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Clear Slime

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This clear slime recipe only takes a few ingredients and makes crystal clear slime! You can even make it in different colors!

Continuing with my slime making obsession, I wanted to try to make the clearest slime I could. You of course need to use clear glue to make it, which can be more difficult to work with. But this method makes this clear slime fool proof!

I’ve also created a handy set of slime recipe cards to print and cut out. Download them below or from the shop.

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Homemade Clear Slime Recipe

These materials include the water and borax to make your own slime activator.

Elmer's Liquid School Glue, Clear, Washable, 32 Ounces - Great for Making Slime33%
Elmer's Liquid School Glue, Clear, Washable, 32 Ounces - Great for Making Slime
$16.78
Borax 20 Mule Team Detergent Booster, 65 Ounces6%
Borax 20 Mule Team Detergent Booster, 65 Ounces
$13.78

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How to Make Clear Slime

Make the Clear Slime Base

Pour some clear glue into a bowl. I used about half of a cup.

pouring clear glue into a glass bowl

Mix in the same amount of water (so for myself it was about half of a cup).

The reason you want to add water is the clear PVA glue reacts more strongly with the slime activator. Therefore it can get hard more quickly. Adding the water makes sure it won’t get hard.

pouring water into a glass bowl containing clear glue

Activate the Clear Slime

Mix in the slime activator a little bit at a time until it starts to form clumps. I recommend using only ~ 1 teaspoon at a time.

(You can make your own slime activator or use store-bought. You’ll want to mix a cup of warm water with 1 teaspoon of borax until it’s dissolved. This will be used for multiple slimes).

mixing clear glue and activator with a plastic spoon to start to form clumps

At this point I recommend mixing it by hand instead of stirring it. It will be a sticky mess, but eventually you’ll get a nice stretchy slime.

As you can see though, it’s not exactly clear.

Tip: If it’s too sticky, add in a little more activator.

stretching clear slime with bubbles in it so its not see through

You can stretch it thin and it will get clear. This happens because all of the air bubbles that got into it while stirring get pulled apart and pop.

stretching clear slime with bubbles in it but showing some see through

The next step to make perfectly crystal clear slime is to either put it in a vacuum chamber (such as this one) or let it set over night. Since I don’t have a vacuum chamber (yet), I put it in an airtight container (this is the one I use since it’s a perfect size). This prevents it from drying out.

Then the next day when you take it out all the bubbles will have popped and you have beautifully see through clear slime.

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stretching perfectly clear slime

I just loved playing with this slime and having it drizzle. 

Keep in mind as you play with it and fold it over itself, it will capture air bubbles and not be as perfectly clear. But as long as you set it to rest (or put it in a vacuum chamber), the air bubbles will leave again.

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drizzling clear slime from one hand to another

How to Make Clear Slime in Different Colors

Something extra you can do is add dye to your slime. I ended up making it purple with a couple drops of red and blue food coloring (such as these). As you stretch it still looks perfectly clear, but when it’s all together it’s more pigmented.

It’s a different take on clear slime!

stretching purple clear slime so that it's see through in the middle

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Clear Slime

This clear slime recipe only takes a few ingredients and makes crystal clear slime!
Yield 1 Cup of Clear Slime
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Project Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Materials
  

  • ½ Cup Clear PVA Glue
  • ½ Cup Water
  • Slime Activator

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • Spoon
  • Air Tight Container

Instructions
 

  • Mix the glue and water in a bowl
    ½ Cup Clear PVA Glue, ½ Cup Water
    pouring water into a glass bowl containing clear glue
  • Add in the slime activator a little at a time. Just until clumps start to form. You can make your own activator by mixing 1 cup warm water with 1 tsp of borax.
    Slime Activator
    mixing clear glue and activator with a plastic spoon to start to form clumps
  • Mix and stretch it until it becomes a stretchy slime.
    stretching clear slime with bubbles in it so its not see through
  • To remove the air bubbles, let it rest in an airtight container overnight.
    stretching perfectly clear slime
Keyword Slime, Slime Activator
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Daniela Kretchmer

Daniela is a lifelong crafter who loves to share her passion for crafting. Through classes or learning on her own, she likes to say she'll do pretty much any craft aside from scrapbooking. Her current personal obsessions include garden crafts, felting, and spinning yarn.

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