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DIY Floam Recipe

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How to make floam - a floam recipe to try out for a fun kids activity! from www.thirtyhandmadedays.com

Our fun kids activities continue with this floam recipe! It’s simple to make and your kids will love spending time with you to make it.

How to make floam - a floam recipe to try out for a fun kids activity! from www.thirtyhandmadedays.com

I recently shared a fluffy slime recipe here on 30days and made it on FB Live with my son.  He has turned into a mad scientist, wanting to mix all kinds of things together.  It’s another chance to bond in the kitchen, use math and make a huge mess.  These are the ingredients you’ll need: 

How to make floam - a floam recipe to try out for a fun kids activity! Ingredients needed to make floam. from www.thirtyhandmadedays.com

These are the exact ingredients I bought on Amazon.  You can get them at craft supplies stores or other stores but it was worth it to me to click order and have them arrive in 2 days! (I looove you Amazon Prime)

  • Liquid starch
  • Elmer’s clear glue
  • Food coloring
  • Polystyrene balls – small ones or colored ones

NOTE: We tried out a couple recipes, including one using Borax instead of starch, and they didn’t turn out as well as this one did that I found via Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.  Also note – that food coloring is powerful.  You only need a couple drops at most.  While it comes off with soap, we had blue hands immediately from the food coloring.

 

Floam Slime

How to make floam - a floam recipe to try out for a fun kids activity! from www.thirtyhandmadedays.com
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DIY Floam Recipe

Prep Time15 mins
Author: Mique Provost

Ingredients

  • ½ c. clear glue
  • 2-3 drops food coloring of your choice
  • ½ c. liquid starch
  • styrofoam balls

Instructions

  • Pour ½ cup of glue into a bowl (that you don't mind using for this experiment ;).
  • Add 2 to 3 drops into the glue and stir.
  • Pour in ½ c. liquid starch and mix well.
  • You will need to mix for awhile - approximately 5-10 minutes. At first it won't look like it will turn into floam, just keep mixing.
  • When it starts sticking well and coming off the wall of the bowl, run it under water for a couple of seconds.
  • Pour styrofoam balls into a separate bowl and add the floam.
  • Knead until well mixed.

As an added bonus, it bounces when you roll it into a ball!

Check out these other fun kids activities:

How to make fluffy slime

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(Like Mickey!) I started 30days several years ago as my idea file. After 9 years and thousands of ideas, I realize I’ll never be able to check them all off my list.

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