Gold Sparkle Slime Recipe for St Patricks Day Science Activities with Kids

Are you eager to catch a leprechaun this St. Patrick’s Day? Then you obviously need to make this gold sparkle slime recipe! It’s a quick and easy way to dress up your leprechaun trap this season. We love making homemade slime for any occasion and our lucky gold sparkle slime is no exception.

GOLD SPARKLE SLIME RECIPE FOR ST PATRICK’S DAY!

MAKING YOUR GOLD SPARKLE 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.

ALTERNATIVE GOLD SLIME RECIPE HERE (with video)

GOLD SLIME RECIPE SUPPLIES

Here we used the liquid starch slime recipe, but any of the below recipes will work too! I highly suggest either the liquid starch or saline solution slime recipes.

Clear Washable School Glue (PVA)

Liquid Starch

Water

Yellow Food Coloring

Gold Glitter

Bowl, Spoon, Measuring Cups

Theme Accessories

CHOOSE YOUR SLIME RECIPE!

Each of our four basic slime recipes form which all out holiday slimes are based have their own complete slime making page, so I don’t have to repeat it all each time! Check out each of the recipes below.

You can check out the supplies if you want to try a different recipe and you can watch a video of each slime being made. Each recipe will also have full instructions.

EXTRA SLIMY RESOURCES

A couple notes for this gold sparkle slime recipe: I used 5 drops of yellow liquid food coloring and lots of gold glitter. We do use glitter for lots of our slimes and always have silver and gold on hand! Check your dollar store too.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE GOLD SPARKLE SLIME RECIPE

What’s the science behind this sparkling gold 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.

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!

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!

PLAYING WITH OUR FUN GOLD SPARKLE SLIME!

That’s the look on his face I am going for when I make these slimes. Yes, I am the mixer and he is the player of slimes. Though I had my hands on this gold sparkle slime plenty too. Slime is really so much fun.

Squish it in the pots, stretch it wide, fill it with coins!

This gold slime is wonderfully stretchy! Why not Add in some counting with the coins too.

The perfect pot of gold sparkle slime to catch a leprechaun, learn a little science, or just enjoy some glittery sensory play!

LUCKY GOLD SPARKLE SLIME FOR LEPRECHAUNS!

Check out some more fun St Patrick’s Day Science for kids!

HERE’S SOME MORE SLIME MAKING RESOURCES!

You will find everything you ever wanted to know about making homemade slime right here, and if you have questions, just ask me!

Did you know we also have fun with science activities too? We also love to experiment with all kinds of simple to set up science experiments and STEM activities. Click on all the black boxes below to learn more.