Sensory Activities for Kids : 1 ingredient edible slime recipe

This is awesome! I bought a whole huge thing of Metamucil a while ago when a doc suggested it for my daughter. She only needed it for less than a week and now I have so much left! Now I will use it all up…for play…

Cool I want to try that but one problem is my mom will not buy metamucil or fiber powder whatever you use and especially just to make that.

How is this 1 ingredient? There are 3 ingredients listed.

Can you add things to it? Sparkles and such? Or will it mess up the chemical/structural bonds?

Just did this at work with my 15 two year olds and it was a huge hit! Absolutely loved it! So easy to make and they enjoyed it for hours! Now on my lunch break making up big batches for the whole centre cos everyone wants a turn! Thanks so much!

Okay so I just put clear Metamucil in and some water and some Kool-Aid and boiled on high for five minutes what’s my next step please help

Oh, that’s such a great idea. Here in Germany, you can buy this stuff as “Flohsamen”. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks so much for this. It came out amazingly well. I am in the UK and I used 100% psyllium husk from theproteinworks.com. I have been looking for a borax free recipe for ages. We will definitely be making this on a regular basis.

I plan on making this for my sons kindergarten halloween party on the 24th. I read a comment that said after a few days it needs to be thrown out. when would be the earliest i should make it so the kids can have fun playing with it? and what does it look like when it starts going bad?

I just found this site and it looks great. I’m in the UK and are not familiar with Metamucil or Psyllium. Are they known by any other names, because I would like to give this a try with nursery children – 3-5 year olds.. Thanks.

will miralax work with this also

Just made this for my 4 year old twin boys, they love! Been playing with it for almost an hour. Thank you!!!

I think for my first batch it was a success! I had some leftover fiber capsules from my post-partum phase. They are Target brand psyllium husk – beige powder color. I figured I’d give it a try with this stuff since it compared the active ingredient to Metamucil. Took a few minutes to break open the capsules and get the 1 tbsp of powder needed. I followed the instructions above. After about 3 minutes I took a peak at the bowl in the micro and sure enough it had grown and got all puffy and shiny. It still looked a little too loose so I put it in the micro again for about another 1.5 minutes. Forgot to mention I added blue and red food color drops to make it purple. I poured the goo into another bowl to cool. Seems pretty close to what yours looks like. It sticks just slightly to my fingers so I think I may have needed a tad less water or maybe one or two more capsules of psyllium. But I’m quite happy with the results and how easy it was.

Working with my daughter on her sensory needs based in her being enrolled in early intervention. Around 15 months old she started pulling her hair, to the point of almost being bald. We’ve been told it happens with some toddlers and they usually grow out of it. The EI people have been really helpful with the issue and have said sensory is a really great outlet for her. I had no idea how important sensory activities are for toddlers. We are trying to work this sort of thing into our daily routine.

Thanks!

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The hardest part is waiting for it to cool! What happens if you refrigerate it?

we dont use food coloring anymore and i wonder if you could use natural food products like beets or spinach or something to color this?

Thanks this is so cool, have shared on our Facebook page

FYI, from my experience today, expired fiber caplets ground to powder don’t work.

This isn’t 1 ingredient.

We love it!!
Do you know how to conserve it and how much time?

I bought the whole husks…can’t get the stretch

Ours is sticky too….want less sticky and more stretchy

I just made this as a sensory activity for my toddler daycare group and it was a HUGE hit! Thanks for the recipe, we love it! 🙂 One note: I used the berry flavour Metamucil; the colour and smell were amazing, but the colour does stain the hands. That doesn’t bother me (or the kids!) at all, just an FYI for those who might not be aware.

I thought psyllium husk was aspartame, is that true?

I made this with my grandkids and it keps turnig our sticky so it sticks to their hands and fingers, having fun with it but a sticky mess … any ideas followed directions

Hi I work at bulk barn and we carry Psyllium husk would that work?

