The most important ingredient here is the Borax. I’ve never bought it before, so it was a bit tricky to find. We found it at Walmart, underneath the OxyClean. It also might be in the laundry detergent aisle. As far as I can tell, you can use any type of white school glue, either one 8 ounce bottle or two 4 ounce bottles. Just don’t use tacky craft glue, or the other specialty glues in the craft aisle. I found this white glue at Walmart in the school supplies aisle.
Start by pouring the entire bottle of white glue into a bowl.
Fill the empty bottle with warm water, put the lid back on, and shake it up to try to get more of the glue out.
Empty the entire bottle of water into the bowl with the glue. I added the food colouring at this stage too. The more drops you add, the brighter the gak will be!
This is important – Stir the water and glue mixture until it’s completely smooth.
I skipped this step the first time I made it, and it turned into rubbery silly putty, rather than slime, and it didn’t absorb the water. Still cool, but not the effect I was going for! So make sure it’s completely smooth before you add the Borax.
Stir 1 teaspoon of Borax into 1/2 cup of warm water. If you have trouble getting it to dissolve, try microwaving it for 20 seconds. I found that the extra heat really helped to get the mixture to completely dissolve.
Slowly stir the Borax mixture into the glue mixture.
This is where the magic happens! You’ll see that it instantly starts to get stringy.
When it gets so thick that you can’t stir it anymore, start kneeding it with your hands until all of the water absorbs.
It becomes the coolest slime-like consistency!
You can play with it in a ball like play dough and it keeps it’s shape as you roll it. But once you let it hang, it completely stretches out!
My girls’ favourite part was making squishy handprints in it. So cool!
My favourite part was letting it melt over top of my hands into a big gooey, slimey sheet.
It’s the perfect gooey consistency!
This stuff is great because it has no smell. And it’s way easier to clean up than playdough because it doesn’t leave behind a million hardened little pieces.
I only made it three days ago, so I’m not sure how long it lasts, but so far, it’s still perfectly fine and it looks like it will keep for weeks!
This homemade Gak recipe is such a fun and easy activity for kids! It’s the perfect squishy consistency and the texture is so neat! It takes about 5 minutes to make, it’s surprisingly easy to clean up, and the ingredients are inexpensive! No matter what their age, your kids will be entertained for ages!
