How do you make silly putty at home?

Answer 1

there are many ways to do this hear are some waysEgg Method1. Mix a 3/4 cup of flour and 6 or 9 eggs.

2. Add about 3 cups of Elmer's All-Purpose Glue and mix together with your

fingers.

3. Add a few drops of food coloring and keep mixing it in.

4. Add 4 tablespoons of water and mix.

5. Let it sit for approximately ten minutes.

Borax Method1. Note that borax is toxic. Children should not handle borax, so this method should only be done by adults. Avoid ingesting or breathing borax dust.

2. Mix one tablespoon of Borax into 4 cups of warm water.

3. Squeeze Elmer's white glue into the water while you're stirring it. Pouring the glue in a strand while stirring the water will help all of the glue react with the Borax.

• With this method, Elmer's white school glue performs better than Elmer's standard white glue, Elmer's clear (actually it's a pale aqua) school glue and an off-brand white school glue. The Elmer's white school glue produces a pliable, stretchy, bouncy material that's closest to real Silly Putty. Elmer's All-Purpose white glue will produce a harder putty that tears instead of stretching. Elmer's clear school glue will produce an attractive, clear, aqua-colored putty that crumbles very easily. The off-brand white school glue will produce a putty that is too soft yet, oddly, also tends to tear instead of stretch.
• If you're stuck with Elmer's All-Purpose white glue, add 3 to 4 teaspoon of water to 5 tablespoons of glue and mix it together before drizzling it into the Borax water for better texture.

Liquid Starch Method1. Mix two parts white glue, one part liquid starch (e.g. Sta-Flor, found in the laundry section).

• If you use Elmer's school glue instead of regular white, the putty won't bounce or pick up pictures.

2. Adjust the proportions until it feels like commercial Silly Putty.