If homemade slime can be stunning, this one is just that! I love mixing colored slimes for the beautiful swirling of shades. We chose the perfect complimentary colors to play around with when we made this contact solution slime recipe! So simple but so cool, slime is awesome science and sensory play. Making homemade slime is a must do with the kids.
GORGEOUS GLITTERING CONTACT SOLUTION SLIME RECIPE!
GORGEOUS GLITTER SLIME
This slime is so cool to make and it uses ingredients/supplies you may already have on hand! Making slime with clear glue is perfect for this gorgeous glitter effect. White glue just doesn’t work. Plus you can see the intense color of the slime. See our liquid glass, clear glue slime too!
Watch a video of our shine slime recipe in action!
SUPPLIES
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Saline Solution/Contact Solution: Check the ingredients and make sure that it contains a mix of sodium borate and boric acid. We like Target brand Saline Solution for Sensitive Eyes! UPDATE: We are finding that using true contact solution may result in a more watery slime.
Baking Soda
Water
Bowl/Measuring Spoon/Craft Sticks
Food Coloring {we also use the regular McCormick food coloring from the grocery store}
COLOR AND GLITTER
Although we have a tons of glitter and confetti, we just had to buy more and found a set of glitter bottles called tinsel glitter. This type of glitter gives our contact solution slime recipe a whole new look.
We decided to choose aqua, purple, and magenta for our slime colors, and it’s a stunning effect once they start to blend together. Now, I have had a few people discouraged with the fact that eventually the colors all mix together and become one color, and yes this happens!
If you have slimes that are of similar shades, it still looks cool. If you make a rainbow of slime, you will end up with an ugly dirty color by the end.
CONTACT SOLUTION OR SALINE SOLUTION SLIME RECIPE
UPDATED: It appears that contact solution and saline solution may not be quite the same product. You may find that your slime made with true contact solution will become watery overnight. Although contact solution has the ingredients to make slime and will make slime, it may not be as desirable.
However, saline solution will not. We have been making saline solution slime and saline solution fluffy slime recipe all the time!
We have featured all our slime recipes here with some videos! This slime can also be made with liquid starch or borax slime recipes.
STEP BY STEP GLITTER SLIME RECIPE
Get a printable slime recipe guide here. We show more photos of the steps with our saline slime recipe page.
STEP 1: To a bowl add 1/2 cup of glue and mix with 1/2 cup of water.
STEP 2: Add coloring and glitter! The more glitter the better. Start with one drop of color. It goes a long way! Mix
STEP3: Add 1/2 TSP of baking soda {helps firm the slime} and mix.
STEP 4: Add 1 TBL of solution. Again make sure that your solution contains boric acid and sodium borate. These are the slime activators.
STEP 5: Really whip it up to mix and you will feel the slime come together!
STEP 6: Once you have mixed it up well, you want to knead it well! Squirt a couple drops of solution onto your hands and pull the slime out of the bowl. You will notice that it is sticky at first but the more you knead it the less sticky it gets.
STEP 7: Time to play and learn! Slime is science too. You can store your slime in a reusable container. We have actually been using glass containers lately but you can use plastic too. Wash hands and surfaces thoroughly after making and playing with slime.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE GLITTER SLIME RECIPE
What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activator {sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid} mixes with the PVA {polyvinyl-acetate} glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state.
When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and is thicker and rubberier like slime!
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
Is slime a liquid or solid? We call it a Non-newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both!
Learn more about the science here.
There you have it! Really cool, homemade slime the kids will love. What are you waiting for, grab the ingredients you need and get started. Homemade slime is a must try activity with kids of all ages, and we have taste safe slime recipes for the youngest slime lover too.
MAKE GLITTERING CONTACT SOLUTION SLIME RECIPE!
We do so much more then just slime too
MOST POPULAR POSTS
Andrea says
HELP!! We made a slime using elmers pink glitter glue, baking soda, water, & contact solution, however it seems i have over activated it or something! It’s not as soft as it should be, & it doesn’t stretch very well, before ripping/breaking. What can I do to fix this?! Please help save our slime! Thank you!
littlebins says
Sadly, we do not like the pre packaged glitter glue for slime. There’s not a great fix other then starting over with clear glue and food coloring and glitter instead. Make sure to use saline solution instead!