Kinetic Sand Slime

If you have little ones at home and are trying to find fun ways to entertain them, this DIY Kinetic Sand Slime is a great option.  You can make the sand slime with simple ingredients you may have on hand like glue, contact lens solution, corn starch, liquid dish soap, and craft sand.  Look in your game closet or toy room to see if your kids have received sand over the years as a gift and you can now use it to make this kinetic slime.

Otherwise, you can purchase it online if you don’t have it laying around.

Kinetic sand slime provides hours of entertainment.  The kids can mold it into figures, or use cookie cutters to create various shapes.  Use food coloring to create various colors of sand slime and let their creativity blossom.

Supplies Need for Kinetic Slime

• 1 cup fine white craft sand, (found at craft stores or online)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon unscented liquid dish soap
• 1 bottle (4 ounces white or 5 ounces clear) washable school glue
• Your favorite McCormick® food color(s)
• 3 teaspoons contact lens solution

How to Make Kinetic Sand Slime

Mix sand, cornstarch, and dish soap in a medium glass bowl until well blended.

Stir in glue, desired food color(s) and extract(s) until well blended and you get the color and smell you want.

Stir in contact solution, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the mixture becomes difficult to stir and is no longer sticky. (If necessary, add more contact solution until desired consistency.)

Knead in hands until you form a ball that is slightly wet, but does not stick to hands. (Slime is ready to use when you can touch the slime and pull your fingers away without anything sticking to them.)

Store slime in an airtight container when not using.

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DIY Kinetic Sand Slime

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Ingredients

• 1 cup fine white craft sand (found at craft stores or online)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon unscented liquid dish soap
• 1 bottle 4 ounces white or 5 ounces clear washable school glue
• Your favorite McCormick® food color s
• 3 teaspoons contact lens solution

Instructions

• Mix sand, cornstarch, and dish soap in a medium glass bowl until well blended.
• Stir in glue, desired food color(s) and extract(s) until well blended and you get the color and smell you want.
• Stir in contact solution, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the mixture becomes difficult to stir and is no longer sticky. (If necessary, add more contact solution until desired consistency.)
• Knead in hands until you form a ball that is slightly wet, but does not stick to hands. (Slime is ready to use when you can touch the slime and pull your fingers away without anything sticking to them.)
• Store slime in an airtight container when not using.

Thanks to our friends at McCormick for letting us share this great content with you.

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