DIY Frozen Slime For Fine Motor Fun!

Slime is an excellent way to work on hand strength in your at home occupational therapy program. Why work on hand strength? Strong hands makes handwriting, eating, fine motor work, etc. all the much easier. The key is to not make it look like work. That’s where fun slime, like Frozen slime, keeps it low key as well as enjoyable. Make work look like play and it won’t be chore to get them to do it.

 

For Frozen slime, you need to make two colors of slime then meld them together. It sounds labor intensive but it’s really not. Have your child help you make it as well as play with it for lots of math practice and gross motor skills while stirring.

For blue slime:

1 (6 ounce) bottle Elmer’s Glue in blue (https://amzn.to/2ZGrXje )

About ¼ cup warm water

½ teaspoon baking soda

1½ tablespoon contact lens solution (containing boric acid)

Toys (if desired)

For silver slime:

1 (6 ounce) bottle Elmer’s Glue in silver (https://amzn.to/2LgQmbg )

About ¼ cup warm water

½ teaspoon baking soda

1½ tablespoon contact lens solution (containing boric acid)

Toys (if desired)

• Biotrue Contact Lens Solution for Soft Contact Lenses Multi-Purpose 10 Fl Oz (Pack of 1)AmazonBasics All Purpose Washable School Clear Liquid Glue – Great for Making Slime, 1 Gallon BottleElmer’s Liquid Glitter Glue, Washable, Blue, 6 Ounces, 3 Count – Great for Making SlimeBasic 6 Color Glitter Glue Set, 6.7oz – 200 ml Bottles (Green, Gold, Red, Silver, Blue, and Purple)Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda, 5 lbChenkou Craft White Snow Flake Merry Christmas Resin Flat Backs DIY Craft 20mm 30pcs

  Instructions for making DIY Frozen Slime

  • • 1. Empty the glue into a large bowl. 
      2. Fill the empty glue bottle about ⅓ full with warm water (about ¼ cup) and seal with the lid. Shake well to combine the remaining glue with the water. Pour into bowl with glue and stir to combine.
      3. Add the baking soda to the glue and stir to mix thoroughly. 
      4. If you are adding glitter, stir the glitter into the glue mixture. (Note: If you used glitter glue then more glitter is not necessary)
      5. Add contact lens solution to the glue mixture and stir well. (Note: regular glue will require less contact lens solution than glitter glue. Add the contact lens solution slowly, mixing between additions, and add only enough to bring the glue together into a soft ball.)
      6. Remove the slime from the bowl allowing any excess liquid to remain in the bowl.  The slime will be sticky. Begin to play with the slime, kneading it as you would bread dough, to bring the slime together. The slime is ready when no longer sticky.
      7. Best if stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator when not in use.

   

   

  

• More Slime Recipes:

• Caramel Apple Slime
• DIY Slushie Slime
• Build An Olaf Bag