What are the additives for slimes?

Slime is an anti-stress toy, it is also known as "slime" or "toffee". It first appeared in 1976 and has not lost its popularity among children and adults since then. Literally translated from English, the word "slime" means "mucus". But modern slimes do not resemble it at all - they are silky and quite pleasant to the touch mass, with which you can do almost anything.

A viscous substance can be crumpled or strongly stretched, thrown or poked into it with your fingers, given any shape or beat, left alone and watch how it spreads. Playing with a slime is interesting, allows you to calm down and get rid of stress and irritability.

Currently, slimes can be purchased in stores or made at home. Manufacturers offer slimes of various types: Galaxy, Fluffy, Iceberg, Bubble, Butter and others. They can be opaque or transparent, soft or quite dense. Each person can choose for himself the anti-stress toy that attracts the most attention. Moreover, absolutely any slime can be decorated and decorated as you wish.

For to make your slime unique, you can change its smell, make it more pleasant and completely unusual. To do this, you need to add chemical flavors to its composition, which make it possible to create a pronounced smell for a jelly-like toy that meets the preferences of the owner. In this case, very different flavors can be used.

Most often, compositions with aromas of various fruits are used to impart a scent:

• Strawberry;
• Apple;
• watermelon;
• a pineapple;
• melon;
• lemon.

In addition, sweet vanilla or caramel scents leave a pleasant impression. The scents offered by modern manufacturers are very realistic and lacking in harshness. Fragrances for imparting aroma of American, Chinese or European production are sold in bottles of 5 or 10 ml. Regardless of the country of origin, all offered flavorings are absolutely safe additives.

In addition to specialized formulations, various cosmetic fragrances can be used to add a scent to the slime. These formulations are completely safe, as they are primarily intended for use on human skin. The difficulty in using them lies in the fact that they are rarely sold in small quantities. However, you can try to find a company that sells cosmetic fragrances on tap. In this case, it is possible to purchase only the required amount of the product you like, no more.

A good effect is obtained when using various essential oils. Not only are these compounds beneficial to your health, they are easy to acquire. Any pharmacy or beauty store has a range of aromatic essential oils. The important thing is that each type of oil has a specific effect. They can soothe, invigorate, strengthen the immune system, improve mood, and so on.

Any slime can be made more attractive with special additives. In their capacity, many different elements for decor can act: beautiful beads, beads, sparkles, various sprinkles, charms of various designs and much, much more.

All sorts of decorative elements of various sizes and shapes are added to slimes. In different stores, the names may differ slightly, so the choice is best made based on the appearance of a particular supplement. You can also always create do-it-yourself slime additives.

Sequins can decorate almost anything. Slimes are no exception. To decorate jelly-like anti-stress toys, to get a "space effect", different types of sparkles are used:

• holographic;
• classic;
• rainbow;
• confetti;
• fluorescent.

Each of these types contains sparkles that differ in color and shape. Manufacturers offer glitter for slimes in a variety of colors and shades. According to the shape, you can buy jewelry presented in the form of hearts, rhombuses, circles, hexagons, squares, stars, triangles. There are also sequins "sand" and "broken glass".

Slime sprinkles are another way to decorate your anti-stress slime. This small decorative element represents all kinds of hearts, stars, snowflakes, sticks, tablets of various color combinations. Thanks to the use of topping, you can significantly change the tactile sensations when playing with slime.

Slime paint provides the ability to paint a toy in colors of varying degrees of saturation. Ready-made liquid dyes are sold in bottles with a volume of 5 or 10 milliliters. Despite the small volume of the container, the paint is enough to paint several large slimes. Dyes for slimes are made from safe materials, so dyeing the toffee will not harm human health. Currently, there is an opportunity to purchase coloring compositions of European, American or Chinese production.

If after a while the color of the slime ceases to please and you want to change it to something else, then there is no need to purchase a new toy. It is much easier and more pleasant to achieve the desired shade with the help of special dyes. You can also use several different shades to make the toy appear rainbow colored.

Various beads allow you to change the texture of the toy. Thanks to this, a greater anti-stress effect can be achieved. Beads can be of different shapes (oval, round, square), surface (smooth or rough) and color. You can use the same beads or mix different shapes and sizes.

Foam balls are often used as an additive in slime. It is possible to choose almost any color in specialized stores or to assemble a mix of several different colors. Also, balls for anti-stress toys vary in size - from very small (1-2 mm) to quite large (7-9 mm). Thanks to the use of this building material, a toy is obtained that not only changes its shape, but also has a characteristic sound. Because of this, these types of jelly slime are also called "crunches" or "crunchy".

Polymer clay jewelry allows you to make the slime completely unique. Using Fimo clay, you can create slime fillings in the form of flowers, smiles or fruits, cakes and other desserts. Bright and original decorations are perfect for transparent toys. Combined designs look great when Fimo polymer clay jewelry is combined with sparkles, sprinkles or small beads.

Charms are another option for decorating a jelly-like composition. They are small figurines made of polymer clay or plastic. Charms come in many different shapes:

• chocolates and other various desserts (ice cream cones, sweets, cakes, pieces of cake);
• fruits and berries (apples, bananas, lemons, oranges, watermelons, bunches of grapes);
• animals (pandas, ponies, bears, cats, dogs, frogs);
• butterflies;
• cartoon characters;
• various food (popcorn, fries);
• other.

A very interesting and unusual effect can be observed when using metal shavings as an additive. In this case, the toy will surprisingly change its shape when the magnet approaches. These changes are quite interesting to watch.

Artificial snow can also be used to decorate toffee. This material is not often used for this purpose, but thanks to its addition, completely new properties can be achieved from a viscous mixture. For example, the composition gets the opportunity to drain in a thin trickle or stretch into a thin film woven from openwork threads and similar to a spider web. To obtain such effects, it is advisable to use artificial snow in the form of a powder. It must first be diluted with water and then mixed with an activator and adhesive.

If you want to be creative, then you can not buy additives for slimes in specialized stores, but make them yourself at home. To decorate the "toffee", you can use unnecessary mother's or grandmother's beads, if they are strung from beads of a suitable color and shape. As a rule, in any family you can find several strands of beads that are great as decoration for an anti-stress toy.

You can make fillers for slime from polymer clay. It is quite simple to work with this material; in its characteristics it resembles ordinary plasticine. To make jewelry for slime, it is necessary to form tubes from several colors of clay using special schemes.Thanks to the correct combination of shapes and sizes, the desired pattern will be formed on the cut of the tube.

Next, the tube must be cut into thin slices and baked for several minutes. After heat treatment, the products acquire hardness and can be used as a decorative element to decorate an anti-stress toy. Polymer clay can also be used to make beads or small cubes. To make sprinkles at home, you can use rubber bands for weaving in various colors. They need to be cut into small pieces, after which they can be used as multi-colored sprinkles. This will allow you to quickly and easily decorate the slime.

Slimes are popular with children and adults alike due to their unusual structure. This toy helps children develop fine motor skills of fingers, and for adults - relieve stress. Nowadays, life is filled with various situations that cause psychological discomfort. And dealing with stress with a slime is simple and enjoyable, especially if it is decorated with additives in accordance with the taste of the owner of the toy.