Slime 🫟

✅ You will need:

• 100ml PVA white glue (children’s craft glue or CE marked glue)
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• Gel food colouring
• 1-3 tsps contact lens cleaning solution (must contain boric acid)
• Glitter (optional)

🥣 What to do:

1️⃣ Squeeze the glue into a mixing bowl. Add the bicarbonate of soda and give it a good stir.

2️⃣ Add 1-2 drops of gel food colouring and mix well. A small amount will create a soft pastel colour, or you can make it brighter by adding more food colouring.

3️⃣ Add 1 teaspoon of contact lens solution and mix well for about a minute. It might look like runny glue at first, but keep stirring and it’ll start turning into slime. If needed, add up to 2 more teaspoons, a little at a time, until the texture changes. Keep mixing until it starts to go stringy and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

4️⃣ Form it into a ball and knead it with your hands, in the bowl. It’ll feel sticky at first, but after a minute or so it should become smooth and stretchy. If you’d like, add some glitter and work it in.

Store in an airtight container to keep it fresh.

💡 Why it works:

Slime offers a hands-on sensory experience that engages your sense of touch. Stretching and moulding it can help reduce tension and create a moment of calm during a busy day.