How To Make Perfect Slime

If you are looking for the perfect slime recipe and don’t want a slime fail, you are in the right place. After years of making slime recipes, I have figured out how to make slime right…the first time! I tested this recipe out on my friends who swore they couldn’t make slime and didn’t want to try again. I begged them to try it… just one last time. I’m even including a video of the process, step by step! They gave it a go, and it was a Eureka moment! I got picture after picture of children happily playing with slime!

If you need a recipe for how to make slime for kids, this is it! Slime is super calming, and some children will easily play with it for long periods of time! I love slime because it gives us hours upon hours of play, and it’s not as messy as playdough. If slime has ever gone wrong for you, it’s not you! Slime can be so tricky! I have figured the main reason that borax slimes go all wrong. If you are looking for a slime without borax, try this one with contact lens solution as a substitute! If you live in the U.S., it is nearly impossible to make slime without borax since it is in products such as Sta-Flo and contact lens solution.

Most of the time that slimes fail is due to the amount of borax. Many recipes call for 1 tsp to 1 Tbsp. While that sounds like a small amount, you don’t even need that much! My perfect slime is made with ½ tsp to ¾ tsp of borax. The other big reason that slimes fail is because the ingredients need to be broken down a bit before they are mixed together. One time I skipped putting water into my glue, and my slime turned out so hard. You might find it helpful to read my post about the most common mistakes people make when making slime. This way you can avoid the most frequent mistakes people make that slime goes wrong.

I recommend following my instructions for my homemade slime recipe very closely, especially if this is your first time or if you have had slimes go wrong in the past. Something that may seem to quicken up the slime process could give you a super rubbery or sticky slime, which is no fun! If you are unsure about using slime with Borax, here is a great article about the science behind slime. This is enough slime for about 2-4 children at a time. It takes about 15 minutes to make one batch. I recommend using two bottles because you want to get a perfect consistency of slime, and the second bottle is a backup.

Make them one at a time though so that you can adapt the second one if necessary. Getting the perfect consistency the first time doesn’t always go so smoothly, so I like having the second bottle to make my slime completely perfect! My favorite slime is made of clear glue or glitter glue (both Elmer’s). But Elmer’s white glue works as well. You are able to see through the clear glue or glitter glue, but white glue looks more like the substance many of us remember as silly putty. Borax is available online, but it is much more affordable in the grocery stores. You will find it where cleaning detergents are located.