Crispy slimes

Slime is an elastic stretching shapeless toy. It is made from an adhesive base, sodium tetraborate and additional elements (soda, shaving foam, shampoo, washing gel, washing foam). These ingredients allow you to create an original model of slime and its analogues.

Originally, the toy was made without additives. Slime is an adhesive base used to relieve nervous tension. Over time, her appearance has changed slightly. Crispy slimes get their name from the use of special ingredients:

• ball plasticine;

• shaving and washing foam;

• foam balls;

• hair mousse;

• baking soda, vinegar.

Air bubbles are concentrated in the finished mass, which results in a characteristic crunch. Ingredients can be combined with each other.

Currently, slimes are gaining wide popularity. There are both ready-made toys and exclusive ones. You can make a slime on your own using simple ingredients. Different recipes are used for the characteristic crunch.

• With shaving foam - the crunch is emitted by the bubbles in the composition. Ingredients: 200 ml shaving foam, 150 ml glue, 1 tbsp. spoon of sodium tetraborate. In order to prepare the slime, you need to mix the glue with the foam. The consistency will increase in volume, but will decrease slightly as you knead. Then add sodium tetraborate in small portions. Kneading promotes hardening.

• With silicate glue and foam - colorless elastic figure.You will need 50 g of glue, 35 g of baking soda, 1/4 cup of hot water, 3 teaspoons of lens liquid, foam balls. Mix the glue with baking soda, after hardening, pour water and lens liquid into the mixture. Add dyes if desired. To harden, you need to knead the consistency, and the foam will give the crunch (it is added at the end).

• With hair foam - a viscous crispy toy. You will need half a bottle of PVA glue, gel and hair foam, 100 ml of stationery glue, a teaspoon of sodium tetraborate. To prepare a slime, you must separately mix two types of glue, then add foam, gel with dye. Spray hairspray into the total mass, in the last place - sodium tetraborate. Knead until thickened. Although this is a long process, it turns out to be a good slime.

• With Baffy Hair Foam - stringy and crunchy. As part of 200 ml of foam, a bottle of glue, 3 teaspoons of boric acid. It is necessary to combine the glue with the foam, add acid to them. Knead until thickened. Color, glitter and styrofoam can be added as desired.

• With Luch glue - elastic soft slime. The main thing is to observe the proportions, otherwise the toy will be damaged (too hard). You will need half a bottle of glue and sodium tetraborate. In a separate container, combine 20 ml of water, 3 ml of diluted boric acid (in 10 ml of water). Carefully add sodium tetraborate to the sticky mass, add dyes and an activator for slime. Knead the mass until it hardens, hands must remain clean. This is a traditional slime recipe, similar to the store one.

• With hand cream - any cream is suitable for both face and body, as well as for hands. In Art. a spoonful of water to dissolve 2 teaspoons of glue. Stir the mass well, if desired, add sparkles, foam, beads, dyes to the toy. In the last place, add the cream and sodium tetraborate, kneading to a thick consistency.

• With shampoo / soap / washing gel - the products will give the slime shine and elasticity. You need to take 3 teaspoons of glue and detergent. Mix them well in a bowl, add colors. In parts, introduce the activator for the slime, so that the mass grabs faster, it must be constantly kneaded. Foam can be released, which can be removed by cooling for 2 hours in a separate place. After that the soapiness will go away completely.

• With beads - it is necessary to prepare 200 ml of stationery glue, 30 ml of washing gel and beads of different sizes. Transfer all the glue to a separate bowl, adding 1/4 of the washing gel, gradually introducing the remaining volume. The resulting mass needs to be stretched a little, sprinkled with beads on top, and reassembled into a single consistency. Kneading will distribute the beads evenly. When solidified, the toy is ready.

• With Teymurov's paste - as part of boric and salicylic acids, tetraborate. The paste accelerates the setting of the mass. For cooking, you will need 2 elements: glue (200 ml) and paste (different amounts may be required). You need to mix the ingredients until thick. For crunch, add beads, foam, decorate with food colors of any color.

There are many different recipes with which you can make a cool slime at home. They are characterized by elasticity, softness and crunch when crumpled.

At home, you can make store-bought analogs of slimes. There are many cooking options, but there are basic ingredients that will help you get a crunch as a result:

• shaving and washing foam;

• stationery glue and PVA;

• slime activator - borax;

• boric acid;

• sodium tetraborate;

• baking soda;

• hair fixation spray;

• soap products - shampoo, shower gel, washing gel;

• additional elements - dyes, sparkles, polystyrene, plasticine with balls, beads.

For softness and elasticity, basic and additional components are used. In preparing slime, you do not need to know the tricks. The ingredients are almost always the same. They must be mixed and brought to the desired consistency.When cured, you can use the toy as directed. Food colors add brightness to the product. And the slime gets its characteristic crunch thanks to the pimpled base, foam balls, sparkles and beads of different sizes. If you follow the cooking instructions, then the do-it-yourself slime will turn out with a crunch.

Initially, the slime had a different composition and purpose. With the passage of time, he gained popularity, slightly improving its properties.

• Slime is somewhat similar to a non-Newtonian liquid, which is why it has become so in demand.

• It is important to store only in a cool place - in the refrigerator. Otherwise, the toy will quickly deteriorate.

• Initially, it was used for cleaning surfaces from various contaminants, even in hard-to-reach places.

• Toys are quite popular, especially lately.

• In addition to the classic, there are other types of various variations and properties.

• Initially, the composition of the slime included sodium tetraborate and guar gum.

• Slime application: to relieve tension, stress, anxiety. In children, it also contributes to the development of fine motor skills.

• Most slimes include guar gum, corn starch, edible gelatin, and methyl cellulose. For a rich color, food colors are used.

• Slime contains 1% of live microorganisms.

• At first, the only shade of slime was green, other options did not exist. It was sold in a plastic jar.

• It is easy to make it at home, the finished material is not much different from the purchased one.

• Slime is 65% liquid. When creased, this volume is reduced by 25%.

• There is a similar toy in the world that has nothing to do with the original. It is a colorless mass with a noticeable odor, differing in cost and quality. Security in doubt. Manufactured in China.

• It is rare to find a toy of heavenly and purple color.

• The slime has an expiration date. It is undesirable to use it for more than a week, it is better to prepare a similar one.

• Slime really fights stress, tension, anxiety, helps to collect thoughts and relax.

• When drying, it is worth diluting the mass with liquid (water), and ordinary salt will correct the liquid state.

How to make crispy slime, see the video.