Knead your putty in a bowl of hot water to get a very soft consistency. Fill a large bowl halfway with hot water so you can soak your putty. Place your putty in the water and begin folding and squeezing it with your hands. Continue kneading it in the water until it feels softer and easier to play with.

Does lotion make putty softer?

Squirt about 1 teaspoon (4.9 mL) of hand lotion onto the putty. The lotion will loosen and moisten the putty to help change the texture. You don’t need a lot of lotion to change the texture of the putty.

What makes Silly Putty soft?

Silly Putty will dissolve when in contact with an alcohol; after the alcohol evaporates, the material will not exhibit its original properties. If Silly Putty is submerged in warm or hot water, it will become softer and thus “melt” much faster. As of July 2009, twenty thousand eggs of Silly Putty are sold daily.