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This simple recipe shows you how to make homemade Floam, a DIY slime packed with tiny foam balls that is full of texture and oh so fun to play with.
DIY slime is quite the hot topic right now. It’s a super fun way to keep kids occupied when it’s too hot or too cold to be outside. Floam is slime that has tiny little foam balls added to it, giving it a fun texture that kids love. I’m going to show you how to make homemade floam with a few simple ingredients! This is one of those easy crafts for kids you want to add to your regular rotation!
How to make homemade floam
Homemade slime (like our pumpkin slime for fall), cloud dough, play dough, and homemade floam are all fun things kids can make from household ingredients. Cleaning up after messy summer crafts, like DIY slime, can be a pain to tackle. From sticky glue to spilled glitter and food coloring – floors can be left a disaster.
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What you’ll need for your DIY floam recipe
- 4-ounce bottle of white glue (school glue works great)
- 3 teaspoons water
- 8-10 teaspoons craft starch or liquid starch
- Gel food coloring of your choice*
- 1/2 package Slime Ballz foam beads (cheaper at JoAnn’s)
*You could probably use liquid food coloring, but you tend to need a lot of it to make vibrant colors. That can also add too much liquid to your concoction.
How to make homemade floam
Empty the 4-ounce bottle of white school glue into a bowl.
Add water and stir until combined.
Add starch, one teaspoon at a time, stirring after each addition. You will notice the glue getting thicker with each addition.
Add enough to get the “slime” to come together and pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Use a popsicle stick or a toothpick to take out a small amount of gel food coloring (1/8 teaspoon-ish) and stick it into the center of the slime glue mixture. We used plastic gloves to get the mixing started and finished off without the gloves. You’ll keep kneading the slime until the color is even.
Place slime back into bowl and add a handful of the Slime Ballz and mix them in with your hands.
Repeat this process until all the balls have been mixed in to make your floam!
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How to Make Homemade Floam
This simple recipe shows you how to make homemade Floam, a DIY slime packed with tiny foam balls that is full of texture and oh so fun to play with.
Author: Amanda Formaro
Supplies
- 4- ounce bottle of white school glue
- 3 teaspoons water
- 8-10 teaspoons craft starch or liquid starch
- Gel food coloring of your choice
- 1/2 package Slime Ballz
Instructions
Empty the 4-ounce bottle of white school glue into a bowl.
Add water and stir until combined.
Add starch, one teaspoon at a time, stirring after each addition. You will notice the glue getting thicker with each addition.
Add enough to get the “slime” to come together and pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Use a popsicle stick or a toothpick to take out a small amount of gel food coloring (1/8 teaspoon-ish) and stick it into the center of the slime. We used plastic gloves to get the mixing started and finished off without the gloves. You’ll keep kneading the slime until the color is even.
Place slime back into bowl and add a handful of the Slime Ballz and mix them in with your hands.
Repeat this process until all the balls have been mixed in to make your floam!
This post originally appeared here on Aug 6, 2018.
Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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