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Why Cloud Slime is trending with kids right now
Cloud Slime is a type of clay with a special structure.
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When your kids get bored of traditional play dough, you can try cloud slime. What makes the trendy modeling clay special and how you can make it yourself.
When children want to let off steam creatively, the first choice is often modeling clay: you can form imaginative figures out of it, it is stable and children train their dexterity. But when normal clay has become boring, something else can provide variety and a new feel: cloud slime, also called cloud slime, ball clay or pearl slime. We’ll tell you what the modeling clay is and how you can make it yourself.
What is cloud slime?
cloud slime is a special modeling clay that consists of small balls. As a rule, works of art remain, because when the mass dries in the air, it remains in the chosen form. In order to reshape the whole thing, the mass only has to be wetted. It usually takes one to three days for cloud slime to dry completely. So if you forget to put it back in the tin, it won’t solidify after a short time.
Kneading promotes children’s sensory and motor skills. Creativity is also stimulated. cloud slime is suitable for modelling, but also for covering or decorating figures and objects. Also exciting: If the mass is dry, you can also punch it out and make other works of art out of it.
Make cloud slime yourself
You can also make cloud slime yourself by mixing the following ingredients together:
You also need a spoon, a bowl and a kitchen scale for the DIY slime.
In the first step, put about 100 milliliters of the colorless craft glue in a bowl. Then mix the food coloring (or acrylic) of your choice with the glue. Add one or two capfuls of the liquid detergent, mix it all up and after a while knead it well with your hands. If it’s still too sticky, you can add more detergent.
To turn the slime into cloud slime, add the smallest possible Styrofoam balls to the mass. Now mix well and thoroughly and the modeling clay is ready. It dries in the air and should therefore be placed in suitable containers, such as empty plasticine packaging.
More variants to the conventional play dough
In addition to cloud slime, there are also other variants of conventional play dough that can be used creatively, such as:
- Butter Slime or Fluffy Slime: Particularly fluffy modeling clay that is less suitable for modeling because it does not dry and is not firm enough. But: It feels great between your hands and reduces stress. Like conventional play dough, it should always be put back in the pack after use.
- Air-drying clay or modeling compound is also great for children. Like cloud slime, it dries in the air and allows for many different figures and decoration options.
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