{"id":723,"date":"2017-06-29T18:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=723"},"modified":"2017-07-13T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T19:40:14","slug":"easy-to-make-slime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/06\/29\/easy-to-make-slime\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy to Make Slime"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-725\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime2.jpg\" alt=\"Slime\" width=\"274\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime2.jpg 274w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime2-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<div>1 &#8211; 5 ounce bottle of clear School Glue<\/div>\n<div>Sta-Flo Liquid Starch<\/div>\n<div>Food coloring or liquid watercolor (optional)<br \/>\nGlitter (optional)<\/div>\n<h4>Directions<\/h4>\n<div>Pour glue into a bowl. To color slime, add several drops of food coloring or <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-726\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime3.jpg\" alt=\"Slime\" width=\"215\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime3.jpg 215w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime3-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/>several squirts of liquid watercolor and stir well.&nbsp; Add liquid starch to glue a few tablespoons at a time.&nbsp; Stir thoroughly.&nbsp; Continue to add liquid starch until slime no longer sticks to the sides of the container.&nbsp; It should form a big clump in the center of the container.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Stretch and knead the slime by hand to mix thoroughly. If the slime is still sticky, add a bit more liquid starch.&nbsp; If the slime is too stringy and not sticky, add more glue.&nbsp; Continue to stretch and knead until the slime becomes smooth and very stretchy.&nbsp; Now it\u2019s ready for play!<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Store slime at room temperature in an air-tight container. Keeps for several weeks.<\/div>\n<h4><b>Variations<\/b><\/h4>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-727\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime4.jpg\" alt=\"Slime\" width=\"320\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime4.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime4-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Add glitter, pompoms, googly eyes, plastic spiders, foam shapes, beads, or other lightweight objects to the slime after it is made<\/p>\n<p>For&nbsp;<em>Patriotic Slime<\/em>,&nbsp;add red, white, and blue sequins or blue and red glitter.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-728\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime5.jpg\" alt=\"Slime\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime5.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-729\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime6.jpg\" alt=\"Slime\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime6.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/07\/slime6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 &#8211; 5 ounce bottle of clear School Glue Sta-Flo Liquid Starch Food coloring or liquid watercolor (optional) Glitter (optional) Directions Pour glue into a bowl. To color slime, add several drops of food coloring or several squirts of liquid watercolor and stir well.&nbsp; Add liquid starch to glue a few tablespoons at a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/06\/29\/easy-to-make-slime\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Easy to Make Slime&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}