How To Make Slime With Gelatin

We have had fun with Jello slime, now play with an easy edible green slime. The slime fun continues with cool gelatin slime that’s also messy sensory play. Just a few common kitchen ingredients and you can make gooey edible slime. We love homemade slime especially one that’s edible. This slime recipe does not contain Metamucil but it does have a good amount of sugar!

Cool Slime Fun With Edible Green Slime

EDIBLE SLIME FOR KIDS

I don’t tend to like edible play materials and don’t make them often. Our Ice Cream in a Bag experiment, however, was a yummy science experiment. However, if you need taste-safe recipes for kids who are still testing with their mouths edible slime is the way to go!

There’s nothing healthy about our edible slime and we didn’t find it all that tasty, but it is certainly taste safe with simple ingredients! We added lime juice for a little extra taste. I found the initial recipe at Sci-Borg Projects. We made two versions. This edible gelatin slime below is a goo like substance and our next gelatin slime more like a fake snot! Cool science!

This gelatin slime is certainly a science activity for the senses. Yes, you can taste it. I did and it was ok but not something to chow down on which was fine by me. My son and husband were unwilling to try it but happily watched me eat a piece.

Remember this is simple unflavored gelatin {like jello} with corn syrup {sugar} mixed together. Add any flavor you want or leave as is for cool gelatin slime.

GELATIN SLIME

We tested our recipe for gelatin slime or corn syrup slime a few times. No matter what you end up with, this gelatin slime is slimy and fun for kids and adults too!

YOU WILL NEED:

• 3 packs Knox Unflavored Gelatin
• 1/4 cup Corn Syrup
• Water
• Food coloring and or flavoring

HOW TO MAKE SLIME WITH CORN SYRUP

STEP 1: Boil the water and add green food coloring.

STEP 2: Mix the gelatin into the water slowly, but it may still form a few clumps.

STEP 3: Then add in a 1/4 cup of corn syrup and mix together.

GELATIN SLIME SCIENCE

This is messy science! Check out our basic slime science about polymers. Although this is made with gelatin, the mixture of water and gelatin still makes a polymer. The proteins in the gelatin combine with the corn syrup to form gooey strands that resemble slime and even fake snot.

Playing around with the amount of corn syrup you use will change the texture. The more corn syrup added the longer the strands will be and the more it will resemble fake snot. The less corn syrup you use the more glob like and chunky it becomes. This edible green slime recipe is halfway between the two textures.

Play around with different amounts of corn syrup to check out different textures!

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MORE FUN EDIBLE SLIME IDEAS

We have sound so many ways to make taste-safe and edible slime for kids.  Some of our favorites are…

• Marshmallow Slime
• Gummy Bear Slime
• Jello Slime
• Taffy Slime
• Starburst Slime

Taste some cool science with our edible green slime

Discover more fun and easy science & STEM activities right here. Click on the link or on the image below.

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Edible Green Slime

Ingredients

• 3 packs unflavored gelatin
• green food coloring
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• water

Instructions

1. Boil the amount of water suggested on the gelatin packs.

2. Add food coloring.

3. Carefully stir in the gelatin until it is all dissolved.

4. Mix in 1/4 cup corn syrup.

5. Wait for the gelatin to cool and thicken before playing with.