How to Make Sand Slime – Perfect Summer Theme Activity
This Sand Slime recipe is so easy to make. Kids love playing with homemade sand slime, add it to an ocean theme for hands on learning or make this beach slime recipe for any summer theme science activity. This is the perfect summer sensory play idea too. Homemade Slime is the best!
Homemade Sand Slime Recipe
How to Make Sand Slime – Perfect Summer Theme Activity
If you can’t get to the beach this year, or if you want to bring the beach back home with you, make a batch of homemade sand slime with your kids. It’s so much fun! Add in shells, crabs, polished rocks, and driftwood for the perfect DIY Sand Slime experience.
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What you will need to make your Sand Slime Recipe is in this picture below. However, I have it displayed in list form towards the bottom of the page. Have Fun!
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How to Make Sand Slime
In a large mixing bowl, combine a 1/2 cup of glue with 1/2 cup of hot water and mix well.
Mix in your sand.
Mix a 1/2 teaspoon of borax into your remaining 1 cup of hot water and stir, letting the borax dissolve
Now pour the borax water into your glue mixture and stir the ingredients should start coming together quickly to form your sand slime.
Pour out the excess water, remove the slime from the bowl and knead the slime in your hands for a couple of minutes.
Sand Slime with Borax
This sand slime feels so cool. It’s stretchy, squishy, and so much fun. Plus, it is a textured slime that kids love playing with.
Sand Slime Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup Elmer’s craft glue
1/2 teaspoon borax
1 1/2 cups hot water, divided
1/4 cup sand
Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine a 1/2 cup of glue with 1/2 cup of hot water and mix well.
2. Mix in your sand.
3. Mix a 1/2 teaspoon of borax into your remaining 1 cup of hot water and stir, letting the borax dissolve
4. Now pour the borax water into your glue mixture and stir (ingredients should start coming together quickly to form slime).
5. Pour out the excess water, remove the slime from the bowl and knead the slime in your hands for a couple of minutes.
Have fun playing with your super squishy sand slime!
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For more resources, printables, and activities related to the ocean and its inhabitants, please visit our Oceans Activities page and my Under the Sea Pinterest board.
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