Really disappointed. I ordered the Metamucil you have a link for in this post thinking that it would have the Psyllium that is required to make this work, but I got it and just tried to make the slime and it didn’t work. I checked the ingredients and it doesn’t contain any Psyllium. Glad I spent $10 on that. I would change your link to a fiber supplement that actually works.

Thank you so much for this great receipe! I live im Germany and i was hoping for a Borax free slime for playing for quite a while! You cannot buy Borax here – for a good reason since it is toxic… My son was so happy with the psyllium slime!! So was I 🙂 I grounded “Flohsamenschalen” as they are called here and it worked perfectly. Thanks from far away!!

I know the main thing is the psyllium so do you think psyllium husks would work…..? I bought t today without re-reading your post and knew it had to have the psyllium in it but have I gone a bridge to far by buying husks.? Thanks x

This looks like some much. I’ve made borax and glue slimes/goo before but I love the idea of using something edible and safe! Thanks! and the rainbow slime photos are awesome!

I love this idea so much, but couldn’t get it to work. I used the clear Metamucil, a glass bowl, the microwave (multiple sessions), and even the stove one time. Any ideas? I’m so bummed–but don’t want to give up yet. Thanks so much!

Hi – can I check the Metamucil you mention has the ingredient ‘Inulin’? I’m in the UK and the only one I can find (listed on Amazon) has Inulin listed as its only ingredient, no mention of Psyllium. Or am I looking at the wrong kind of Metamucil? I’d really like to have a go at this but that supplement isn’t cheap and I don’t want to get the wrong thing! Thanks for the great post.

Just made this on the stove top. It worked out great!! Very excited because we do not use a microwave. I also made it organic/green. Thank you so much!! So easy to make and my daughter is having great fun playing with it right now! 🙂

this was so fun!! thank you!

Could you please tell me how much a finished batch should yield?

I used benefiber and it turned out just watery liquid too. What did I do wrong?

I tried it with some leftover miralax, and it doesn’t work? Any suggestions? I used less water and even cooked it longer, still looks just like water.

This is a great idea. It would be safe it it was accidentally ingested, but wouldn’t let them just eat it when they are done playing because like most things to much fiber is also a bad thing.

Thanks for this idea. I saw some other blog posts for slime and knew that my 15-month old would have a good time playing with it. However, I didn’t want to use anything with glue because she still tastes all of our projects. This is a perfect substitute!

What did you use to color your slime? That is such a brilliant blue!

What heat setting do you make the microwave? I can’t wait to do this activities with my daycare kiddos!!!
Thanks!

I was wondering if this can be made on the stovetop?? We don’t use a microwave. Thanks!

Can you add flavors sense the kids might eat it

Borax is TOXIC! So many people do not know this (myself once included). It says all natural, but just because something is “natural” does not mean it is “safe”. My son ate some silly slime we made (he was 3) using a little bit of borax. He ate some it! He threw up for 3 days straight! THREE DAYS of torture knowing something I made for a fun evening made him so ill. He couldn’t hold food or water down and they almost had to keep him in the hospital and put him on IV’s. Borax in small amounts are lethal to children and especially small pets. Even in the tiniest doses. So THANK YOU for this!!!! THANK YOU! I wish more people knew the dangers of Borax so they do not have to go thru what I did. A parents worst nightmare!

What a clever idea to use the soluble fiber!! Putting it on my shopping list so we can try it!

Wow I love this!! How amazing!!

I’m going to have to try this one! I have put off making slime because I was worried about my two year old trying to eat it. I just pinned this 🙂

WHAT???!!!! Making this Friday!!!

This looks so cool! I’ll definitely have to pick up some clear fiber supplement next time I’m at the store. Thanks for the idea!

This is wonderful! And seems so much easier than the borax method. We’ll be giving this a try. Any idea how long it lasts?? Forever in an air tight container?

This is awesome! I bought a whole huge thing of Metamucil a while ago when a doc suggested it for my daughter. She only needed it for less than a week and now I have so much left! Now I will use it all up…for play!