MAKE YOUR OWN SUPER BOUNCY BALLS

Summer is a great time to relax with the kids, but the boredom can kick in pretty quick! It feels like I’m constantly having to come up with fun activities to keep my three munchkins amused.
We’ve had a lot of fun this summer making different types of slime (this Super Easy Glitter Slime is still our favorite), and so we have quite a lot of slime making supplies now.
We found a few recipes online for making our own bouncy balls using slime ingredients, so it seemed a perfect kids craft to try.
We tried a recipe that we found online and we weren’t very impressed with the results. The balls didn’t look very nice and they just weren’t that bouncy.
We decided to experiment and spent the morning trying different things until we found a recipe that makes SUPER BOUNCY BALLS that also look great!

NOT SO BOUNCY BALLS!

Super Easy DIY Bouncy Balls | Fun and exciting recipe for how to make your own bouncy balls that your kids will love! Great kids craft!Most DIY bouncy ball recipes call for cornstarch and white glue. Here is a photo of the balls we made using this recipe.
Yes, they were fun to make, but when we bounced them they bounced maybe 5″ at the most. Not what we were expecting!
Some of the instructions we found even talked about mixing two colors together to make tie-dye. Errr… not so much! They just turned into browny-green blobs!
Time for us to try something different!
We played around with the qualities of cornstarch and glue, even the order that we mixed them together in. But we didn’t get very good results.

SUPER BOUNCY BALLS

So here it is! Our recipe for super bouncy balls using just THREE ingredients (and one of those is water!).

Ingredients

How to Make a Super Bouncy Ball
A couple of notes on these ingredients
Borax: I talked about this on my Glitter Slime post, but I wanted to repeat it here.
I know there has been a lot reported lately about Borax not being safe to use in crafts. I’ve used it for any years making slime (and other crafts), and never had any problems (made it with dozens of children). I’ve researched it a little and found that the overwhelming advice is that it is safe to use, IF used properly.
  • This project is not suitable for children under 3 years old.
  • Only use a very small amount and make sure you dissolve it fully before using. Burns or skin irritation might occur if it is use without diluting it first.
  • Do not use if you or your child have any sort of skin condition or sensitive skin (or wear gloves to mix it).
  • Supervise children and make sure they don’t put their hands in their mouth after using it.
  • And with all craft projects, make sure you wash your hands afterwards!
Glitter Glue: After we used up our bottle of Elmer’s Glitter Glue, we still wanted to make more (addictive!) so we tried using the dollar store glitter glue. Nope! It just didn’t work. There’s something about the Elmer’s glue that is different to the generic glues.

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