SUPPLIES:
Blank notecards
Gelli plate
Acrylic paint
Brayer
Paper plate or scrap paper (palette)
Baby wipes (to clean gelli plates)
Drawing paper
Scissors
Q-tips
Gold sharpie

If you need a fool-proof slime recipe for next week's Valentine's Day parties, we've got you covered. 

​These two slime recipes are sure to be a hit with your loved ones.  Watch the videos for our best tips to making this process as successful and mess-free as possible!

SLIME INGREDIENTS:

• Shaving cream
• White glue
• Liquid watercolors or food coloring
• Water
• Borax solution* or saline solution

*See below for borax solution instructions.

SLIME INGREDIENTS:

• Clear glue
• Liquid watercolors or food coloring
• Water
• Borax solution* or saline solution
• Valentine's Day confetti
• Glitter

*See below for borax solution instructions.

Glue and water and glitter by itself doesn't make slime.  We need to create a chemical reaction in order for that liquid concoction to change into a non-Newtonian fluid (like slime).   In the studio, we almost always use a borax solution to make our slime.   There are other options, like liquid starch and contact lens solution.  Why do we use borax?

The ingredients we need to make the slime happen is the boric acid and sodium borate, both are active in borax.   They are also in most contact lens solutions which is why you'll see some slime recipes call for saline. 

The advantage to the contact solution is that these chemicals are already diluted and ready to use.  The disadvantage for our studio--because we make SO MUCH SLIME--is the cost.  It's much more cost effective for us to buy a box of borax and make our own solution and transfer that solution into our own squeeze bottles.  If you're interested in doing the same, we've included the recipe and video below.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 C warm water
• 2 tsp borax

Mix stir together until combined.  Transfer mixture into a squeeze bottle for easy application.