Are you excited for the new Star Wars movie to come out! Do you love slimes? We do. We do! Our fun and easy Star Wars slime has a cool twist. It glows in the dark! Dig out your LEGO light sabers and make our Star Wars slime for neat sensory and science play any day!
Lego Light Saber Star Wars Slime
Easy to make glow in the dark slime for the Star Wars fan!
We turned one of our favorite slime recipes into a Lego Star Wars slime for May the 4th Be With You Blog Hop! Our easy liquid starch slime recipe plus one simple ingredient makes an awesome glow in the dark slime.
We used some of our favorite Lego guys and light sabers to makes this awesome Star Wars slime for cool science. Check out our whole STAR WARS THEMED STEM IDEAS for the 4th too.
STAR WARS SCIENCE AND STEM FOR KIDS
MAKE YOUR STAR WARS SLIME TODAY!
SUPPLIES:
Liquid Starch
Elmer’s Washable White School Glue
Water
Glow In The Dark Paint
Container, Measuring Cup, Spoon
READERS: We have given each of our slime recipes there own page to properly show the instructions. Please click here or the black box above for the glow in the dark slime recipe.
SLIME TIPS
I made one simple addition to our glow in the dark slime recipe. When I mixed the glue and water together, I added about 3 Â drops of blue food coloring to give this light saber Star Wars slime a subtle glowing blue color.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE SLIME RECIPE
What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the starch {or 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 all about the science behind the slime for young kids here.Â
We added as many light sabers as we could find to decorate our Star Wars slime. Then some of our favorite LEGO Star Wars characters to join us.Â
Our easy slime recipe has taken on so many themes for season and holidays. We love Legos and Star Wars, so it was a lot of fun for my son to mix the two together. Store your Star Wars slime in a plastic container with a loose lid to enjoy all week long.
Please make sure to wash hands and surfaces thoroughly after playing with slime. It is a chemistry experiment after all!
Most of our Star Wars slime play happened in a dim room. We would charge the slime with the lamp and play until it went dim and recharged it over and over again. It’s not easy to get glow in the dark photos, but you get the idea. It’s pretty cool just the same.
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE: Star Wars Play Dough Invitation To Build
This Star Wars slime is not messy on the hands but loves to spread out. Slime is a true liquid but a thick one. It’s fun to hold it and let it ooze right out of your hand. Some slimes like our homemade flubber or our sand slime are super stretchy.
ALSO CHECK OUT: Star Wars Ice Melting Science Activity
Act out your own Star Wars adventures with out Glowing Light Saber Star Wars slime.
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I was scouring the web for something fun for us to celebrate Star Wars, and this is PERFECT! Thank you!! 🙂
Oooh – glow in the dark slime!!
I think my boys would LOVE to play with this…