Potion slimes! A whole new take on our awesome slime recipes! I love how you can take slime and turn it into any number of fun themes for favorite movies, favorite holidays or favorite science experiments. Think Ghostbusters too! This time, we are featuring a Harry Potter potion slime making project. Awesome for any kids who love Harry Potter and a great party activity, too!
It’s not uncommon for me to see my son whipping around a short stick in the air and chanting under his breath when he is playing outside. That’s because we are all a little bit Harry Potter crazy. He has an actual wand from Universal Studios, but for a 7-year-old, any short stick will do.
Potion making is certainly a science, and if you have poked around through our activities you will see how much we love our science activities. Slime is one of our absolute favorites these days! You can also check out our potion making table too!
Why not turn your favorite book into slime! Whether you make potion slimes or house colors slime, you can flex your creativity and create your own cool themes to represent favorite parts of your book or movie!
We couldn’t stop thinking about some of the cool potions slimes we could make for this Harry Potter slime project, so we ended up with 5 different potion slimes to share with you. We also teamed up with a friend, and she made some cool labels you can print for free {see below to get them}!
Slime is really very easy to make unlike some of Harry’s potions in the movie! Our slime definitely won’t blow up either. Make sure to have your wand handy just in case!
Potion slimes are super fun to make, and you can even mix the different slimes together for a cool swirling of slime! We mixed Polyjuice, Wolfsbane, and Veritaserum together to make our own unique potion!
Basic Slime Recipes
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Which Slime Recipe To Use?
We have several basic slime recipes that can all be used for this Harry Potter slime. 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 Liquid starch slime recipe. Only 3 ingredients, liquid starch, water and glue, and you have slime in no time is my motto!
NOTE: We have found that Elmer’s specialty glues tend to be a bit stickier than Elmer’s regular clear or white glue, and so for this type of glue we always prefer our 2 ingredient basic glitter slime recipe.
Harry Potter Slime Recipe
This slime recipe below makes one batch of slime. Follow the notes below for the specific add ins and glue color for each potion we made.
NOTE: Our Skele-Gro potion slime is made using white glue and no glitter. Our Draught of Peace potion slime is made with white glue, neon purple food coloring, and purple glitter. The same slime recipe will work with the white glue too. All the other slimes are made with clear glue slime and corresponding glitter! I did not use food coloring on any of the remaining slimes.
Supplies:
- Liquid Starch
- Water
- PVA Washable Clear Glue
- PVA Washable White Glue
- Food Coloring
- Glitter
- Small Containers or Mason Jars
- Printable Labels
- Measuring Cup, Spoon, Container
Instructions:
STEP 1: In a bowl mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup of glue and mix well to combine completely.
STEP 2: Now’s the time to add food coloring, glitter, or confetti!
STEP 3: Pour in 1/4 cup of liquid starch. You will see the slime immediately start to form. Keep stirring until you have a gooey blob of slime. The liquid should be gone!
STEP 4: Start kneading your slime! It will appear stringy at first but just work it around with your hands and you will notice the consistency changes. You can also put it in a clean container and set it aside for 3 minutes, and you will also notice the change in consistency!
SLIME MAKING TIP: We always recommend kneading your slime well after mixing. Kneading the slime really helps to improve it’s consistency. The trick with liquid starch slime is to put a few drops of the liquid starch 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 stretchy but can be stickier. However, keep in mind that although adding more liquid starch reduces the stickiness, and it will eventually create a stiffer slime.
Read on to see how we store all our slimes too!
How To Display Your Harry Potter Slime Potions
Ok, got your slime made? Now you need to get out your containers to display your potions! I found these super cool glass containers with the spring loaded metal closures at our local craft store. You can also use varying sizes of mason jars {the smaller ones though}.
Some of our containers came with a chalkboard label on them. I do not recommend using a chalkboard marker as it doesn’t erase very well. Plain old sidewalk or school chalk might be better.
Printable Hogwarts Potion Labels
However, an even better option is to print out these awesome Hogwarts Potions Labels that my friend whipped up for me. They look awesome, and I used a piece of double-sided tape to stick them to my jars. She has a ton more Harry Potter themed party ideas including wands, potions, treats, and more!
If you are having a Harry Potter themed party, our slimes would make an awesome party favor to take home! I have a couple of other slimes you could check out like our fake snot for an ogre theme {remember the snot on the wand from the first movie} or our gold slime to create a golden snitch {use the plastic reusable ornaments you see here}.
Check Out The Harry Potter Slime Potions You Can Make
Draught of Peace
Draught of Peace Slime is a calming magic potion using white glue, purple coloring, and purple slime!
Skele-gro Potion
Do you remember who has to drink the Skele-Gro potion and why? We do! This is just a classic white glue slime, but you can add anything you like!
Veritaserum Potion
Veritaserum Potion slime is dark and spooky just like Snape. Use black glitter with clear glue? Who uses this potion in the movies?
Felix Felicis Potion
Liquid Luck or Felix Felicis is awesome with gold glitter and clear glue. Do you remember who drinks the liquid luck and why?
Wolfsbane Potion
Make Wolfsbane Potion Slime! Use blue glitter with clear glue! Do you remember who is a werewolf?
Polyjuice Potion
Make Polyjuice Potion Slime! Use green glitter with the clear glue slime recipe. Why do Harry, Ron, and Herminie drink polyjuice potion? What happens to Herminie?
The Science of Slime
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here. Slime really does make for 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 the science behind the slime? 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…
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 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!
Is slime a liquid or solid? We call it a non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both!
Read more about slime science here!
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Helpful Slime Making Resources
These are the best resources to look through before, during, and after making your awesome Harry Potter slime!
More Fun Slime Recipes Inspired By Movies, Holidays & Science Experiments
If your kids love playing with slime, why not try more favorite slime ideas…
- Frozen Slime
- Minion Slime
- Grinch Slime
- Star Wars Slime
- Cat In The Hat Slime
- Put Me In The Zoo Slime
- Bubbly Slime
- Volcano Slime
- Flubber Slime
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Hi – I am after your awesome harry potter potions printables – i have subscribed but cant find how to get link !
Thanks in advance
Mel, you don’t need to subscribe, simply click the link that is provided by the printable to download them. It will take you to my friends Harry Potter themed birthday party article.
Hi – I was wondering what size jars you used for the slime? Thanks!
These aren’t marked but look to be about 8oz!
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how much slime is made if using the exact proportions as are in the instructions?
how much slime is made when using the exact measurements that are given in the instructions?
One batch of a recipe usually makes about a cup of slime or a little more.
Will the food coloring dye the kids hands when playing with this?
Unless an out of the ordinary amount is added, no it will not. If they add to much it can color hands but is also pretty easily washed out. Darker food colorings like black may color hands a bit more.
Hi! I’m planning a Harry Pitter bday party, and I was testing your saline solution slime. I feel like the water evaporates leaving a slime that keeps breaking and isn’t stretchy. Do you have any tips or suggestions? Thank you! BTW, I love your website.
Hi! I’m not sure quite what you mean by evaporating…We have containers of it for weeks on end. If you would like to email me sarah@littlebinsforlittlehands we can do some troubleshooting together!