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

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