The Best Slime Ideas For Summer

Learn how to make slime this summer! Our summer isn’t complete without an array of summer slime recipes to dazzle the senses. Homemade slime is an AMAZING way to celebrate the activities, weather, and events around us! What themes remind you of summer? Go ahead, we invite you to create your favorite type of slime with any of our basic slime recipes. Slime making really is easy once you have a little know how!

BEST SLIME IDEAS FOR SUMMER!

HOMEMADE SLIME MADE EASY!

We take homemade slime seriously and we take our summer vacation seriously! What screams summer to you? Is it…

eating cotton candy at the local fair?
playing in ocean waves while hunting for sea creatures?
drinking lemonade and eating fruit salads for days?
sifting through sand and shells?
catching fireflies?
looking up at the starry night?

So many awesome summer themes beg to be made into fun slime ideas the kids will LOVE! Try out our summer slime recipes we have already made below, including one for the 4th of July!

Throughout this slimy summer resource, we will show you how to…

master our four favorite basic slime recipes for endless creations.
choose the best slime ingredients.
make AMAZING stretchy slime every time.

OUR BASIC SLIME RECIPES FOR SUMMER THEMES!

Each of our 5 basic slime recipes has their own unique page filled with step by step directions and photo steps.

NEW! Each recipe offers a video that shows you how to make the slime from start to finish while I talk you through it! It’s a winning situation.

Click on each of the links below to see which one you want to try first.

It’s important to read through each of the our basic slime recipes to see which one works best for you and what you have available for ingredients.

The recipes are interchangeable and generally work well with each theme. I hope to be adding a few more fun ideas as the summer goes on…

Here are a couple of great resources that I highly suggest you look through when you get ready to make slime. Get your pantry stocked and ready for endless summer fun with slime. Have you seen our new slime book?

No more having to print out a WHOLE blog post for just one recipe!

Get our basic slime recipes in an easy to print format so you can knock out the activities!

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INGREDIENTS FOR SLIME

Your shopping list for the following slime ideas should include:

Elmers Washable School Glue in clear and White
Slime Activator of Choice (liquid starch, borax powder, or saline solution/baking soda)
Food Coloring
Glitter
Fun Accessories
Fragrance Oils
Jello Powder
Glow Pigments
Sun Activated Ingredients

SLIME IDEAS FOR SUMMER

Each of the links and pictures leads to a full article on making the specific summer slime recipe. You can use them as is or you can use them as a springboard for creating your own unique ideas!

Under each summer slime theme, I will give you some additional tips and ideas to mix it up a bit! Slime making can be a very personalized activity that really allows for imagination and creativity to shine.

OCEAN SLIME

My first stop in the summer is always to the ocean. I count down the days until I am at the seaside again. There are so many fun ways to interpret ocean slime. Choose your colors of the sea, add glitter, and mix! Older kids might enjoy experimenting with shades of color to twist and mix into their ocean slime.

We added sea creatures for a playful element, but you can add shells as well as different types of sequins. Younger kids will love finding and hiding these little critters.

SCENTED SLIME

Lemonade slime anyone! I love the smell of lemons in the summertime… A scented slime is so easy to make! You can use either jello powder or fragrance oils. Recently we made a lemonade slime, but we have also tested out strawberry, orange, and lime as well!

You can find fun fruit confetti to add. Go ahead and add some glitter too!

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Cotton Candy Slime and Vanilla Scented Slime

COLOR CHANGING BEADS SLIME

These beads are super fun for kids and can be used for more than just slime too! If you want a simple way to make slime outside, try this recipe. A little extra ultraviolet rays science is a cool added feature.

COLOR CHANGING SUMMER SLIME

Like the above sun activated beads slime recipe, this one is also color changing from the sun’s rays. Except for this time we use a photochromic pigment. Our color-changing slime changes from pink to purple with the help of this special pigment powder.

MERMAID SLIME

If you have a mermaid fan, then this slime idea is perfect for you! Sequins, glitter, shells, and gems all swirled into beautiful mermaid-esque colors makes for a real under the sea treat. Kids will have a blast designing their own color scheme and adding special touches.

OCEAN THEME FLUFFY SLIME

This is the best fluffy slime ever for summer slime with kids! Our easy to make fluffy slime recipe is so quick and simple, you will be whipping up mounds of the lightest, puffiest slime you have ever seen. Decorate with shells and gems or small plastic sea creatures!