As stated above, there are basic recipes for making slime using basic ingredients found in the home. Here is a simple one using cornstarch, water, and food coloring. Add ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Anyone who has added water to cornstarch knows that it will start to become sticky.
Add water until you have reached the desired consistency and then add food coloring to give the slime color. This is a way to make a very basic, quickly made slime. For those children who are very interested in science and who might want to explore slime and its ingredients in more detail, one of the slime-making kits on our list will fit the bill. They also might want to create several variations, such as glow-in-the-dark or glittery slime, and to stretch their imaginations a bit more, which is where a slime-making kit such as the one listed above would be a welcome gift.