to challenge you to solve a problem. As you start to understand slime and what it does, do not be afraid to step outside the bounds of the recipes within this book and experiment to create your own.

Before you get started, here are the items most commonly used:

Elmer’s white glue (I highly suggest using white glue by the gallon, which can be purchased on Amazon)

Elmer’s clear glue

Fine glitter crafting glue (Most commonly found in craft stores)

Liquid starch (This will say Good for Crafting on a blue bottle)

Icing food coloring (Works very well for a colorant without diluting glue)

Acrylic paint (Metallic is fine)

Glitter (Fine/Medium)

Disclaimer: Although this book uses the term recipe, projects are not edible! They are not meant to be eaten!

BASIC SLIME RECIPES

Let’s get started!

It is important to note that the type of glue you use, as well as the items you use to color your slime, will have an impact on how it feels and flows. Not all white glues, clear glues, or even glitter glues are created in the same way; therefore, it can take some time to understand which product you should use to achieve the desired effect. As you become familiar with these basic slime recipes and your knowledge of the goo grows, it will become easier to borrow and reuse these ideas and techniques to make more creative and fun slimes.

WHITE GLUE SLIME

Consistency: Thick, Flows at medium speed

This is the most commonly used form of slime. Its recipe is also the easiest to customize, due to its neutral white color and— depending on your portions and technique—its drastic changes in consistency. White glue is typically available in most stores, making it the most convenient as well.

You can use this basic recipe to make large batches of slime for nearly any project, including those that incorporate different colors. For the sake of adding some color to an otherwise colorless slime, the recipe that follows includes the ingredients to make traditional green