This is a fun activity for all ages – there’s something attractive about this slimy concoction; even the older kids and adults around here feel the need to play with it! It’s so easy to make and if you store it in a ziploc bag it will stay indefinitely. {Just don’t let it near carpets or upholstery.}
How To Make Gak
You’ll need:
8 oz. glue
1 teaspoon Borax*
Food coloring
Water
Mixing bowl
Spoon
*if you don’t have Borax, you can also use liquid starch. Check out this recipe.
Directions:
*Pour entire bottle of glue into mixing bowl, then fill up bottle with water, shake, and add water to bowl.
*Add food coloring and combine. (You can separate into several different bowls and add different colors to each.)
*Next, combine 1/2 cup warm water with the Borax and stir.
*While stirring the glue, add the Borax solution, a little at a time until you achieve the desired consistency. We used our hands for this!
My kids wanted to play with the color after we mixed up a neon green batch, so I divided it up and they added other colors to the slime.
They loved that this one looked like brain – gross!
Eventually the ones that had a lot of food coloring added to them ended up looking like this:
pam {simple details} says
I can feel the slime oozing through my fingers! We love it! You made me remember a b-day cake I made for my mom when I was little, I thought a nice mix of food coloring would be pretty…yep, gray! 🙂
Val says
I've been wanting to do this with my daughter. Thanks for sharing. Looks like so much fun.
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says
SO fun!!! we need to make some! 🙂
Urban Orchard Interiors says
So perfect for my boys right now. We gotta try it! Thanks for the heads up.