Make some Slime

Ingredients
Borax powder (laundry section of supermarket)
Guar gum powder (health food stores)
Glycerol/glycerine (pharmacy or supermarket)
Food colouring (optional)
Warm water

Equipment
Measuring jug
2 teaspoons
Popstick for stirring
Plastic bottle (plastic squeeze sauce bottle is ideal)
Mixing bowl
Jar or ziplock bag ( to store your slime)

Preparing your borax solution
1. Label your bottle “borax”.
2. Add 250ml (1 cup) warm water to the bottle.
3. Add 4 slightly heaped teaspoons borax to the water.
4. Place the lid on the bottle.
5. Dissolve the Borax by shaking the bottle.
6. Add some more borax until you can dissolve no more.

Making your slime
1. Add 125ml (1/2 cup) of warm water to the bowl.
2. Add 3 drops of food colouring to the water. (optional)
3. Add 1g guar gum powder (approximately
½ teaspoon) to the water and stir until dissolved. (if it turns into a paste try again and add less guar gum!)
4. Add 2 teaspoons of glycerine/ glycerol to the guar gum solution and stir.
5. While stirring, slowly add the borax solution to the guar gum solution, a few squirts of your bottle at a time. Continue stirring until it thickens and you can lift the slime up with your spoon/popstick.
6. For different degrees of sliminess, experiment with different amounts of borax solution and guar gum.