Making slime
It’s coming up to halloween, so what better time to make slime? It’s loads of fun and a fantastic sensory experience as well as a bit of science thrown in. Here’s how we made it.
How to make slime
You need:
- 1 mug of Cornflour
- Half a mug of Water
- Food colouring
- Toy bugs etc (optional)
First place 1 mug of cornflour in a bowl, then add half a mug of water and some food colouring and mix! It really is that simple. I got the children to mix it, that was all part of the fun.
Once mixed I added some bouncy ball eye balls and some plastic bugs I bought very cheap, just to add a little halloween feel to the play. You could add anything you wanted for a different theme.
The children set to work playing with it. It was such a strange texture, liquid yet solid! If you grabbed a handful of the slime and kept it moving in your hand you could almost roll it into a ball, however, if you stopped moving it, it just slipped between your fingers as a liquid!
Pinky and Boo loved getting stuck in, getting messy, experimenting with the feel of it, trying to make it go solid. They squealed with delight at the fun of this activity. 
They hunted for bugs, counting how many there were. If you’d like this to be more educational, you could add some letters for children to hunt for. 
It can get a little messy, but it is incredibly easy to clean up, so I really wouldn’t stress over the mess. This is such a great sensory play for all ages, as I must confess, once the children had finished playing with it, I just had to have a go!
Give it a try, the kids will love it!
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I love this activity! What a fabulous and cheap way to explore the texture and have fun with a Halloween twist. I love that it’s made with stuff already in the cupboards
We have a Bag o’ Bugs and I think I might try this idea with those – my girls would love it. Thanks so much for the inspiration! 
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Thank you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did
I LOVE slime. I used to do this each year with my class of 30 5 year olds. You can imagine the mess. We would do the activity outside and I would always time if for a Friday afternoon when it was going to rain over the weekend. Several times I came back to the mess on a Monday morning though as it hadn’t rained
Oh my goodness, I can’t imagine the mess with 30 kids!!! Well done! It’s good fun
You are so so good at all this stuff. I’m terrible!
Lol! Thank you, secretly I enjoy it as much as the children
That sounds great – will have to give it a go. Looks like a lot of fun!
Thanks, it is definitely a lot of fun
This does look like fun-I can only imagine the mess my two would create plain with this!
It is loads of fun, but yes a little messy, but I was surprised how easy it was to clean up though
This reminds me that I need to get down to some messy play with Little A which I have been putting off since he joined the Nursery. Giving this a try over the weekend. Looks like fun!
Ooh, I hope you have as much fun as we did
They used to do this at Messy Play sessions when my oldest was a baby. Its such an odd feeling I couldn’t stop fiddling with it too. …hmmmm maybe an idea for some Halloween/half-term fun!
Oh yes, have some halloween fun, it’s great!
We’ve done this before, it’s great fun! Although we used the tuff spot, so it got very messy
Haven’t made it for awhile, must try it again… x
It is goof isn’t it, though yes, very messy!
I love doing this with mine, and they love it too, well apart from the eldest who hates getting messy!
It is such good fun for all
I love the stuff although we’ve not made some at home since N was a toddler. It’s intriguing how it changes from solid to liquid.
It is fascinating the texture and solid/liquid thing
Messy is fun is you ask me!
Definitely great messy fun!
This looks like great fun for the kids although it has sent a shudder down my spine
It did make a mess, but was incredibly easy to clean up (I was surprised)