11 Super Fun Elmer's Glue Slime Ideas for your kids!

With the summer temperatures scorching in late July through August, it has us looking for some indoor activities to beat the heat and keep the kiddos active and tired out for a solid night’s sleep. The slime craze may have come and gone with the school year, but you’ll want to bring it back into the rotation after seeing how these different Elmers glue slime recipes will capture the hearts and minds of your preschoolers. An added bonus, you don’t have to look much further than your own kitchen cupboards to find most of the ingredients you’ll need and voila, hours of fun with minimal mess, a win-win for everyone, amirite?

11 Super Fun Elmer’s Glue Slime Ideas for your kids!

THE SCIENCE BEHIND SLIME

Adding boric acid to glue counteracts the glue and forms a substance like Elmers glue slime that can be shaped and pulled and played with. The slime is able to form when the molecules in the glue crosslink with the boric ions, a bond causing the large molecules to no longer slide freely past each other (like glue).

INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED

Elmer’s Glue
Glitter
Food Coloring
Gems
Sand
Magnets
Essential Oils
Ziplock bags
Jars with lids (mason jars work well)
Borax
Baking Soda
Shaving Cream
Liquid Starch
Contact Lens Solution

IDEAS for ELMER’S GLUE SLIME PROJECTS

Crystal clear liquid glass slime

1 cup Elmer’s Washable Clear Glue
Add 1 cup water to mix with glue
1 cup warm water to mix with borax powder
Â½ tsp Borax Powder

Galaxy glitter slime

Â½ cup hot water
Â½ tsp borax
1 bottle of glitter glue
1 cup hot water
Extra glitter

Rainbow Slime

Elmer’s clear glue
Food coloring liquid gel
Purex Sta-Flo Liquid Starch
Different colored glitter

Mermaid Slime

2 bottles of Elmer’s Glitter Glue
1 TBSP of water
Chunky silver and blue glitter
Â½ tsp Baking Soda
Â½ TBSP contact lens solution (must contain boric acid)

Fluffy Slime

1 cup white glue
Â¼ water
food coloring
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup shaving cream
Contact lens solution (sticker slime=less solution)

Fish in a Bag Slime

Create blue glitter slime (recipe above) and then add in tiny sea
creatures to make a miniature ocean right before your eyes.

Pirates Booty Slime

Create any color Elmers glue slime and add in gems and treasures any pirate
would delight in finding!

Sand Slime ”“Great for Sensory Play

10 oz. Elmer’s Clear Glue
Â½ cup Liquid Starch
Play Sand

Magnetic Slime

Liquid Starch
Elmer’s Glue
Iron Oxide Powder
A neodymium magnet (regular magnets aren’t strong enough)

Immune Support Slime or Sick Day Slime

Â½ cup Elmer’s Glue
Â½ cup liquid starch
2 tbsp liquid watercolor
glitter
1 tbsp water
1-2 drops of Thieves essential oils (replace with lavender essential oil
for a calming slime)

FUN SLIME ACTIVITIES

Maybe it’s the homeschooler in me, but I never miss an opportunity to turn our projects into fun, organic learning experiences and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that. For early literacy work, try adding letter beads and finding sight words in your Elmers glue slime. You could also use letter magnets to make imprints in the slime and yell out the sounds each letter makes. You could do the same with numbers. Get an early start on geology by adding your favorite crystals or gemstones into the mix for a beautiful seek and find.

For sensory play, the sand recipe next to plain slime would make for a fun texture feeling game. The essential oil recipe also works well for sensory integration, as well as a relaxing calm down game. You can store your slime for up to several weeks in air tight ziplock bags for longer lasting fun.