Slime Lab Recipe (for Science Show)
PRE-GIG PREP
SUPPLIES
- Power drill with paint mixer
- Measuring spoons
- Five clear waterbottles (24 oz each)
PRODUCTS
- One 1 gallon school glue
- Crayola washable water colors
- One 12 oz bottle of baking soda
INSTRUCTIONS
- Add 24 oz glue to the measuring cup
- Using a popsicle stick, take a tab of watercolor out of the tube and add to the glue (glue should stay semi-transparent)
- Begin mixing with power drill
- While mixing, slowly add 3 Tbsp baking soda until fully blended
- Pour glue mixture into one waterbottles and seal tightly
- Repeat 5 times with various colors (until you’ve used basically all of the gallon of glue)
AT GIG
KIT CHECK-LIST
- Glue solution in waterbottles (1 water bottle per 20 kids)
- Saline solution (1 bottle per 12 kids)
- Popsicle sticks (1 per kid)
- 2oz cups (1 per kid)
SLIME LAB PREP
- Place out 2oz cups, tops, and popsicle sticks within kids’ reach (1 of each per kid)
- Place saline solution within kids’ reach (1 bottle per 12 kids)
- Place squirt bottles of glue close to you and out of kids’ reach
SLIME LAB RUNNING
Children should form a line (like face painting or balloon twisting) and with adult help, follow these steps:
- Kid takes cup, top, and and popsicle stick
- Kid chooses glue solution color
- While kid holds cup, you place 1oz of glue into the 2oz cup (their “job” is to hold the cup steady)
- Next, the kid can pick: “Which job would you like: would you like to squirt the saline solution or mix the slime?”
- Help child to mix while adding saline solution.
- Add Saline and mix until saline solution no longer incorporates and the slime no longer sticks to anything other than itself. (Touch test.)
FOR OFFICE REFERENCE
ORIGINAL RECIPE
- 12oz glue
- 1.5 Tbsp
- Saline until no longer sticky
COST BREAKDOWN PER KID
- Saline $0.30
- Cups $0.04
- Glue $0.20
- Baking soda $0.01
- TOTAL $0.55/slime cup
- (60 kids = $33/hr in product)