Have you ever played with floam, The 1st time I saw this bizarre toy was in the 1980’s - my brother got some Nickelodeon brand floam somewhere, maybe as a gift, Basically, it was slime with little pellets of styrofoam in it, and you could mold things with it. I have constantly loved issues that squeeze and squish, so when I saw this idea to make your own floam on Expanding a Jeweled Rose, I thought we would give it a try.
We decided to make our basic slime recipe and then mix in our polystyrene (styrofoam) balls. Obtaining the polystyrene balls ended up becoming a little difficult. Polystyrene balls are the filler for bean bag chairs. NOT the filler for bean bag stuffed animals - those are commonly filled with little plastic pellets that are far more strong and heavy that polystyrene. We could not discover polystyrene balls at either Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, and I didn’t want to order a huge quantity from Amazon. The other day we went to Hobby Lobby, and I was rolling my eyes at the Christmas stuff out in July… until I spotted polystyrene balls in the Christmas crafts!
Here are the supplies we used:
Liquid starch
Elmer’s clear glue (or white glue)
- Meals coloring
- Polystyrene balls - from the Christmas crafts section at Hobby Lobby
We discovered this package of polystyrene balls in a center aisle display of Christmas crafts. It was only $1.99 and had enough foam balls to make two large batches of floam.
Step two: Pour in 1/two cup liquid starch. Mix properly and then squish the mixture with your hands. It will go by means of a stringy/sticky phase. When it begins becoming a blob, it assists to rinse the entire mess under operating water for a couple seconds. If it’s nonetheless sticky, attempt adding more starch. Just dip the blob in some starch and then function it in.
I couldn’t take any photographs during the mixing stage (too messy), but right here is what the finished slime appears like:
You can add what ever quantity of styrofoam balls that you like. We wanted our floam to still move like slime, so we didn’t add as much as we could have.
The boys enjoyed this slime variation the most of any that we have attempted, I assume. You cannot go incorrect with the classic slime recipe, but this version has such an exciting texture!
Gresham generally has to stretch his slime as thin as possible, and this floam version was no exception!
How lengthy does it last,
We have been storing our floam in ziplock baggies, and it will keep for numerous weeks this way. The boys have had it back out again a lot more than any other slime that we have created since it just feels so cool! We located that it does get a lot more sticky the longer you have it. I was capable to “fix” the stickiness that created by adding a little a lot more liquid starch. I dipped the entire blob in a little starch and then worked it in.
We decided to make our basic slime recipe and then mix in our polystyrene (styrofoam) balls. Obtaining the polystyrene balls ended up becoming a little difficult. Polystyrene balls are the filler for bean bag chairs. NOT the filler for bean bag stuffed animals - those are commonly filled with little plastic pellets that are far more strong and heavy that polystyrene. We could not discover polystyrene balls at either Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, and I didn’t want to order a huge quantity from Amazon. The other day we went to Hobby Lobby, and I was rolling my eyes at the Christmas stuff out in July… until I spotted polystyrene balls in the Christmas crafts!
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Here are the supplies we used:
Liquid starch
Elmer’s clear glue (or white glue)
- Meals coloring
- Polystyrene balls - from the Christmas crafts section at Hobby Lobby
We discovered this package of polystyrene balls in a center aisle display of Christmas crafts. It was only $1.99 and had enough foam balls to make two large batches of floam.
Step 1: Pour 1/two cup of glue into a bowl. Add some food coloring and stir.
Step two: Pour in 1/two cup liquid starch. Mix properly and then squish the mixture with your hands. It will go by means of a stringy/sticky phase. When it begins becoming a blob, it assists to rinse the entire mess under operating water for a couple seconds. If it’s nonetheless sticky, attempt adding more starch. Just dip the blob in some starch and then function it in.
I couldn’t take any photographs during the mixing stage (too messy), but right here is what the finished slime appears like:
Then I poured in some styrofoam balls and mixed them in with my hands.
You can add what ever quantity of styrofoam balls that you like. We wanted our floam to still move like slime, so we didn’t add as much as we could have.
The boys enjoyed this slime variation the most of any that we have attempted, I assume. You cannot go incorrect with the classic slime recipe, but this version has such an exciting texture!
It is so fun to mold and squeeze, and the boys loved to hold it up and watch it ooze down.
Gresham generally has to stretch his slime as thin as possible, and this floam version was no exception!
Owen found that floam will bounce if you make it into a ball.
How lengthy does it last,
We have been storing our floam in ziplock baggies, and it will keep for numerous weeks this way. The boys have had it back out again a lot more than any other slime that we have created since it just feels so cool! We located that it does get a lot more sticky the longer you have it. I was capable to “fix” the stickiness that created by adding a little a lot more liquid starch. I dipped the entire blob in a little starch and then worked it in.
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