Make sure your penguins and polar bears don’t meet up on this wintery expedition. Penguins prefer the South Pole and polar bears prefer the North Pole! Learn about the arctic and play with awesome homemade slime. Our arctic slime recipe is perfect for winter science and sensory play. Best part is you don’t have to live in the arctic to enjoy this slime recipe.

HOMEMADE ARCTIC SLIME RECIPE FOR WINTER ACTIVITIES!

MAKING YOUR SLIME RECIPE

All of our holiday, seasonal, and everyday theme slimes use one of our 4 basic slime recipes that are super easy to make! We make slime all the time, and these have become our go-to favorite slime making recipes.

I will always let you know which recipe we used in our photographs, but I will also tell you which of the other basic recipes will work too! Usually you can interchange several of the recipes depending on what you have for slime supplies.

Make sure to read through our recommended slime supplies and print out a slime supplies checklist for your next trip to the store. After the supplies listed below you will see click here black boxes for slime recipes that will work with this theme.

Check out this video of our newest snowflake slime. You can also read the details about our snowflake slime here.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE SLIME RECIPE

What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activator  {sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid} mixes 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.

The addition of water is important to this process. Think about when you leave a gob of glue out, and you find it hard and rubbery the next day.

When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it 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 is thicker and rubberier like slime!

Read more about slime science here!

ARCTIC SLIME SUPPLIES

Clear glue (2) White Glue (1) Elmer’s Washable Glue works best!

Liquid Starch

Water

Measuring Cup

Blue food coloring

2 bowls and a spoon for each slime!

Glitter

Snowflake Confetti

SLIME RECIPE CHOICES

This slime can use any of our three favorite recipes. I always recommend the borax slime recipe if you want to make a truly clear slime. Read the details and supplies about each recipe by clicking on their black box below. Decide which is your favorite, and go from there.

We made three batches of slime which we them twirled and swirled together to create a frozen tundra!

EXTRA SLIMY RESOURCES FOR MAKING ARCTIC SLIME AND MORE!

If you scroll down, you will find click here boxes with our most popular slime topics that you may find helpful.

Slime is easy to make, but it’s important that you read the directions, use the correct ingredients, measure accurately, and have a little patience if you don’t succeed the first time. Remember, it’s a recipe just like baking!

SLIME FAILURES

The biggest reason for slime fails is not reading through the recipe! People contact me all the time with: “Why didn’t this work?”

Most of the time the answer has been lack of attention to supplies needed, reading the recipe, and actually measuring the ingredients! So give it a try and do let me know if you need some help. On a very rare occasion I have gotten an old batch of glue, and there is no fixing that!

STORING YOUR SLIME

I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean it will last for several weeks. And…if you forget to store your slime in a container, it does actually last a few days uncovered. If the top gets crusty just fold it into itself.

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. For large groups we have used condiment containers as seen here.

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT: Fluffy SnowBall Slime!

MAKE A TUNDRA WITH ARCTIC SLIME!

This Arctic slime is awesome not only for a science lesson but also for sensory play. It’s a fabulous way to explore the senses and fill an afternoon with great fun. Plus even better, you don’t have to have real snow outside to make our arctic slime.

Ever since we set up our Arctic Lego City set, my son has been interested in the polar animals, the arctic, the North Pole, and the South Pole.

MAKE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT: Fake Snow Slime Recipe

We have learned quite a bit about who lives where and what the land and ocean are like! Make sure to add some books about the arctic to complete your learning adventure.

He requested his polar bear to add to our newly made iceberg for some North Pole play {penguins are for the South Pole}. The plastic tubes of animals are perfect to pair with homemade slime! Make one for every season to explore!

TRY OUR EASY TO MAKE FROZEN TUNDRA ARCTIC SLIME THIS SEASON!

More awesome winter science activities and STEM ideas for kids. Click on pictures and black boxes to explore what we offer.

HERE’S SOME SLIME MAKING RESOURCES!

Did you know we also have fun with  science activities too? Click on all the black boxes below to learn more.