Lizun from sodium tetraborate: step by step instructions

Let's talk about the toy, beloved by all children - about the lick! A toy with such an unattractive name is a sticky-wet, jelly-like mass of bright color and odorless. Lizun is not sculpted like plasticine, although it has a certain plasticity, but it sticks to the surfaces perfectly, slowly slipping from them. This ability and a touch-friendly texture made this seemingly unremarkable mass one of the most famous inventions in the gaming industry.

History of the origins of Hand

The founder of the substance, known in the countries of the former USSR under the name "Lizun", was the toy of acid-green color slime, which was produced by the company Slime.

The name "Lizun" was glued to the slime after the movie "Ghostbusters" appeared on the television screens. The ghost, after whom this jelly-shaped toy was named, had a similar shape to it.

The beneficial influence of hendgam on child development

Another of the names of this sensational sticky plasticine is hendgam, which means "hand" and "chewing gum".

Scientists who have researched handgam claim that games with it have a beneficial effect on the development of fine motor skills and can serve as a relaxing massage.

So, how to please a child with such a wonderful toy that develops imagination and motor skills? Of course, you can go and buy it in almost any store, but it's safer and more interesting to make yourself.

On how to make a lizun house without sodium tetraborate or with it yourself, and will be discussed in our article.

Safety rules for the manufacture of handgam

Before you learn how to make lizuna from sodium tetraborate, let's take a look at the basic safety rules, since their non-compliance can lead to serious health problems:

• Put on an apron (or clothes that you do not mind) and gloves, because when you work you will use dyes.

• If you are doing "clever" plasticine with the child, be careful that glue and drill do not get into his stomach. If these ingredients get inside, rinse and consult a doctor.

• For a mixture of ingredients, use cookware, from which you will not consume food after the end of the process.

• The shelf life of homemade lime can be from a week to two weeks, depending on the ingredients that make up its composition.

• After games, be sure to wash your hands thoroughly.

How to make such a toy with your own hands at home? Lizun without sodium tetraborate or with it is produced approximately the same way, as will be described below in the article. Safety is the same for all methods.

We make "clever" plasticine from sodium tetraborate

There are a lot of ways to do hendgam yourself, today we will analyze the most common of them.

Lizun from sodium tetraborate is considered to be the most durable. To extend the storage time, follow the manufacturing process and choose the best materials.

By the way, in itself tetraborate is an antiseptic, therefore, if the child drops the lizuna, which includes this substance, you do not have to worry.

Buy borax solution can be in the pharmacy, in hardware stores, in stores for creativity and even in the construction market.

There are two ways to create hendgam from sodium tetraborate - with water and without water. In the first case, your lizun will be a little transparent, in the second - more opaque.

A method without using water

Materials and ingredients that you will need:

• PVA glue - 1 bottle.

• Tetraborate sodium (it is a solution of borax), it is better that it is its solution in glycerin, a few drops.

• Food colors or gouache.

• Capacity in which you will mix everything.

• Wooden stick.

Cooking method:

• Pour glue into the container (all or only part, depending on how much and what size of the lizun you want to get).

• Constantly stirring the glue with a wooden stick, add to it 1 drop of borax solution until the mixture reaches the desired consistency.

• Add a couple drops of gouache or food coloring and mix thoroughly with rubber gloves.

Lizun from sodium tetraborate, made with this recipe, can be washed with water if necessary.

Method using water

Materials that you will need to make a toy like a lime, from sodium tetraborate:

• A glass of cold water.

• PVA glue - 1 bottle.

• Tetraborate sodium (it is a solution of borax), it is better that it is its solution in glycerin, a few drops.

• Food colors or gouache.

• Capacity in which you will mix everything.

• Wooden stick.

Cooking method:

• Mix the glue and water in the containers at a rate of 1: 1.

• Pour in much more color.

• Mix thoroughly.

• Add two drops of borax solution and stir to achieve a uniform consistency.

• If the mass is too liquid, then add a little more sodium tetraborate.

Lizun from sodium tetraborate is stored in a refrigerator, in a package that does not allow air to pass through. When solidifying your home-made "clever" plasticine, add a little water to it.

If you want to get a transparent lime, replace in this recipe the PVA glue on the clerical transparent glue.

Lizun, which includes glue and starch

If you think a toy that contains sodium tetraborate, unsafe and unfit for playing with a child, or you have not managed to buy a borax solution, then your option is a lizun at home without sodium tetraborate.

