This is a really neat science experiment for you and your little ones to do. It's easy and it's fun. We found this experiment here at the American Chemical Society website for kids.
First we gathered up our ingredients. We needed cups (2 for each child), craft sticks, spoons, measuring spoon, glue, borax, and (opt) food coloring.
(These directions are from the American Chemical Society website.)
Place 1 tablespoon of water in a small plastic cup. Add ¼ teaspoon of borax. Mix until as much borax dissolves as possible. This is your borax solution.
If you would like your slime to be a certain color, add one or two drops of food coloring to your borax solution.
Place 1 tablespoon of water in another cup and add 1 tablespoon of Elmer's glue. Stir with a popsicle stick until the glue and water are thoroughly mixed.
This is your glue solution.
Slowly pour all of the borax solution into the glue solution, and stir with a clean popsicle stick. You should notice a sudden change in the solutions.
Your slime is done when you can pick up your popsicle stick and most of the slime comes out on the stick.
When you have some nice thick slime, pull it off the popsicle stick and move it back and forth between your hands. The more you play, the less sticky it gets.
The kids loved playing with it and stretching it. They thought it was pretty neat that they could create their own slime! Just be sure and wash your hands afterwards!
Have fun!
Have a Hats and Chickadee's Day!
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