Slime Ingredients: Stocking up for Homemade Slime Recipes (2024)

Trying to understand slime ingredients is one of the first ways to ensure success with your slime projects. One of the hardest parts of doing kid craft projects at home is ensuring you have all the ingredients and supplies you need on hand when the creative mood strikes. I am constantly imagining things to do with my kids but find myself missing some key supply, and the last thing I’m interested in doing is hauling everyone to the store and then start a massive project.

Stocking up for Slime

With slime being one of the biggest craft projects in our house, and something we do a few times a week, having slime ingredients on hand is a MUST. Slimeis fun for all of us to play with and it works those little fingers, helping them develop small muscle strength.

Depending on how we feel, we can get into the science of slime creation, make slime bubbles, or simply just squish and play. And my favorite slime? It’s a toss up between Christmas Explosion slime and Unicorn Poop Slime.

To keep you prepared for any upcoming slime session, I’ve made a list of the key ingredients for some favorite slime recipes, so you’ll always be prepared.

One thing to note is that due the popularity of many of my slime recipes, there is a shortage of glue. I have included the current best price and places you can purchase online so you can get as stocked up as we are!

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Slime Ingredients

Here is a list of items you will need for your slime recipes, broken down by the most popular kind of slime. You can see that I added examples so you can hit the link and head to the recipe if you need one.

Slime Ingredients without Borax

Examples: Rainbow Slime, Valentines Day Slime, Striped Slime

Personally most of our slimes here are made with liquid starch. I have found that its EASY to reproduce whereas slime with borax as the thickening agent can go badly quickly and leave you with a hard rock of slime. Do not wonder what went wrong- just use liquid starch.

White school glue– I always use GALLON SIZED GLUE. Tiny bottles do not produce a lot of slime and this is an addicting project. Go ahead and get the gallon size.
Liquid Starch– This can be impossible to find, so better to get online
Food coloring– I use icing coloring because it doesn’t thin the glue out. I do NOT recommend using gel coloring.

Elmer’s School Glue, Washable, 1 Gallon Purex Sta-Flo Liquid Starch, 64 Ounce Wilton Color Right Performance Color System, 601-6200

Slime Ingredientswith Borax

Examples: Rainbow Slime, Nebula Slime, Perfect Slime Every time

White school glue– I always use GALLON SIZED GLUE. Tiny bottles do not produce a lot of slime and this is an addicting project. Go ahead and get the gallon size.
Borax– Borax can be unsafe for small children, please do not live children unattended with any scientific projects like slime
Food coloring– I use icing coloring because it doesn’t thin the glue out. I do NOT recommend using gel coloring.