12 Slime Recipes to Entertain and Teach Your Kids
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Searching for slime recipes? I completely understand. If there is one thing my kids love to do, it is to play with their hands. All three of my boys will spend long periods of time up at the table if they’ve got something unique to play, and they all get excited about science experiments. Making slime is a great way to teach kids about the properties of polymers. Is slime a liquid or a solid? It is tough to tell! But did you know that there are a lot of different ways to make and play with slime? The web is full of unique and interesting ways to get the most out of slime. And it is easier to make than you might think!
Here are some great slime recipes from around the web, so you can start having some fun! Here you’ll find not only variations in the recipe but also ideas for play. (Did you know you can make slime without borax? You absolutely can!)
Slime Recipes
- Professor Figgy’s Glow Slime! – Sweet Paul, Photo By Susanna Blavarg
- Easy Goop Recipe – Eating Richly
- Recipes to Make Your Own Slime – SheKnows
- Oobleck: Liquid or Solid? – I Can Teach My Child!
- Fluffy Slime – Sow Sprout Play
- Two Ingredient Slime – Paging Fun Mums
- Watermelon Slime Recipe – Learn Play Imagine
- Bug Slime – Craftulate
- Edible Slime or Gak – Fun At Home with Kids
- DIY Monster Boogers – Loving Life and Living on Less
- DIY Slime – Clumsy Crafter
- Star Wars Space Slime – Frog, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
If you love slime, you should check out this awesome slime book and head over to MomDot to get even more great slime recipes like this Loom Band Slime! She has the largest collection of slime recipes I’ve ever seen.
Have fun making slime with your kids!
This might be what we do today. I have four kids here (cousins and my kids) and a wide range of ages. I think I might make some slime and put them out on the deck for some fun. Thanks for the ideas.
So much fun to have this many options! I definitely have to try the Watermelon one before summer is over!
This all looks like so much fun for my grandsons to help make! They would love the slime!
did you create these? i love the bug slime.. why do kids love slime so much? so gross!!
I’ve decided as cool as this is as much as the kids would like, I can’t make the slime, just grosses me out, that watermelon one especially.
the slime looks awesome!! we need to make these soon
Everything except the monster boogers lol
WOW! I didn’t know slime was simple to make. That’s great news for when my newborn son gets older and wants to slime everything. I checked out the BUG SLIME…totally cool! Perfect for a boy!
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Great post for upcoming Halloween. We made slime a few times and the kids loved it. I would love to try the glow slime next time.
I should make some of these with my son–he’d love it!
I’m not going to lie, I really want to try these myself. Who doesn’t love slime?