Materials required for making handgam:

• Liquid starch for washing clothes (if you did not find starch in liquid form, dilute it yourself in a ratio of 1: 3).

• PVA.

• Food color or gouache.

• Thick file.

Cooking method:

• Pour 85 ml of liquid starch into a clean dry file.

• To starch, send some gouache or a couple drops of food coloring.

• Pour 30 ml of PVA glue into the resulting mixture.

• Hand-mix the mixture in a file, diligently mixing it.

• After the majority of the composition turns into a thick slippery clot and a little liquid remains on the bottom of the bag, remove the lick from the bag and remove excess moisture from it with paper or cloth.

• Lizun is ready.

If you see that the lime is too sticky or completely unplastic, then you have incorrectly calculated the proportions (in the first case there is excess glue in it, in the second - starch).

Remember that in addition to harmless starch in such a toy contains glue, so make sure that the child does not put it in his mouth.

It is important to know not only how to make lizuna without sodium tetraborate, but how and how much in the subsequent it is stored: store it in a closed container at room temperature for not more than a week.

Lizun from soda and detergent

There are a huge number of ways to create "smart" plasticine, similar in its properties to the world famous slime toy.

If your goal is a lizun without sodium tetraborate and glue, then we have a couple more options, here's one of them.

Materials and tools required for you:

• Liquid for washing dishes (like "Fairies").

• Baking soda.

• Water.

• Dyes food or gouache.

• A container for mixing ingredients.

• Wooden stick (perfect for sushi stick).

Cooking method:

• Pour 150 ml of detergent into the container.

• Add 1 tbsp. L. Soda.

• Thoroughly mix the ingredients.

• In the resulting mixture add as much water as necessary to ensure that the resulting consistency suits you.

• Add a few drops of dye (this item is not necessary for the execution, in fact often the dishwashing detergent already has a sufficiently bright color, which is transmitted to the lizun).

Lizun without glue PVA and sodium tetraborate is ready. Keep it in the refrigerator.

Lizun with the longest shelf life

As you probably already noticed, all the above self-made lizuns have a short shelf life (no more than 2 weeks), this is due to the fact that they have almost no preservatives and substances that will save them from drying out.

If you want to make hands with a longer shelf life, then we will have such a recipe. The duration of the existence of "smart" plasticine, the method of manufacturing which we now describe, is from 1 to 2 months.

By the way, for this recipe you will need quite a few ingredients, and they almost certainly have you at home:

• Clear shower gel with a bright color without granules.

• Transparent shampoo of bright color.

• Mixing container.

• Wooden stick.

Cooking method:

• Pour 150 ml of shampoo into the container.

• Add 150 ml of shower gel to the shampoo.

• Thoroughly and gently mix the ingredients, see that the foam does not form.

• Place a container with a future lizard in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

This lick must always be stored in the refrigerator, otherwise it just melts. As in all other cases, make sure that your child does not taste hands and thoroughly washed his hands after playing with him.

The safest lisune

If all the above described methods do not seem to you safe and do not inspire confidence in you, but you want to please the child, then we suggest you make a beautiful and interesting toy (lizun) without sodium tetraborate and starch, without shampoo and dishwashing detergent, without glue and detergent .

The shelf life of such a toy is not very long, and it is noticeably different from the original in appearance, but it is safe, and you can be sure that nothing will happen to your child, even if he takes the handgam in his mouth.

So, here are the ingredients that you will need to make a safe "clever" plasticine:

• Wheat flour.

• Sieve.

• Hot water.

• Boiling water.

• A container for mixing ingredients.

• Fork or whisk.

• Food color (you can even use beet juice or, for example, spinach).

Cooking method:

• Pour 4 cups of flour into the prepared container beforehand, sifting it through a sieve.

• Add half a glass of ice water to the flour.

• Pour half a cup of boiling water.

• Mix everything as carefully as possible, the mixture should be smooth and free of lumps.

• Now turn the dye: add a few drops to the mixture and mix again.

• Put your future safe lime in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

Lizun is ready, now you can be calm for your child.

other methods

There are many more ways to make lizun. Here are some of them: from washing powder, from borax solution and dry polyvinyl alcohol (but this must be cooked), from plasticine and gelatin, magnetic, etc.

In this article, we tried to describe in as much detail and in detail as possible a few completely different, but very simple ways of making lizunov. We hope that we were able to answer all your questions.