Slime Lab Day ideas for OSHC
17 DIY activities for Slime Lab Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Edible Marshmallow Slime
Younger children knead melted marshmallows and cornflour into a soft, stretchy, taste-safe slime, perfect for groups who still put things in their mouths.
Slime Lab Day · Sensory Day · Detective Day +1Feely Bag Textures
Younger children reach into mystery bags and use only their sense of touch to describe and guess what is inside.
Slime Lab Day · Sensory Day · Messy Play Day +2Fluffy Cloud Slime
Children fold shaving foam into PVA slime to make a puffy, cloud-soft slime and compare how it feels with regular slime.
Space Explorers · Slime Lab Day · Science and Space +1Galaxy Slime
Children make sparkly purple and black slime with glitter stars, then compare their galaxy swirls.
Gross and Messy Day · Slime Lab Day · Science Day +2Gelatine Slime
Children make a stretchy, gooey green slime from gelatine and syrup, exploring how ingredients change texture.
Messy Play Day · Sensory Day · Gross and Messy Day +2Goop, Mud and Sand Stations
Children move between stations of cornflour goop, edible chocolate mud and mouldable sand to explore very different textures.
Sensory Day · Messy Play Day · Beach Day +1Homemade Kinetic Sand
Children mix sand, cornflour and a little oil into soft, mouldable play sand for building and squishing.
Slime Lab Day · Science Day · Science WeekMagnetic Slime Demo
An educator mixes iron oxide powder into slime and children watch it creep towards a strong magnet, sparking big questions about magnetism.
Neon Day · Slime Lab Day · Science Week +3Neon Glue Slime
Children make stretchy slime in neon colours using a borax-free recipe, then explore how it stretches and moves.
Messy Play Day · Science Week · Science Day +3Oobleck Exploration
Children mix cornflour and water into a strange goo that feels solid when squeezed but runs like liquid when relaxed.
Science Day · Slime Lab Day · Volcano Day +2Slime and Volcano Lab
Children rotate between a slime station and a bicarb volcano station, experimenting with two very different science reactions.
Slime Lab Day · Craft Day · Science DaySlime Jar Decorating
Children decorate a container with stickers and labels to take their slime home, inventing a name for their slime recipe.
Slime Lab Day · Halloween · Gross and Messy Day +1Slime Monsters
Children turn blobs of slime into silly creatures with googly eyes and beads, then give them names and back stories.
Slime Lab Day · Sensory Day · Messy Play Day +1Soap Sand Dough
Children mix sand, cornflour, dish soap and water into a squishy, clumping sand they can mould, cut and build with.
Halloween · Slime Lab Day · Messy Play Day +2Spooky Cornflour Goo
Children make a squishy, gooey slime from cornflour and conditioner, add colour and hide plastic spiders inside.
Science Day · Slime Lab Day · Science Week +1Stretchy Slime Lab
Children make slime with different recipes and test which stretches the longest, measuring results like scientists.
Superhero Day · Science Day · Messy Play Day +3Super Goop
Children mix cornflour and water into a strange goop that feels solid when punched and runs like liquid when held.