Making homemade slime is a fun activity kids love! So why not make some patriotic slime? These slime ideas for the 4th of July are sure to be a fun way to spend some time before the fireworks. We made red, white, and blue slime, clear glitter slime and what we called firework slime– featuring glitter yellow glue!

Each recipe is a twist on our classic slime recipe, and then the white fluffy slime is our how to make Cloud Slime recipe. A lot of times slime it can get messy, but I’m sharing my best tips for keeping it contained and tidy too!

Safety note:

These slime recipes are for sensory play, it is not edible. Always supervise children to make sure they don’t put slime in their mouths.

kids hands pulling apart yellow glitter slime, blue glitter slime, red glitter slime and white fluffy slime.

Quick Guide: Slime Ideas for the 4th of July

Time Needed: 15-20 minutes, additional for cleanup.

Recommended Age: 4+ with adult supervision.

Safety note: These slime recipes are for sensory play, it is not edible. Always supervise children to make sure they don’t put slime in their mouths.

Storage: Store slime in an airtight container. If stored properly it can last 3 weeks or more.

Note from Claire- Let kids help customize their slime by picking colors, turning it from regular slime to fluffy slime or by adding glitter!

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Key Ingredients

A box of baking soda, blue and red glitter glue, contact solution, clear glue and a blue container sitting on a counter.

**Full list of ingredients and measurements available at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

Glue- your choice! We used clear glue, rainbow glitter glue and regular school glue.
Contact solution- make sure you use a type that has boric acid as an ingredient.
Baking soda
Large craft sticks to stir. You can use a spatula too but this simplified it for the kids and then they could go right into the trash!

Tips and Suggestions

If you have multiple kids wanting to make slime and want to stretch a bottle of glitter glue, use half glitter glue and half clear glue to make your slime. Each small ‘batch’ uses a bottle of glue.
Humidity/temps do impact slime. We made ours outside on a super humid day (July in the midwest of course) and had to add a bit more contact solution because it was drying out/stretching a bit more quickly than normal.
We used one container and went one at a time when making this. The slime stuck to itself for clean up which really helps!
Our red/pink glitter glue wasn’t as red as we wanted so I added a few drops of food coloring! You could also use clear glue, food coloring and glitter if you don’t have glitter glue.

Firework Slime

yellow glitter glue in a tub with red and blue glitter, a popsicle stick to stir and gold glitter stars.

Step 1. Combine your glitter glue, contact solution and baking soda into your container. Stir to combine. Add in a bunch of glitter and sequins to create ‘fireworks’!

Once combined, remove from container and knead together so it’s not as sticky. Then it’s ready to stretch, pull and play with!

Child's hands pulling apart yellow slime.

Clear Glitter Firework Slime

Child's hand stirring together clear glue, baking soda and contact solution to make slime.

Step 1. Combine your glitter glue, contact solution and baking soda into your container. Stir to combine.

Once combined, remove from container and knead together so it’s not as sticky. Then it’s ready to stretch, pull and play with!

Red or Blue Glitter Slime

Child's hand stirring blue glitter glue with contact solution to make slime.

Step 1. Combine your glitter glue, contact solution and baking soda into your container. Stir to combine.

Once combined, remove from container and knead together so it’s not as sticky. Then it’s ready to stretch, pull and play with! The below photo combined blue and red glitter slime together!

Hand stretching apart purple sparkly slime.

White Fluffy Slime

Child's hand mixing together glue, shaving cream and contact solution to make slime.

Step 1. Combine your school glue, contact solution and baking soda into your container. Stir to combine.

Once combined, add your shaving cream. This is what makes it so fluffy!

Remove from container and knead together so it’s not as sticky. Then it’s ready to stretch, pull and play with!

More Slime Recipes to Try

How to Make Ocean Slime

galaxy slime, orange and green slime on a counter with fake bugs.

Halloween Slime

How to Make Sand Slime

Hands pulling and stretching snow slime.

How to Make Snow Slime- Easy Fluffy Slime for Kids

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Use these ideas to make some patriotic slime for the 4th of July!

Cost $10

Yield 5 batches

Prep 5

Active Time 10

Ingredients

Ingredients Per Color/Batch of Slime

▢ 6 oz school glue, glitter glue or clear glue. (Some bottles come in a 4 or 5 oz size. If using one of those I just use the bottle of glue and add a bit of clear if needed/I have it on hand.)
▢ ½ tsp baking soda
▢ 1½ tbsp contact solution (use a brand that includes boric acid)
▢ optional add-ins like glitter, food coloring or sequins
▢ 2 cups shaving cream (if making fluffy slime)

Equipment

1 bowl or dish I used a dedicated set for crafting/experiments.

1 set of measuring spoons

4 large craft sticks or as many as kinds of slime you're making.

Instructions

Classic Slime

Add your glue, contact solution and baking soda to a bowl.
Stir to combine- we used larger popsicle or craft sticks and they worked great!
After the ingredients are sticking together, remove from bowl or container and knead to reach that slimey consistency. It should pull itself off your hands.
If it's too dry add a bit more contact solution- but very slowly so it doesn't get too greasy. Humidity/temps will impact this recipe.

Fluffy Slime

Add your glue, contact solution and baking soda to a bowl.
Add your shaving cream to the bowl. Stir to combine- we used larger popsicle or craft sticks and they worked great!
After the ingredients are sticking together, remove from bowl or container and knead to reach that slimey consistency. It should pull itself off your hands.

Notes

This recipe is per color. So if you’re making all of them you’ll need 4 bottles of glue or 24oz.

You can double or triple this recipe to make a larger batch! When making a small batch I typically use the entire bottle of glue. If you’re making large amounts you may want to start buying glue in bulk.

If you’re making a small batch, I just use 1 bottle of glue. The recipe calls for 6oz but some bottles come in 4oz or 5oz sizes. In that case, I either just use the whole bottle or add a bit of clear glue to make it go further.

There hits a point in the kneading where I’m convinced I won’t ever get this off my counter. Keep going! That’s usually right before it begins to stick together and it will clean itself off the surface.

Humidity and temperatures do affect this recipe. If too hard, slowly add a bit more contact solution and knead together.

Safety note reminder- slime is not edible. Use your best judgement to decide if. your child is ready to handle slime, and supervise them while playing with it.

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