I don’t know about you, but we have a tough time finding tasty apples here at the end of summer. So while we wait and dream for lush apple orchards to pick whatever we want, we decided to make a red apple slime recipe instead. Homemade slime is super fun science, and even better with a fun fall apple theme!
How To Make Red Slime
Our slime recipes are perfect to pair with the seasons, especially fall. Think apples, pumpkins, cinnamon and more! This gorgeous red glitter slime is perfect for back to school and the fall season, and anytime of the year.
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Slime making is even more fun when you add in creative seasonal themes, and I know kids love the novelty of theme activities. Our Red Apple Slime is yet another AMAZING slime recipe we can show you how to make!
Oh. and slime is science too, so don’t miss the great information on the science behind this easy slime below. Watch our awesome slime videos and see how easy it is to make the best slime!
Basic Slime Recipes
Our easy, “how to make” slime recipes show you how to master slime in 5 minutes or less! We have spent years tinkering with our favorite basic slime recipes to make sure you can make the BEST slime every time!
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Which Slime Recipe To Use?
We have several basic slime recipes that can all be used for this sparkly glitter slime recipe. You decide which one works best for you depending on what slime activator you want to use. This allows for some flexibility depending on where you live in the world! Not everyone has access to the same ingredients!
Each of the basic slime recipes below have the full step by step photos, directions, and even videos to help you along the way!
In the recipe below, we used our number one saline solution slime recipe. This is our #1 most viewed slime recipe, and we love it. Awesome stretchy slime in no time is my motto!
Helpful Slime Making Resources To Get Your Started
These are the best resources to look through before, during, and after making your awesome red apple glitter slime! We talk more about slime science below too.
- Slime Activator List
- What is slime?
- What You Need To Make Slime
- Amazing Benefits Of Playing With Slime
- Best Slime Ideas
- How To Make Slime Less Sticky
- How To Get Slime Out Of Clothes And Hair
A Bit Of Slime Science
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here! Slime is an excellent chemistry demonstration and kids love it too! Mixtures, substances, polymers, cross-linking, states of matter, elasticity, and viscosity are just a few of the science concepts that can be explored with homemade slime!
What’s slime science all about? The borate ions in the slime activators (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid) mix with the PVA (polyvinyl acetate) glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state. Until…
You add the borate ions to the mixture, and it then starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and thicker and rubbery like slime! Slime is a polymer.
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms, the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
Is slime a liquid or solid?
We call it a non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both! Experiment with making the slime more or less viscous with varying amounts of foam beads. Can you change the density?
Did you know that slime aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?
It does and you can use slime making to explore states of matter and its interactions. Find out more below…
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Red Apple Slime Recipe
Don’t want to use saline solution? Borax slime or liquid starch slime are good alternatives!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Clear PVA School Glue
- 1 tablespoon Saline Solution (must contain boric acid and sodium borate)
- 1/2 cup of Water
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- Food coloring and glitter
How To Make Red Slime
STEP 1: Add 1/2 cup of Clear Glue to your bowl and mix with a 1/2 cup of water.
STEP 2: Add red food coloring and glitter as desired and stir.
STEP 3: Stir in 1/2 tsp baking soda. The baking soda helps to firm and form the slime.
STEP 4: Mix in 1 tablespoon saline solution and stir until your slime forms and pulls away from the sides of bowl.
We always recommend kneading your slime well after mixing. Kneading the slime really helps to improve it’s consistency. The trick with saline solution slime is to squirt a few drops of solution onto your hands before picking up the slime.
You can knead the slime in the bowl before you pick it up as well. This slime is ultra stretchy but can be stickier. However, keep in mind that although adding more solution reduces the stickiness, it will create a stiffer slime.
TIP: If your slime still feels too sticky, you may need a few more drops of saline solution. As I mentioned above, start by squirting a few drops of the solution onto your hands and kneading your slime longer. You can always add but you can’t take away.
Saline solution is always super stretchy and makes for great sensory play and science with the kids!
How To Store Slime
Slime lasts quite a while! I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. We use reusable containers in either plastic or glass. Make sure to keep your slime clean and it will last for several weeks.
If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store or grocery store or even Amazon. For large groups we have used condiment containers as seen here.
You can even make a fun theme container to store your apple slime like we did below with this dollar store storage container, construction paper, pipe cleaner, and hot glue!
More Fun Slime Recipes To Try
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Where did you get the cute red containers you used to store the slime?
I guess there is something wrong with my computer. Once made the comment, I was taken to a different screen with the remainder of the post showing a close up of the container stating you got them at the dollar store.
Hmm I am sorry there must have been a glitch! Let me know if you need help with anything more!
Dollar store!