How to Make Slime Without Glue

This is how to make slime without glue! Looking for a safe slime recipe that has no borax or chemicals, well this is it and it is fun for kids to make!

Ok so slime is still all the rage in my house anyway with my youngest daughter. She is always coming up with the best slime recipes but I challenged her the other day to come up with how to make slime without glue and she came up with two ways! (affiliate links present)

We shared years ago how to make slime with glue and it was such a hit. I mean any sort of sticky dough or putty my kids love. I wanted a fun way for her to make others that were safe as well, and she played with them when they were done for quite a while.

I honestly think she, and others, enjoy the making of it more than actually playing with it in the end. She started with creating slime with hand soap and just couldn’t stop there. It’s the experimenting and science of it all that intrigues her and I like that, especially when she can come up with a no chemical slime such as this one. Here’s how she did it and……

DIY Slime Without Glue Video

Here’s a video showing you how to make both of these no glue slime recipes:

How to Make Slime without Glue

She explains how to do it in the video but I have written directions listed as well below. If you have been hesitant to let your children make slime because most have chemicals in them this is a fun one to let them make since there is no borax inside.

As you can see, my youngest here really enjoys creating this stuff all the time. I don’t really want to always be by her side but with some of the recipes I have to. The safer the better for me, and probably you too. What’s the second issue? White glue is not cheap, colored isn’t either.

When this was at the height of popularity a gallon was like fifty bucks, and that wasn’t going to happen. When that was the case she got really creative when we would visit the Dollar Store. She would search around for something that might be able to make some sort of stickiness or diy silly putty to play with.

Here are a few she created that might be a hit at your house as well.

Like she said there are two different ways to make slime without glue or borax. No glue slime ingredients using blue tac

Ingredients

1. Blue tac or mounting putty
2. Hand soap

Directions

• Knead the slime together using blue tac and soap
• Add 1/2-1 squirt at a time
• Knead together until desired texture is achieved
• Add small amounts of soap at a time to make it smoother

No glue slime Ingredients

1. 1/2 cups cornstarch
2. hair conditioner

Directions

• Add corn starch to a bowl
• Then 1 pump of hair conditioner at a time and stir
• Pump more in and knead when stiffer
• Add a bit more at a time and knead until desired consistency is achieved
• You can add drops of food coloring if you want too

If you’re looking for other safe slime recipes here are some:

• Edible slime is all the rage and totally safe to put in their mouths
• Easy baking soda slime is simple

Borax Free No Glue Slime

And then we have a recipe for a traditional slime that is a glue based slime but it is free from borax slime. The recipe calls for what you likely have in your cabinets, shaving cream! It makes for a real fluffy slime because of it which means it is a bit messy but safer than others.

Try them all and see which you love better. As always with children, especially in elementary school, you should always be with them. Even something as safe as creams and lotions shouldn’t be consumed. Use play mats to protect your tables and countertops as well and I like plastic bowls and spoons so it can all be thrown away.

That is helpful since you don’t really want inedible items being mixed in your salad bowls as they don’t always come clean, definitely not safe to eat in clean. You can find cheap utensils and things at the dollar store and just stock up so they know that is there for their experiments. Have a glue without slime recipe that has worked well for you that you’d like to share? Let us know below.