{"id":6252,"date":"2021-03-01T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/03\/01\/earth-slime\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:43:59","slug":"earth-slime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/earth-slime\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Slime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Earth-themed slime is the perfect way to keep the kids entertained while celebrating Earth Day! With its vibrant blue and green colours, it mimics the look of our planet and provides a fun, tactile experience, all inside a baubles<\/a> that can be hung with ribbon<\/a>. It’s an engaging way to combine play with learning about Earth and environmental awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Earth-themed slime is the perfect way to keep the kids entertained while celebrating Earth Day! With its vibrant blue and green colours, it mimics the look of our planet and provides a fun, tactile experience, all inside a baubles that can be hung with ribbon. It’s an engaging way to combine play with learning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,368,49,227,328,329,286,229],"tags":[618,711,714],"class_list":["post-6252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-earth-day-occasions","category-teachers","category-occasions","category-sensory","category-slime","category-subjects","category-themes","tag-earth-day","tag-sensory","tag-slime"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["30 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K663","time":"25 minutes","skill_level":"Beginner. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"

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  1. Add approximately eight tablespoons of PVA glue to your mixing bowl. Then add approximately half the amount of shaving foam and then mix it all together.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the mixture and mix it together. Then add a teaspoon of baking soda and mix again until it's smooth.<\/li>\r\n
  3. Add approximately one tablespoon of contact lens solution to the mixture and mix together with the spoon. It should start to feel sticky.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Continue to add small amounts of contact lens solution to the bowl until the mixture has completely stuck together.<\/li>\r\n
  5. Take the slime out of the bowl and knead and stretch it, adding more contact lens solution if needed until it is no longer sticky.<\/li>\r\n
  6. Make some green slime with green food colouring. Stretch both the pieces of slime and lay them out onto a flat surface next to each other.<\/li>\r\n
  7. Fold them around each other a few times so that they are stuck together but the colours are still defined.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Open up a clear bauble and put the slime inside. Then close to bauble and thread some blue ribbon through the hole to hang it.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","shopping_list":"
    • Food Colouring (green and blue)<\/li>\r\n
    • Contact Lens Solution<\/li>\r\n
    • Baking Soda<\/li>\r\n
    • Shaving Foam<\/li>\r\n
    • Mixing Bowl<\/li>\r\n
    • Spoon<\/li><\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"NB:<\/strong> The slime forms from a chemical reaction between polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in glue and borate ions in the boric acid of contact lens solution, so do not alter the recipe. Adult supervision is required when making slime. Wash hands thoroughly after use. This slime is not edible. Check all ingredients for allergies, and if skin reactions occur, wash the area and stop use immediately. Seek medical advice if unsure.","image_01":77497,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":77498,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":77499,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"","related_projects":"6247,6229,8168,6257,18364","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e8G81JugzxA","products":"FN137,AF884,AT709","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6252"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88792,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252\/revisions\/88792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}