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!