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4 ingredient sand slime

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Summer’s finally here and what better way to give your slime recipes a seasonal twist than by making super sand slime?
 
With just 4 ingredients and you’ll have soft, squidgy and stretchy sand slime that the kids can have hours of fun with.

Summary:

Time: 10 minutes
Ages: Little kids to Tweens
Difficulty: Easy peasy

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You will need:

You will need:

  • Clear PVA glue
  • Contact lens solution – select ones containing Boric Acid and Sodium Borate
  • Bicarbonate of soda
  • Sand

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Step 1: Mix your 3 main ingredients

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 1: Mix your 3 main ingredients

Pour the ingredients into a bowl. It doesn’t matter in what order. For this sand slime recipe we used:

  • 6oz clear PVA glue
  • 1 tablespoon of contact lens solution
  • 1/2 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda

You need to make sure you buy contact lens solution with Boric Acid and Sodium Borate or your slime will not work. Don’t worry about being super exact about the measurements.

 

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Step 2: Add in your sand

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 2: Add in your sand

Now add a generous handful of sand into your mixture.

We didn’t measure it out but we just put what seemed like the right amount for us into the bowl. So adjust quantities as you like.

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Step 3: Mix up your slime

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 3: Mix up your slime

Now just mix all the ingredients together and in seconds you will have made your sand slime.

 

This sand slime is squidgy…

 

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

…and stretchy too.

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

Get ready for some summer slime fun!

 

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

4 ingredient sand slime

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Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Summer’s finally here and what better way to give your slime recipes a seasonal twist than by making super sand slime?
 
With just 4 ingredients and you’ll have soft, squidgy and stretchy sand slime that the kids can have hours of fun with.

Summary:

Time: 10 minutes
Ages: Little kids to Tweens
Difficulty: Easy peasy

01
You will need:

You will need:

  • Clear PVA glue
  • Contact lens solution – select ones containing Boric Acid and Sodium Borate
  • Bicarbonate of soda
  • Sand

02
Step 1: Mix your 3 main ingredients

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 1: Mix your 3 main ingredients

Pour the ingredients into a bowl. It doesn’t matter in what order. For this sand slime recipe we used:

  • 6oz clear PVA glue
  • 1 tablespoon of contact lens solution
  • 1/2 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda

You need to make sure you buy contact lens solution with Boric Acid and Sodium Borate or your slime will not work. Don’t worry about being super exact about the measurements.

 

03
Step 2: Add in your sand

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 2: Add in your sand

Now add a generous handful of sand into your mixture.

We didn’t measure it out but we just put what seemed like the right amount for us into the bowl. So adjust quantities as you like.

04
Step 3: Mix up your slime

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

Step 3: Mix up your slime

Now just mix all the ingredients together and in seconds you will have made your sand slime.

 

This sand slime is squidgy…

 

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

…and stretchy too.

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

Get ready for some summer slime fun!

 

Summer sand slime - make this sand slime recipe using just 4 ingredients. A great summer craft for kids

 

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