Best Christmas Slime Recipe for Kids

Get into the spirit of Christmas by making a lot of homemade slime with your children! This is a brilliant holiday-themed activity that kids would love and is an excellent opportunity to feel excited about the holidays! Christmas slimes are not just for decorations; they also make great homemade gifts that your loved ones would love to receive!

Top Christmas Slime Recipes for Children

Slime is a fun activity that is also incredibly simple to prepare. Take a look at these simple Christmas slime ideas that you’ll need this season!

1. Holiday Scented Christmas Tree Slime

Let the kids use their imagination and decorate the trees with this creative holiday-scented Christmas tree slime this winter! The best thing about this slime idea is that you could add in essential oils with any of your favorite fragrances that bring you the joy of Christmas!

Ingredients

• Clear glue (5 oz.)
• Water (1/2 cup)
• Green candy color (paint and food coloring will also work)
• Green glitter
• Pine essential oil
• Contact solution (1 tbsp)
• Baking soda (1/2 tsp)
• Pom poms

Steps

1. Take a bowl and pour all the clear glue you took for the craft.
2. Pour the water into the bowl and stir well until the glue and water are well blended. Warm water might make it easier to mix things together.
3. Put a few drops of food color or green candy color until you feel the slime has the same color as the tree. Then add one or two drops of pine essential oil.
4. Put some green glitter (you can mix fine and chunky glitter) into the mix and stir well.
5. Add the baking soda to the mixture somewhere around ½ tsp based on how thick you want the slime to be.
6. Pour in 1 tbsp of contact solution but ensure that it contains boric acid since this determines the slime stays sticky.
7. Knead the slime properly and keep kneading until the slime is not very sticky. Add some pom poms of various colors since these can act as the ornaments of the tree.
8. Finally, store the slime in an airtight container.

2. Glittery Grinch Slime

Get your Christmas party started by making some Glittery Grinch Slime with your kids!

Ingredients 

• Clear glue (5 oz)
• Water (1/2 cup)
• Baking soda (1/2 tsp)
• Green food coloring
• Contact solution (1 tbsp)
• Green glitter
• Small bowl
• Red heart charm
• Airtight container

Steps 

1. Pour the clear glue into a bowl and add in the water you have taken for the activity.
2. Add a few drops of green food color and stir the combination well. Put in the baking soda, add the green glitter, and then store it well.
3. Once the mixture is stirred well, add in the contact solution and mix it well. The slime would start coming together.
4. Knead the slime properly and make sure it is not sticky anymore. Finally, add in a heart charm if available and store it into an airtight container.

3. Stretchy Christmas Tree Slime

Get creative with your stretchy slime by adding in all the confetti you want of different shapes!

Ingredients 

• Clear glue (1 cup)
• Contact lens solution (2-3 tbsp)
• Baking soda (1/2 tsp)
• Confetti sprinkles
• Mix bowl

Steps 

1. Pour the baking soda and the glue into the large mixing bowl and mix the mixture well.
2. Add in a few drops of the contact lens that contain a saline solution and stir the mixture well.
3. Knead the mixture well until it stops being sticky.
4. Add in confetti sprinkles of various designs of your choice and have your own personalized Christmas themes slime!

4. Elf on the Shelf Slime

Have some fun with your slime and include various characters of Christmas with this Elf on the Shelf slime recipe!

Ingredients 

• Baking soda (1/2 tbsp)
• Contact lens solution (1 ½ tbsp)
• Clear glue (16 oz)
• Green glitter (1 tbsp)
• Large bowl
• Green food coloring (2 tsp)
• Mason jar
• Spatula

Steps 

1. Take the large bowl and combine the clear glue and the baking soda.
2. Knead the mixture well and then put in some contact solution.
3. Mix well with the spatula until the mixture does not feel sticky.
4. Add in some food color and then enough glitter till the slime looks good.
5. Mix the combination well. You could even add in some pom poms and store the slime in a glass mason jar.
6. Place the mason jar along with pretty elf toys near your tree!

