Slime Lab Day / Slime Jar Decorating
Slime Jar Decorating
Children decorate a container with stickers and labels to take their slime home, inventing a name for their slime recipe.
How to run it
- Give each child a clean plastic jar or tub with a lid.
- Set out stickers, washi tape and blank labels.
- Have children invent a name for their slime and write it on the label.
- Fill with slime and seal the lid.
You will need
- clean plastic jars or tubs with lids
- stickers
- washi tape
- blank labels
- textas
Make it easier or harderYounger children use stickers only, while older children write an ingredients list and warning label.
SafetyUse plastic containers rather than glass.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 1, Outcome 5Children make personal design choices and use writing to label their creations.
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