This recipe allows you to make liquid silver & gold. If you use colorful metallic paint you can even make metallic slime in every color of the rainbow! Read on for the easy tutorial.
This recipe produces the most intense shimmery & shiny slime. It feels like silk between tiny fingers as it melts and oozes, and kids of all ages are sure to love it!
I mean, what could be more fun than holding a handful of oozing gold or silver? To my slime obsessed kiddos not much. Are you ready to make your own liquid metals slime?
I mean, what could be more fun than holding a handful of oozing gold or silver? To my slime obsessed kiddos not much. Are you ready to make your own liquid metals slime?
Metallic Slime Recipe (per color)
- 8 oz of clear school glue
- 2 tbsp of metallic paint
- 4-8 oz of liquid starch
Other Materials Needed:
- Bowls
- Spoons
- Paper towels
Method
- Begin by pouring 1 cup of clear school glue into a large mixing bowl.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the metallic paint of your choice and stir until combined.
- Slowly begin to add liquid starch and mix, slowly adding more starch and mixing until the desired consistency is reached.
- Once the slime begins to form remove it from the bowl and knead it with clean, dry hands.
- If the slime is at all sticky add a little more starch and knead it in.
- After a bit of mixing and kneading you will be left with beautifully vibrant, liquid silver slime!
Repeat the above steps for each color of metallic slime that you wish to make.
- Using gold metallic paint will produce fantastically vibrant, liquid gold slime.
- And colorful metallic paint will produce equally amazing results!
My girls absolutely loved our liquid metal slime varieties and wanted to make metallic slime in every color of the rainbow!
Extend the Fun
- Try mixing paint colors to create your own metallic slime varieties.
- Add foam beads, glitter, and play tools to your slime play.
Slime Recipe Alternatives
If you don't have liquid starch on hand you can make metallic slime using one of our other favorite slime recipes:
Just add metallic paint in place of food coloring.
Tips & Storage:
- Store your slime in an air-tight container, and it can be used again & again!
- Liquid starch can be hard to find in stores. We buy ours in bulk online here.
- The metallic paints that we used for this activity can be purchased online here.
- Clear school glue can be purchased in bulk online here.
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