Lizun from sodium tetraborate: step-by-step instruction
Let's talk about a toy that everyone loves- 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 pleasant to the touch 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 former Soviet Union as "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, in whose honor this jelly-like 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 like thiswonderful, developing the imagination and motor skills toy? Of course, you can go and buy it in almost any store, but it's safer and more interesting to make yourself.
About how to make a lizun house without sodium tetraborate or with it yourself, and we'll talk about this in our article.
Safety rules for the manufacture of hand
Before you learn how to make a lisuna fromsodium tetraborate, let's get acquainted with the basic safety rules, as their non-compliance can be fraught with 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 "smart" plasticine together withchild, 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 a toy with your own hands in the homeconditions? 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 many ways to do handwam alone, today we will analyze the most common of them.
Lizun from sodium tetraborate is considered to be the most durable. To increase 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 a lime, which contains 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
• 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).
• Stirring constantly with a wooden stick adhesive, added thereto 1 drop of a solution of borax as long 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
The materials that you will need to make such a toy, as a lizun, 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 container at a rate of 1: 1.
• Pour in much more dye.
• 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 the refrigerator, in a package that does not allow air to pass through. When solidifying your self-made "smart" 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 consider a toy that includessodium tetraborate, unsafe and unfit for playing with a child, or you did not manage to buy a borax solution, then your option is licking at home without sodium tetraborate.
The 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 most of the compositionwill turn into a thick slippery clot and at the bottom of the bag there will be a little liquid, remove the lyzun from the bag and remove from it with paper or cloth excess moisture.
• 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 this 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.
• Add the water to the resulting mixture as much as you need to ensure that the resulting consistency suits you.
• Add a few drops of dye (this item is not necessary for the execution, because 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, allthe above-described self-made limes have a rather short shelf life (not more than 2 weeks), this is due to the fact that they contain almost no preservatives and substances that will protect them from drying out.
If you want to make hands with morelong shelf life, then we have a recipe. The duration of the existence of "smart" plasticine, the method of manufacturing of which we now describe, is from 1 to 2 months.
By the way, for this recipe you will need very few ingredients, and they almost certainly are in your house:
• 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.
Such a lick must be stored inrefrigerator, otherwise it just melts. As in all other cases, make sure that your child does not taste handshakes and carefully washed his hands after playing with him.
The safest lick
If all of the above methods do not seem to yousafe and do not inspire confidence in you, and 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 itit 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 hands in his mouth.
So, here are the ingredients that you will need to make a safe smart 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 over there.
• 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 lizuna 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), plasticine and gelatin, magnetic, etc.
In this article, we have tried as hard as possibleand it is understandable to describe a few completely different, but very simple ways of making lizunov. We hope that we were able to answer all your questions.
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