How to play with a slime: types and features of a popular toy

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

In the 90s. in Russia there was a new toy - lizun. Schoolchildren and adults gladly threw it against the wall and watched in fascination as the jelly-like mass slides down to the floor. Then the parents re-pasted the wallpaper, and the children carried the slimes to school, where they annoyed the teachers and cleaners with their fun during breaks.

Today, several varieties of these toys have appeared. Let's look at how to play with different types of slime to keep everyone happy and satisfied.

Slime or slime?

According to some sources, the slime owes its appearance to a child - the 11-year-old daughter of the owners of Mattel, a world famous toy manufacturer. While at her parents' factory, the girl accidentally mixed several ingredients, including a food thickener (guar gum).

So in 1976 a toy called slime appeared, which in the post-Soviet space was renamed into a slime due to its similarity with Slimer - the characterthe then popular animated series "Ghostbusters". Therefore, you can call the toy whatever you like.

Guar gum is still used in slime production, but can be replaced with other polymers such as glue, as well as borax and other thickeners.

Let's consider how to play with a slime, a toy from modern manufacturers, fortunately, varieties were invented for every taste.

Lizun-antistress for adults and children

"Remember and calm down" - under such a slogan, suppliers of popular toys advertise slimes. These slimes are designed to be squeezed with hands in a stressful situation, thus relieving emotional tension.

They are produced in a wide variety of shapes and colors, often in a special mesh. Such slimes do not stick to hands, they can be crushed and put into a bag. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the slime will burst. It is washed and washed off easily, but it will be a pity for the money spent and the lost remedy to calm the nerves.

NanoGum

Another name for the toy is hand chewing gum or smart slime. This is a kind of anti-stress slime with a rather rigid structure, which is stretched in all directions, crumpled and torn to pieces.

If such a slime is hit with all its might with a heavy object, it will shatter into smithereens. You can also roll a ball out of it and throw it on the floor with force. The slime will bounce like a real ball.

By the way, most anti-stress toys are flavored and come with the smell of various fruits, vanilla andchocolate. This is one of the reasons why slime should not be given to young children who do not yet understand how to play with slime and, of course, put it in their mouths.

Plasticine slime

This is a descendant of those same slimes from the 90s, which sticks to smooth surfaces, leaves greasy marks on the wallpaper and clings to dust and dirt. These slimes come in the form of balls, spiders, and other items. They still adhere perfectly to walls and ceilings.

Slime slime

Such slimes are sold in protective containers, because they also quickly get dirty and become unusable. Don't throw these lickers at the wall. They are looked after, fed and even treated if the "pet" is sick. After opening the container, the slime usually "lives" no more than 2 weeks, and children always use this time to good use. How to play with a slime of this variety, a child usually understands without any instructions:

• lizun can be "drink" with water and "feed" with s alt or finely chopped eraser;
• if the slime has become too hard from s alt, it is “treated” with water and, conversely, s alt is introduced into the diet if it spreads too much;
• children are happy to pour the jelly-like slippery mass into different containers;
• from the slime you can inflate the bubble with a regular straw;
• it's fun to mix different colors of slimes.

There are also magnetic slimes that begin to move and stretch when a magnet is brought to them. With all these toys, children do not get bored and often invent their own options for how to play withslime.

Lizun-"little dirty tricks"

This kind of slime is also called slush, and they serve mainly for fun. For example, slime with frog spawn, spiders or mice. A very bright effect is produced by the lizun-eye. Hard joke in the style of Halloween. When squeezed, a very natural-looking eye emerges from the hand.

There are entire kits for making slime in the Young Chemist category. Slimes are also made from materials that are in any home: shaving foam, glue, washing gel, starch and much more.

And, of course, the manufacturers of virtual games could not stand aside and created several popular children's shooters "Slizun-eyed".

Voracious Slime

This is not just entertainment, but also a very educational adventure. One of the games is "Lizun big-eyed ate the Universe." Despite the bloodthirsty name, there is nothing terrible here. A tiny Martian slime, trapped in a block of ice on a space station, has begun its exciting journey through the universe.

At first he was very small and fed on bacteria, viruses, atoms and molecules of various substances. And when he grew up, he was able to absorb drops of water and metal objects, then entire buildings. A very large one can eat the planets and stars of the solar system, nebulae and entire universes.

The game "Lizun big-eyed ate Ancient Rome and Japan" is built on the same principle. Here he needs to find and absorb the Colosseum, and then transferto Ancient Japan to fight Godzilla.

And little gamers also play One-Eyed Slime, an Android game actually called Slug Takes Over the World. The main character resembles the famous Pac-Man. He is also round, toothy and one-eyed.

This is how a toy from the creators of the famous Barbie has not lost its relevance for over 40 years.