5. Peppermint Scented Slime

Ever wanted to try and make slime that smells like Christmas? Then check out this Peppermint Scented Slime this season!

Ingredients 

• Clear glue (16 oz)
• Liquid starch (1 cup)
• Peppermint essential oil (3- 5 drops)
• Raspberry pink acrylic paint
• Lime green acrylic paint
• Light pink acrylic paint

Steps 

1. Pour the clear glue with a few drops of the peppermint essential oil into a large bowl and mix them,
2. Slowly add the liquid starch, stir well while it is being added. When the slime pulls away from the sides, divide it into three equal parts in separate smaller bowls.
3. Add lime green paint to one bowl, light pink to the second, and the raspberry pink paint to the third bowl, and mix these slimes separately.
4. Once the mixtures are set properly, the three slimes can be positioned next to each other in three strips to look like peppermint ribbon candy! However, note that these colors will eventually mix once you start using them together and playing.
5. You could even add various colors to make other things like candy cane slime.

6. Melting Snowman Slime

Not every place in the world is lucky enough to see snow, so why not bring snow into your home with a melting Snowman slime.

Ingredients 

• White glue (1/2 cup)
• Water (1/2 cup)
• Baking soda (1/2 tsp)
• Saline solution (1 tbsp)
• Googly eyes
• Foam carrot noses
• Buttons
• Foam ball

Steps

1. Mix the white glue and water in a large bowl and stir well.
2. Add in the ½ tsp of baking soda to this mixture and mix the combination well. The baking soda keeps the slime a bit firm, so you can always increase or reduce the amount according to that.
3. Add in the saline solution and stir the combination well. Mix well until the mixture is not sticky anymore. You can always add more saline solution if the solution still feels sticky.
4. Knead well and store the solution in an airtight container.
5. Finally, apply the slime to the desired location, place it in the foam head that will serve as the snowman’s head, and connect all of the other elements.

7. Snowflake Slime

Take the charm of the snowflake into your home with this beautiful snowflake slime!

Ingredients 

• Clear glue (5 oz)
• Liquid starch (5 oz)
• Warm water (5 oz)
• Snowflake confetti
• Spoon and bowl
• Measuring cup

Steps 

1. Pour the clear glue into the bowl and add in some warm water. Mix both of these ingredients well until they have blended properly.
2. Next, add the snowflake confetti pieces to the mixture. You could go for white and blue snowflakes based on what colors you want your snowflake slime to be.
3. Now, pour the liquid starch you have kept aside for this activity entirely into the bowl and stir it well with a spoon.
4. Mix the ingredients well until the slime gets a bit thicker.
5. You can add polar animals like penguins and polar bear mini toys for the decoration part, along with the slime!

8. Elf Snot Slime

Give your boring old gift cards a fun little twist by sticking them in Elf Snot this year!

Ingredients 

• Clear glue (5 oz)
• Baking soda
• Neon green food coloring gel
• Contact solution
• Mason jar

Steps 

1. Combine the clear glue and the food color in a bowl and blend it well using a spatula. You could even use gel food color instead of a liquid one to keep the liquid ratio right.
2. Once both the ingredients have blended well, you could sprinkle in some baking soda and mix well until all the lumps of the powder are gone.
3. Next, add in a few drops of contact solution to convert your sticky slime into something playable.
4. Mix the combination well until the slime is not sticky anymore, and place it in a small transparent mason jar!

9. Santa Slime

Make your Christmas merrier with beautiful Santa slime!

Ingredients 

• Liquid starch (1-2 cups)
• Red glitter glue (2 cups)
• Cinnamon extract
• Red glitter
• Large glue

Steps 

1. Pour the red glitter glue into a bowl and add in some extra glitter for some sparkle.
2. You could pour in a few drops of cinnamon extract a little to add in the fragrance of the season!
3. Mix the combination well and add in some liquid starch until you get the desired consistency.
4. Once the slime begins to form, knead the mixture well using your hands.

Make this Christmas extra special with these easy-to-prepare and delicious recipes that you may use all year. So prepare to have a good time with some homemade slime!

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