Are we baking cookies or making slime! Whether you love baking gingerbread man cookies, are planning a gingerbread theme lesson, or just love anything scented, our newest gingerbread slime is the answer. Our holidays slimes are really popular, and this year I challenged us to come up with a gingerbread man series. Enjoy the scented science and sensory play that is so easy to make with our homemade slime recipes.

SCENTED GINGERBREAD SLIME FOR A HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS

If you have been around with us for a little while, you know how much we love slime. We have slimes for every season, holiday and occasion. I guess you could say we are slime crazy, and that’s because our basic collection of slime recipes are so easy to make.

We are excited to share that you can make this gingerbread man slime recipe with any of our three easy basic slime recipes, and I bet you could even try it with our fluffy slime recipe too. Scroll down to pick your favorite slime recipe to try.

CHECK OUT THE NEW VIDEO! {More cool video here.}

 

This season we are exploring a gingerbread man science theme. We have already checked out dissolving gingerbread men, crystal gingerbread men, salt crystal gingerbread men, gingerbread man cookie chemistry, and now we have gingerbread slime with gingerbread men cookie cutters!

MAKE SURE TO BOOKMARK ALL OUR HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS SLIMES!

Slime is chemistry, so it makes this gingerbread slime an awesome Christmas science activity to do with the kids! You can read more about the basic science behind our homemade slime. We love the play end of it all the most.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE GINGERBREAD SLIME RECIPE

What’s the science behind the gingerbread man 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.

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!

CHECK OUT OUR PLAY WITH GINGERBREAD SLIME AND LOOK FOR THE RECIPE BELOW!

Adding any of your cookie cutters not just the gingerbread man ones is perfect! You can also add buttons, glitter, an whatever else you think the kids will enjoy. Plus, who doesn’t love the smell of gingerbread cookies!

Our gingerbread slime is definitely different than gingerbread play dough! I have a kid who loves slime more than play dough, but I still want to have some of the fun of the classic gingerbread man play dough activities. This is it!

CHECK OUT: 25 Days of Christmas STEM Countdown Calendar

Our scented gingerbread slime is awesome on the senses. My husband and son thought I was baking cookies. Apparently, that’s going to be next on my to-do list this week! Slime is an amazing tactile experience with or without the scent.

What else can you do with those cookie cutters, check out this simple gingerbread man pattern art project for the kids to do anytime! Or you can use those cookie cutters for fizzy science!

SLIME SUPPLIES

White PVA Washable School Glue {See our recommended slime supplies list and printable for what we like to use.}

Water

Liquid Starch

Cinnamon, Ground Cloves, Ginger {whatever you like, just cinnamon works great too}

Bowl and Spoon

1/2 Cup Measure

Cookie Cutters

CHOOSE YOUR GINGERBREAD SLIME RECIPE

We used the liquid starch slime recipe for this slime, but it will work with all the others too. Click on the black boxes to check out each slime and see what works best for you.

They are all borax/borate/boric acid based because all of the slime activator ingredients come from the boron family. You will notice that even saline solutions contain this. If you are reading slime recipes that indicate borax free, they most likely aren’t. However, we have been making slime for over 4 years now!

The spices give the slime its wonderful color just like the classic play dough recipes! I mixed in a tablespoon and a half of cinnamon  and a 1/4 teaspoon of both ground cloves and ginger to the water and glue mixture.

It will take a bit to get it mixed in. If you want you can just pour the starch into the same container, but it’s important to transfer the already made slime to a dry container.

Slime has a wonderful stretchable quality. Although the mixing can be messy, the end result is not all that messy on the hands. Store in a plastic container with a lid for up to a month of play {depending on how dirty it might get!}

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT: Crystal Gingerbread Man Science Ornament

I love trying out a little something different with my son and our gingerbread slime is a great twist on the classic gingerbread play dough you can also make! Slime is excellent play and science!

CHECK IT OUT: Dissolving Gingerbread Man Cookies

Try something a little different for Christmas with gingerbread man themed slime.

CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD SLIME FOR KIDS TO MAKE TOO!

All the best Christmas science for the season! Click on the photo to find some really cool ideas.