I was in our local dollar store the other day when my next homemade slime recipe inspiration hit! Passing by an endocarp of very colorful beads, feathers, and masks it dawned on me that these colors would certainly make for an awesomely colorful Mardi Gras slime recipe, and I was definitely right!

MAKE MARDI GRAS SLIME RECIPE FOR COLORFUL HOMEMADE SLIME

If you want a super colorful slime, then our Mardi Gras Slime Recipe is perfect! Bright colors with tons of glitter and sparkle. You can make the slime colors and set up the slime making activity with a decorating buffet of colored glitter, sequins, confetti, and fun theme accessories.

MAKING YOUR MARDI GRAS 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.

MARDI GRAS SLIME RECIPE SUPPLIES

Clear Washable PVA School Glue (see our recommended supplies list)

Saline Solution (Check ingredients: boric acid and sodium borate must be there!)

Water

Baking Soda

Food Coloring

Glitter

Theme Accessories

Bowl, Spoon, Measuring Cups/Spoons

CHOOSE A SLIME RECIPE!

We keep each of our basic slime recipes on one page. Click on the black buttons below to see each recipe, watch a video, and check out the photos.

We made our Mardi Gras slime Recipe with our saline solution slime recipe, but you can just as easily interchange it with our liquid starch slime recipe for the same results!

EXTRA SLIMY RESOURCES

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.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE MARDI GRAS 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.

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!

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.