Glow in the Dark Floam Recipe

My girls loved the homemade floam we made a bit ago. They also love glow in the dark activities. Combining the two made for an epic play time that my girls couldn't get enough of!

Glow in the Dark
Floam Recipe

Make your own glow in the dark FLOAM. Only a few ingredients needed! This is SO COOL!

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We made our floam differently than we did the first time, and this new way was so much easier! I will definitely be making many more batches of floam using this easier method.

Floam Materials (affiliate links provided)

White school glue
Polystyrene beads (Bean bag filler)

Note: For best results you will want to use a blacklight, as that makes the glow in the dark paint glow much brighter. You can use a blacklight fixture or a blacklight flashlight; both work great! See the bottom of the post for more helpful tips.

Method

In a bowl combine one standard size bottle of school glue with one cup of bean bag filler. Add a teaspoon of the glowing paint of our choice and mix well

Slowly add liquid starch in very small amounts & mix. Continue to add more starch & mix until the desired consistency is reached

Troubleshooting: If the floam is at all sticky add more starch. If you accidentally add too much starch you can remedy that by adding more glue. The amount of starch needed varies each time we make floam, which is why we always add the starch slowly in small increments. Just to give you an idea though the recipe calls for roughly one part starch & two parts glue (2 oz of starch & 5 oz of glue)

That's it! This recipe is SO EASY & floam is SO FUN!

Kids will love squishing, molding, pulling, and stretching their floam! Floam has an incredibly fun texture. It tickles tiny fingers & hands as kids play. Give kids play dough tools or add other toys, and they will find all sorts of ways to play!

My kids loved this floam so much we quickly whipped up another batch, and this time we made scented RAINBOW floam. See how we did it here.

Tips & Storage: Store your floam in an air-tight container, and it will last for several months. Polystyrene beads can be found at most craft stores or online here. Liquid starch can be found at Super Walmart stores or online here.

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