How to Make Galaxy Slime – Preschool Space Activities
Looking for a fun way to keep your kids entertained? Check out this super cool galaxy slime! This mesmerizing homemade slime recipe is sure to captivate preschoolers imagination for hours. The unique texture of this diy slime recipe combined with the vibrant colors that resemble the breathtaking beauty of outer space make it a fun space activity for kids of all ages. Let me show you how to make galaxy slime and you can get started playing and learning!
galaxy slime recipe
Kids love playing with slime! They love all the tactile experience they get with this unique play recipe that stretches, molds, oozes in a way unlike any other activity. Now add to it that slime is actually good for kids to play with as it strengthens hand muscles, causes children to work with scientific principles like cause-and-effect, and the fun expression of creativity and you have a winner! Parents, teachers, and homeschoolers alike will be looking for homemade slime ideas to learn with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and elementary age students. Our galaxy slime takes the fun of slime and amps it up with vibrant, out-of-this-world colors and fun. This space slime would be a wonderful addition to your space theme or as solar system activities for kids!
We have lots more fun preschool activities, epic slime recipes, and space activities for kids. Plus don’t miss free printable space worskheets, easy balloon rocket, and free space color by number.
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All you need are a few simple materials to whip up a batch of this gorgeous galaxy slime:
- clear glue
- water
- fine purple glitter
- food coloring
- laundry starch (like Sta Flo)
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In a bowl mix 1/2 a cup of water and food coloring; repeat with each bowl so you ahve a bowl with purple water, a bowl of red water, and a bowl of blue water.
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Add in fine purple glitter to teach bowl. I eyeball how much but a teaspoon or so.
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Next mix in 1/2 cup of glue to each bowl and stir.
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Finally, mixin 1/2 a cup of laundry starch (like Sta Flo) to each bowl and stir with a fork.
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Once the three colors of slime are stretchy and no longer cloudy, it’s time to mix them together.
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Kids will love the sensory play with this slime as they explore how it looks slimey, but no mess! My kids loved seeing how translucent the slime was, but so colorful at the same time! Beautiful!
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The more you play and stretch with the slime, the more galaxy like it will be with the colors starting to mix and blend together
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THe more you play, the different the color of the galaxy slime becomes. I think this is so cool, like our solar system things are always moving and change. But just so you understand, after they have mixed together completely, your slime will develop a solid purple color.
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My kids loved watching the slime ooze and pool as they stretched and molded it! THis is wonderful for strengthening hand muscles and working on coordination!
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Children can make impressions of their hands, space objects or planets. You can reinforce space volcabulary like th enames of planets, constellations, space shuttle, telescope, etc.
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In addition it is great for exploring cause and effect of how it flows, color mixing, etc. Slime is truly a super educational activity for kids. And if you keep it all at the kitchen table, it is low mess too!
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Galaxy Slime is not only a fun space activity for preschoolers, but an educatioanl, epic acitivity to captivate their imagination!!
Space Activities
Looking for more fun, hands on science activities to teach kids about astronomy or to round out your solar system for kids unit. You will love these hands on solar system activities and lessons:
- Free space worksheets for preschoolers – themed math, literacy, and more activities
- The Sun Activities for Kindergarten – learn about the sun and how the planets orbit around it including a fun planets game for kids!
- Moon Activities for Kids & Astronauts Too – make oreo moon phases, DIY telescope, learn about the astronauts who landed on the moon, and more!
- Inner Planets for Kids (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) – Use our free planet worksheets and fun hands-on activities like Mercury craters, Venus’ melting rocks, layers of the earth, and Erupting Mars Volcano
- Outer Planets for Kids (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) – combination of hands-on solar system projects and solar system printables; gaseous Jupiter, Saturn Rocket, plus cloudy Uranus and Neptune.
- Pluto, Asteroid Belt, Comets, and Starsfor Kids – make a FUN constellation projector, cold Pluto ice cream project, and grape constellation project
- Yarn Solar System Project, Paint Stick Solar System Project or Simple Galaxy Science Experiments
- Pipe cleaner constellations activity for kids, 50 Moon Activities for Kids & Crafts, cool Solar System Project Ideas for kids of all ages, Galaxy Slime preschool space activities
- HUGE pack of FREE Solar System Worksheet, free Planet worksheets for kindergarten, Simple Astronaut Coloring Pages, Free Constellation Activity Sheets, fun Space Worksheets Preschool
- Solar System Coloring Pages to read, learn, and color the solar system
- Printable Free Constellations Printable pdf or Cootie Catcher Constellation Activities for Kids
- Free Constellation Cards, printable Moon Phases Kindergarten Worksheets, Planets Solar System for Kids pdf Book, and Moon Phases Printable Mini Book for kids to learn about the phases of the moon
