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Honey slime with bees in glass jar.

Honey Slime Recipe and Tutorial

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
Give your kids the experience of making their own homemade honey slime. A cheap science experiment that offers a chance to learn more about bees.
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Tools

  • 2 small bowls

Supplies
 

  • 11/4 cup Water (1 cup hot - 1/4 cup room temp)
  • 1/3 teaspoon borax
  • 5 oz clear glue
  • 1 tube food coloring yellow gel
  • 1 pkg gold glitter extra fine (optional)
  • 1 pkg small bees (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Add 1 cup of hot water and the borax to a small bowl and stir well.
    Small plastic bowl with hot water and box of borax.
  • Pour the glue into a small bowl and add 1/4 cup of room temperature water. Stir gently but firmly until well mixed.
    Small red bowl with clear glue and hot water mixed with wooden skewer.
  • Add your food coloring to the glue mixture. Gel food coloring works well. I use 5 drops of yellow.
    Then mix a bit of red and green to make a brown and added only a small bit of that trying to achieve a perfect honey color. Stir well.
    Adding food coloring to tint honey slime.
  • To this colored glue mixture - extra fine glitter can be added - it really makes the honey slime colors pop.
    Use extra fine glitter to avoid a scratchy feeling and you only need a little. I add 1/2 tsp of gold and 1/2 tsp of dark gold.
    Stirring golden extra fine glitter into the honey slime recipe bowl.
  • If you wish to really go for the bee theme - now is the time to add your small plastic bees, bee buttons or gold sequins (etc) to your glue mixture - stir them in.
    small plastic bees added to honey slime mix.
  • Pour this glue mixture into the bowl with water mixture or borax solution. Let sit for 30 seconds. You will see the mixture start to form a clump or form a glob.
    Slime recipe reaction starts as glue mixture clumps in bowl of borax water.
  • After 30 seconds, use your hand to grab the honey slime and put it into an empty bowl. Kneed it for a few seconds.
    It may feel sticky as first, if it still feels sticky after a minute of kneading - add a small amount of the borax and water to it.
    Slime removed from water and placed in bowl.
  • Once it reaches the consistency you like- it is time to put it in a jar with a tight lid. Clean up and drips, spills etc right away.
    Kneading slime in hand before placing in glass jar.

Notes

*This is for sensory play - it is not edible - not for human consumption.
*Cheap plastic bowls (dollar store) are good for this project.
*The exact amount of borax water needed will depend a bit on the weather - this is where the problem solving and experimentation comes in.
*Have a roll of paper towels on hand for cleanup.
*The amount of food coloring is up to you.  Do not use the brown if you want a more golden color.
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