You can easily create this patriotic homemade slime for the 4th of July, Memorial Day or any other patriotic holiday. After your children have explored the homemade slime, they could wash the slime off in a bowl of soapy water. Once the stars from the slime are clean, they can be used to great a pictures graph on a patriotic stars graph. Your children will have fun exploring slime and working on graphing concepts during this activity.
Before Starting the Activity
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Homemade Slime Making
You will need to gather the following supplies to make the slime.
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- Plastic bowl or container
- Sturdy Spoon
- 1/2 cup of Clear Glue or Liquid Glitter Glue
- 1/2 cup of Water
- Food Coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda (You can add more baking soda if you think the slime is too runny.)
- 1 Tablespoon of Saline Solution
- Star-shaped Patriotic Pony Beads
Directions for Making the Slime
The first thing they will need to do is place a 1/2 cup of clear glue in a bowl.
Then they will need to add 1/2 cup of water to the bowl. Children will need to blend this mixture together well.
Next several drops of food coloring need to be added to the mixture. If you are using colored glue, you may want to skip this step.
Then a 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda needs to be added to the mixture.
After adding the baking soda, children need to add 1 Tablespoon of saline solution.
The mixture will need to be stirred with a sturdy spoon and kneaded with your hands.
Finally, you will add the plastic stars to the mixture. You will want to add a different number of each of the colored stars to the slime. That way you will end up with a bar graph that doesn’t display the same number of stars for each color.
Exploring the Homemade Slime
Your children will definitely want time to explore the homemade slime. They will enjoy looking for the stars in slime as well as watching the stars slip down the slime back into the bowl.
Cleaning the Stars
Children can use a plastic spoon to scoop the stars out the slime. Then can drop them into a bowl of soapy water. The slime will slip off the stars easily after simply stirring the star-filled water with the spoon.
Once all the stars are slime free, they can be dried off with a paper towel.
Graphing the Stars
Children can use the dried stars to create a patriotic picture graph. You will need to print out a copy of the Homemade Patriotic Slime and Graphing Activity graphing sheet.
After placing the stars in the correct column on the graphing sheet, children can talk about what they see on the graph. They can share how many stars they have of each color. Children can share which color they have the most of. They can also share what color they have the least of.
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My grandkids would love to help make this slime! Plus, they’d love to play it with it. I can imagine it would keep them busy for a while. I like that it’s patriotic and perfect for the 4th of July.
When it comes to making slime at home the grandkids are always interested and ready to help. We will have to do the stars and graft them on the chart.
This looks like a lot of fun to do with the kiddos this summer. I love how easy it is to make. I know that they would have a blast giving it a try.
We have tried making slime a few times and we have not had very good success. My son would love to have some homemade slime so I will try this recipe because it looks very different than the ones that I have used in the past.
We found that adding a little more baking soda to the mixture if it is runny really helped.
We did slime for Fall but will definitely try this for the Summer. It is so much fun. I will try the graphing activity too. Thanks.
This slime is so much fun to plan and learn with!
What a fun idea for the holiday! We will have to try this slime recipe on our next “im bored” day.
So cool! My daughter will love to make the slime. She does that on a nearly daily basis.
She sounds like a slime expert! Does she make the same kind of slime each time?
This looks like a lot of fun to both make and then play with. What a great activity for kids!
I am so glad that you like it!
It is so perfect for 4th of July – and the kids absolutely love Slime!
It is such a fun sensory activity! I am thrilled that kids love it.
My 7 year old daughter is obsessed with slime right now. She would go crazy for this July 4 recipe. I will try it out with her!
Let me know if you make it! I would love to know what your daughter thinks of it.
This is a great activity for kids during the summer! My friend made slimes for her child’s birthday party and they had such a great time.
I bet the slime was a hit. We love playing with slime at my house.
There is nothing quite like some slime to play with – love how you have made this one seem really patriotic!
It really is a cool sensory activity! I think most kids like how slime feels!
My friend’s kids are obsessed with making slime. They would love this for the Fourth of July.
I love the slime is something kids can make on their own!
This is the ultimate slime recipe. That slime looks like the perfect texture.
This slime is a favorite at my house!
I never realized how easy slime is to make. This will keep the kids busy for hours. I love the patriotic spin.
It is so easy to make! It is fun to explore making different colors of slime and adding fun objects to it.
Slime, slime, slime, my kids are crazy about it. The patriotic theme would be great, I will have to try this with them.
My son loves slime too! I bet your kid would love to make patriotic slime for the 4th of July.
I’ve made slime before with my daughter and it was so fun. She would definitely love to try making this patriotic slime.
If you try making this version, please stop by and let me know how it came out.
She sounds like a slime expert! I think she would enjoy making and exploring this slime.