Kids will love this DIY Crunchy Slime for a fun activity. It is so easy and a blast to learn how to make.
Slime is a great activity and there are so many different types to try. It is a fun and frugal boredom buster. We showed you how to make butter slime, How to Make Floam Slime and How to make Cloud Slime for some of the best recipes for our favorite slimes.
Now, I’m going to show you how to make Crunchy Slime for another easy and fun option to try. The beads make the slime so cool, and kids love this for another slime-making activity.
You might want to learn the Best Slime Activators to make slime time easier with the best tips and best tricks. There are many different chemical activators such as contact solution, borax powder or liquid starch. This recipe uses contact solution.
Why We Love This
My kids love crunchy slime, and it is not hard at all to make. With just these simple supplies needed, you can make this new recipe in minutes. Just make sure you have the right supplies.
Everyone will have a blast making this and playing with it. You can even try making this for a fun birthday party idea. The DIY can double as an activity and party favor. It’s one of the most fun slime recipes and a breeze to make.
You can also use slime-y projects as a science lesson and excellent chemistry demonstration. A bit of homemade slime science is a really fun classroom project for any grade. It will prompt a lot of questions about states of matter, cross-linking, identical strands, density, interactions, viscosity, elasticity, molecules, borate ions and more science concepts.
This is a great example of non-toxic slimes kids will love. This is definitely one of their favorite specialty recipes and special themes.
Supplies
- 1 Cup of Elmer Clear School Glue
- Food Coloring
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon Contact Solution.
- ½ Cup for Fishbowl Beads
Get the complete list of supplies at the bottom of the page. You can find many of the supplies on Amazon, Walmart, the grocery store or the dollar store.
How to Make Crunchy Slime Recipe
Step 1. First, pour the clear glue in a small mixing bowl. Next, mix in the food coloring of your choice. You can also use a cup of white school glue instead of clear.
Step 2. Stir in the ½ teaspoon baking soda into the mixture. Then slowly mix in 1 Tablespoon of contact lens solution and stir until slime forms.
Step 3. Once the glue starts pulling away from the sides of the bowl and is sticking to the spoon, remove the slime from the bowl. Knead with your hands until the consistency of the slime is what you prefer.
Step 4. Then mix in the fishbowl beads and enjoy this stretchy slime. Another option is ½ cup of foam beads, and you can experiment with various amounts of floam beads.
Frequently Asked Questions
You want the slime to be stickier than normal so that it will hold the fishbowl beads. This is key to getting the beads to stay in the slime and adhering.
I like to store the slime in aย mason jar, packages of reusable containers orย ziploc bagย to keep it fresh. You can use what you prefer as long as it is an airtight container so it will still be good to use the next day.
Crunchy slime starts with a basic slime recipe but has a twist. You add foam beads or some type of beads to the slime. We are using fishbowl beads, and it makes a cool stretchy substance in this saline solution slime recipe.
This slime is made a little bit sticker than you normally would make slime and the glue acts as a polymer. This all helps the beads stay in place and stick to the ingredients.
You can try different amounts of foam beads into a bit of slime.
Using too much activator in slime will produce slime that is hard and not pliable. It is better to add a little bit of activator as you can always add more but cannot take it away.
You will quickly get the hang of this as you start making more and more slime diy. It is very easy.
It is a non-newtonian fluid because it is a little of both. As the ingredients combine into tangled molecule strands, the strands form from a liquid state into a thicker substance. It is much like difference between leftover spaghetti or wet spaghetti. As the slime forms, it is like a clump of spaghetti.
More Homemade Slime Recipes
Your kids will go crazy over Crunch Slime recipe. Make it today and see how much fun it is. Don’t forget to leave a comment.
DIY Crunchy Slime
Equipment
- 1 Cup of Clear Glue
- Food Coloring
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon Contact Lens Solution
- ½ Cup for Fishbowl Beads
Instructions
- First, place the clear glue in a small mixing bowl
- Next, mix in the food coloring of your choice.
- Stir in the baking soda.
- Then slowly mix in 1 Tablespoon of the contact lens solution and stir until a slime is formed.
- Once the glue starts pulling away from the edge of the bowl and is sticking to the spoon, remove the slime from the bowl and knead with your heads until the slime is the consistency that you prefer.
- Pro Tip: You’ll want the slime to be stickier than normal so that it will hold the fishbowl beads. This is key to getting the beads to stay in the slime and adhering.
- Then mix in the fishbowl beads and enjoy!
