How to Make a Taba Squishy with Mochi Inserts
Cast an ultra-soft, viral Taba squishy embedded with cute mochis using two-part platinum liquid silicone, precise pigment tinting, and flocking powder.
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🧰 Required Tools & Equipment
- ✓ Digital gram scale
- ✓ Silicone mixing cups
- ✓ Silicone stir sticks
- ✓ Silicone mold (paw, box, or dessert shape)
- ✓ Tweezers
- ✓ Soft makeup brush
📦 Materials & Supplies
- ✓ 2-part ultra-soft liquid silicone (Taba silicone 00-20 or 00-30)
- ✓ Mini mochi squishies or resin embeds
- ✓ Silicone liquid pigment or mica powder
- ✓ Flocking powder or talcum-free baby powder
- ✓ Nitrile gloves
⚠️ Safety Checkpoints & Warnings
- • Wear nitrile gloves throughout to prevent direct skin contact with unmixed liquid silicone.
- • Work in a well-ventilated area to dissipate fumes from platinum silicone curing.
📋 Step-by-Step Guide (6 Steps)
Prepare Mold and Position Mochi Embeds
Clean the silicone mold thoroughly with rubbing alcohol to remove dust and debris. Place the mini mochi squishies face-down into the bottom or sides of the mold cavity using tweezers, ensuring they stick firmly against the inner surface.
- • Mold interior is spotless and lint-free
- • Mochi embeds resting face-down flat against the mold floor without shifting
- • Leaving dust or pet hair inside the mold
- • Placing mochis right-side up, which hides their faces once demolded
Weigh Equal Parts Silicone
Place a mixing cup on the digital gram scale and tare it to zero. Pour equal weights of Part A and Part B liquid silicone into the cup according to the manufacturer's exact 1:1 ratio.
- • Digital scale readout shows identical weights for Part A and Part B
- • Two liquid layers settling inside the single mixing cup
- • Measuring by volume instead of exact weight
- • Pouring unequal amounts causing silicone not to cure fully
Tint and Mix Thoroughly
Add a tiny drop of silicone pigment or a pinch of translucent mica powder into the cup. Stir slowly and continuously along the walls and bottom of the cup for 2 full minutes to combine the components without whipping excessive air bubbles.
- • Silicone is a streak-free, uniform color
- • Stir stick scrapes clear material off the bottom and sides
- • Stirring too fast, which traps hundreds of micro-bubbles
- • Adding water-based craft paint, which prevents silicone from curing
Pour Silicone Over Embeds
Hold the mixing cup high above the mold to create a thin, ribbon-like stream. Pour slowly into the lowest point of the mold, allowing the silicone to gently rise around the mochis without dislodging them.
- • Silicone fills the mold evenly to the top rim
- • Mochis remain seated firmly at the bottom without floating up
- • Dumping silicone in all at once, displacing mochis
- • Pouring directly onto the mochis, knocking them out of position
Cure and Demold the Squishy
Allow the silicone to cure undisturbed at room temperature for the full time stated by the manufacturer (typically 3 to 4 hours). Once fully set and no longer tacky, peel the mold edges back gently and roll the squishy out of the cavity.
- • Top surface of silicone resists light fingertip touch with no liquid residue
- • Squishy releases cleanly with embedded mochi faces fully visible on the surface
- • Demolding prematurely while the core is still gelled
- • Yanking aggressively, which tears the ultra-soft silicone
Powder and Fluff the Surface
Dip a soft makeup brush into flocking powder or body powder and lightly dust all exterior surfaces of the demolded squishy. Tap off excess powder to leave a matte, velvety, non-sticky finish that prevents lint attraction.
- • Squishy has a smooth, velvety matte finish
- • No sticky gloss remains on silicone surface
- • Over-caking powder causing embed details to look muddy
- • Handling with dusty fingers before sealing
Credit: inspired by an original tutorial by It’Sarah 💜 — watch the original on YouTube.
Don’t have everything?
- No Flocking powder? Talcum-free cornstarch baby powder
- No Silicone liquid pigment? Dry cosmetic-grade mica powder
- No Silicone stir sticks? Plastic or smooth resin craft sticks