While I'm busy sewing away my summer creating adorable baby clothes quilts (& helping all of you awesome ListaLu fans create your own!) my 8-year-old daughter Kalista is busy making slime!

slime recipes for kids

This is the official Summer of Slime. I don't know where it started or how it exploded, but the makers of glue, glitter and contact solution (honestly - who came up with this stuff?) must be rejoicing... I have never purchased so many gallons of glue in my life. Actually, I had never purchased a single gallon of glue in my life until this summer. 

It's actually an amazing and educational (and messy and addictive) science experiment - I'm still a little shocked that it works at all! Here is the basic recipe Kalista has been using:

https://www.skiptomylou.org/how-to-make-slime/

She simply changes it up with food coloring and add-in like beads, glitter, sequins or really anything else she finds! She also changes things with the occasional clear/glitter flue purchase, but mama can't buy that in bulk so it's more of a treat. ;)

We've also experimented with a ton of fun recipes that I've collected over on my Pinterest board!

https://www.pinterest.com/jellybeanquilts/slime-recipes/

And of course I would be remiss to not mention Kalista's favorite slime-related YouTuber, Dr. Squish! Do yourself and your kids a favor & go watch... she not only makes slime, she find the coolest squishy toys and cuts them open to see what's inside. Who hasn't always wanted to do that??? Highly addictive!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9rGkf9kmCDi4kAmbd1Csyw

Finally, if you're like my household (or millions of other slime-crazed households around the world) you've lost a fair number of your plastic containers to batches of slime. We converted to using plastic zipper baggies, but what do you do when those run out in the middle of a massive slime making session? Well, if your dad is an ER nurse he might just happen to have a few of these lying around... I can see some Halloween party decor ideas coming together...

Slime Storage

 

The perfect EASY no-borax slime recipe base to start your experimenting! Plus a list of other fun slime recipes for kids! https://listalu.com/blogs/news/summer-of-slime-slime-recipes-for-kids