

You can purchase borax powder online or in the laundry detergent aisle of your local grocery store. Use this solution to add to your slime recipe. To make this slime activator, mix a small quantity of borax powder with warm water. It also has the most controversy surrounding it. BORAX POWDERīorax powder is the most widely known slime activator and contains borax or sodium tetraborate. You may need to add more of the solution than recommended. We still prefer to use a good saline solution instead. While it does the job, it was not a favorite among my kid testers. Note: Recently we have used Elmer’s Magical Solution for making slime. If you want to get really specific, that means you would not label any of these slime activators as borax free. Please note the common ingredients in all of these slime activators are derived from borates and are in the boron element family. Here is our list of the best slime activators below. The next recipe has a similar consistency.WHAT CAN YOU USE AS AN ACTIVATOR FOR SLIME? As long as you end up with a semi-hard, semi-stretchy, moist, light, almost dough-like slime, you did the recipe right. I think the brand of cornstarch and humidity may have a lot to do with the variance in cornstarch amounts from what I've observed in my experiments.

The recipe worked great when I tried it a couple times with just 1/4 cup cornstarch, but a co-worker found that he needed 2 1/4 cups to get the dough-like consistency of a good fluffy slime. If you find that your slime is still sticky after kneading it for a while, keep adding cornstarch to the slime and knead it in until you get a good consistency. Slowly add 5 more tablespoons of water, stirring well after each one.

Put 1/2 cup shampoo and 1/4 cup of cornstarch in a bowl.

To make the slime, you'll need shampoo of any type - though the thicker, the better - and cornstarch.
