Homemade slime!! (Or “ooey gooey goo” as my kids called it)

Kira St Pierre
Oct 2, 2012
1 min read

A fun, cheap, ooey gooey activity for the kids is: homemade SLIME!! Thanks for the inspiration, here!

This is a great little hands-on play time for the kids, (especially boys, I’m sure!) full of sensory fun! You only need 2 INGREDIENTS, plus a little food coloring. Here’s how: (please forgive the quality of my pictures, I took them with my phone.)

Its so easy and requires only 2 ingredients: -2 to 3 bottles of clear Elmer’s glue -liquid starch (can find on the detergent aisle w other starches. A half gallon jug was $3 at HEB grocery store.)

Directions: Mix equal parts glue and starch. I used 2 – 5oz bottles of glue which rendered 1 1/4 cup (10 oz), so I used 1 1/4 cup starch too. Pour together in a bowl and start mixing! You will likely have to use your hands and it takes a few minutes. When you get tired of it, plop a pile in a bowl for the kid and let them finish the job!

First the glue…