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How to make Borax Free Gak (Slime)
Have you ever wondered how to make gak (slime)? This gak recipe is only two ingredients and is Borax free! Yep only two ingredients and you will be able to really impress your kids and keep them entertained for hours! The best part it is a safe slime recipe. This recipe is borax free. Why? Sometimes Borax can cause skin burns, so just to be safe we opted for a different recipe that is super easy!
Looking for more ways to impress your kids? Try making oobleck! It is amazing! Now that you have liquid starch for making slime you can also use the liquid starch to make the coolest marbleized paper.
Updated! I saw on the Today Show how Borax can burn kids while making slime. I was shocked at the severity of the skin burns and checked to make sure my slime recipe was completely safe. Which it is! So make this super easy two ingredient recipe with your kids knowing it is safe to make. Read below for the gak recipe with step by step instructions on how to make. If you like this slime recipe, then be sure to check out my glow in the dark slime recipe. It’s borax free to! Safe to make and safe to play.
How to make Borax Free Slime
What you need to make Slime
- liquid starch
- white school glue
- liquid food coloring
- zip loc bag
To make simply mix equal parts of liquid starch and glue together.
We placed 1/4 cup liquid starch into a sandwich bag and added about 3 drops of green food coloring.
Next add in 1/4 cup glue into the bag.
Mix well. It will start to form a solid blob. There might be a bit of liquid that will not mix in, just remove the blob of slime and discard the bag with the extra liquid.
Take it out of the bag and have fun! Slime is so mesmerizing! It is hard to keep from touching it which makes it a wonderful sensory activity.
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SAFE SLIME RECIPE
· 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda
· 1 TBSP of Contact Solution
· 4 fl oz Elmer’s White school glue
· Your choice of food coloring
1. Find a bowl, cup, or plate to mix your slime in
2. Pour out the entire contents of a 4oz of Elmer’s school glue into the bowl.
3. Add ½ TBSP of baking soda and mix
4. After mixing, add your choice of food coloring.
5. Mix and/or add more food coloring until you get the color you want
6. Add 1 TBSP of Contact solution
7. Mix until slime forms and it begins to get harder to mix
8. Take the slime out and begin kneading with both of your hands
9. If needed, add ¼ TBSP Contact solution to make the slime less sticky.
But I'd never heard of liquid starch. It sounds like I should get some!
xo Nicole
i found that if you use 2 spoonfuls of glue and then 1 spoonfull of sta flo (so basically 2 parts glue to 1 part liquid starch) it tends to come out really well. You dont have to mix it for more then a minute before a thick blob forms and you can take it out of the mixing container and mix it more with you hands.
Try mixing the food coloring with the starch first and see if that makes it easier. There will be some liquid left over, just leave it in the bag and remove the blob of slime. As kids work with the slime the texture will change. It might not be perfect but will still provide hours of enjoyment.... and the best part no borax, so it won't cause any skin burns.
Very disappointed as it didn't come out. We used
1/3 cup Elmer's glue and 3 drops of red food coloring
And then added 1/3 cup of liquid starch. It never
Formed a ball. We kept mixing and mixing in the
Baggie. Sigh. I'm sure I missed something.
Thanks
Also - if you have extra liquid just add more glue to it and you'll get more gack! It worked for me.
Thanks again for another fun project!
Jason