My son knew exactly what I was thinking as I was rifling through our Christmas accessories looking for the other half of one of those plastic refillable ornaments. He said something like, I bet you are going to fill those with slime right? Pretty good guess since we LOVE making Christmas slime. This time around I thought it would be fun to share with you how to make Christmas slime with tinsel glitter!

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Homemade Christmas slime perfect for filling ornaments is a snap when you make this fun science experiment for kids! Holiday slime is so much fun! #slime #STEM #science #ChristmasPin

HOLIDAY SLIME

Making slime is SO simple when you have the right slime recipes and a little practice! I love this super easy Christmas slime with the addition of tinsel glitter. It reminds me of decorating the Christmas tree!

And speaking of decorating the tree, we added our sparkling tinsel Christmas slime to refillable plastic ornaments! Your kids can make and give these to friends or simply decorate the tree with tinsel ornaments and watch them sparkle from all the glitter.


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THE SCIENCE OF SLIME

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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GET YOUR FREE PRINTABLE SLIME RECIPES

TINSEL GLITTER SLIME RECIPE

Here we use our Saline Solution Slime recipe. Now if you don’t want to use saline solution, you can absolutely test out one of our other basic recipes using liquid starch or borax powder. We have tested all these recipes with equal success!

It takes less than 5 minutes to make a batch of Christmas slime! I made one recipe using green food coloring and green tinsel glitter and another recipe using red food coloring and red tinsel glitter. I bet a gold metallic slime would be pretty too!

YOU WILL NEED:

  • Clear PVA Glue Washable School Glue
  • Saline Solution {active ingredients should read sodium borate and boric acid}
  • Baking Soda
  • Food Coloring
  • Tinsel Glitter
  • Refillable Plastic Ornaments
  • Ribbon or Twine

HOW TO MAKE TINSEL GLITTER SLIME:

STEP 1:  In a bowl mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup of glue well to combine completely.

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STEP 2: Now’s the time to add (color, glitter, or confetti)! Remember when you add color to white glue, the color will be lighter. Use clear glue for jewel-toned colors!

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Be generous with the tinsel glitter! You can never have too much in my opinion. I often will add the baking soda before I add the glitter as the baking soda can sometimes clump, and I need to break it apart.

STEP 3: Stir in 1/4- 1/2 tsp baking soda.

Baking soda helps to firm and form the slime. You can play around with how much you add but we prefer between 1/4 and 1/2 tsp per batch. I get asked all the time why do you need baking soda for slime. Baking soda helps to improve the firmness of the slime. You can experiment with your own ratios!

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STEP 4: Mix in 1 tbsp saline solution and stir until slime forms and pulls away from sides of the bowl.

You want to really whip up your saline solution mixture to form the slime. Unlike the liquid starch slime, it doesn’t form instantaneously when you add the activator. So give it a good quick stir to form your slime.

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It will begin to pull away from the sides and bottom of the bowl, and you will find there isn’t any liquid left to mix. Put a few drops of solution on your hands, pick up your slime, and knead until smooth and stretchy. It will become less and less sticky as you play with your slime.

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 preferred over contact solution.

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STEP 5:  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 will love how easy and stretchy this tinsel glitter slime is to make, and play with too! Once you have your desired slime consistency, time to have fun! How big of a stretch can you get without the slime breaking?

I am definitely in love with tinsel glitter. It gives a whole new effect to your slime theme. Look at how we mixed glitter and slime colors here for an amazing glitter slime that you can make all year round.

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MORE AMAZING CHRISTMAS SLIME RECIPES

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Looking for more Christmas science ideas? We have plenty here from ice melts, fizzing Christmas trees to Christmas skittles to eruptions and more!

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  3. I’m a full-time nanny with 3 kids in my care. I actually had to have my 10 year old granddaughter come over to make the slime. Oh the kids had fun… HOWEVER; WHEN I returned after a day of absence I found SLIME EVERYWHERE!!!! So we actually don’t make it anymore. But I think I might give it a try again for Christmas break. The granddaughter will have to be in charge. She can make some for her friends that are allowed to have slime.

  4. Oh my! Yes slime does need a bit of supervision or it can really get everywhere. Im glad it was an enjoyable activity and thank you for the story!

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