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April 20, 2015 | 12 Comments

Alphabet Slime – Match Upper & Lowercase Letters

alphabet slime with glue and starch I am part of Elmer’s Crafty Teachers Crew and they asked me to create a fun learning activity with some of their products and share them with you. I knew exactly what I wanted to do…. make some alphabet slime!  Sensory materials like slime are fun all by themselves but adding a few items can turn a completely sensory experience into a sensorial literacy one. My daughter has known her letters for quite some time but still confuses lowercase b and d from time to time. This activity is a great way to work on upper and lowercase letter identification as well as fine motor development as your child or students dig through the slime for the small beads. My preferred way to use this activity is to set it all up and let the child explore, let them match up the letters or just PLAY. They will benefit from both options.

alphabet slime with elmer's glue

Gather your materials. You will need some Elmer’s clear school glue, Elmer’s glitter glue, glitter, liquid starch, alphabet beads, two ice cube trays, a marker, some bowls, and a spatula.

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Before you mix up the slime write the lowercase letters in the ice cube tray with a permanent marker.

glue slime with elmer's glue

Here is the recipe I used – our slime was not very sticky and pretty thick. I kneaded it a lot! I like it strong and thick so little bits don’t go flying.

1 bottle of Elmer’s Clear School Glue
1/2 bottle of Elmer’s Glitter Glue
1 squeeze ( about a tablespoon) of Elmer’s School Glue
Glitter – We used the glitter from Elmer’s Craft Bond Glitter & Glue. One full tube for each color.
1/4 cup of liquid starch

sensory alphabet activity

I mixed the first four ingredients then added the starch and kneaded by hand. It got messy at times but,  it was quick to make.

alphabet slime

I made four colors, but my little assistant wanted to mix them together. The photos would have been SO much prettier if we didn’t but let’s all keep a good perspective on these activities. They aren’t for us or even Pinterest they are for our little ones SO MIX THE COLORS even if they end up brown or in our case a gun metal gray.

alphabet slime

Add the alphabet beads and mix.

alphabet slime

Set out the trays and the slime for your little letter finder.letter matching game with slime

Dig in!

alphabet slime

She spent about half the time digging for letters and putting them in the correct sections and the other half just playing and exploring the slime. alphabet slime letter activity

We sat together both digging in and picking out letters. sensory alphabet activity As well as giggling at the not so proper noises that the slime made as she pushed into it.

After a while we went looking for letters that we hadn’t found yet, she noticed which letters had the most beads in their sections and which were empty.

alphabet activity

Then she played some more!

alphabet activity

Using some novelty to reinforce or even introduce basic concepts makes them mush more fun. Using sensory materials like slime can offer children that need to squish and grab and squeeze an outlet to do that while still reaching more specific goals.

sensory play alphabet activity

Tomorrow I will share another simple idea we created with this slime after we got all the alphabet beads out – I will be taking it to my preschool class to explore with my students. Don’t miss it!

Alphabet Slime sensory activity for kids

As stated above this post is part of a sponsored program with Elmer’s Glue.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Alphabet activities, Letter Recognition, Letters & Numbers, Sensory Activities, Slime | 12 Comments

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12 Comments

  1. TwoPlusCute says

    April 20, 2015 at 8:45 am

    I want to play with that slime, myself. I can’t wait until my 22 months old gets a little older (so she doesn’t eat the slime).

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  2. Kathy Davis says

    April 23, 2015 at 9:13 am

    Where did you find the liquid starch? I have been to 5 different stores and no luck. Thanks, Kathy

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    • Allison McDonald says

      April 27, 2015 at 12:20 pm

      Walmart in the laundry aisle.

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  3. Monica says

    May 21, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    How long does the slime last?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 25, 2015 at 6:28 am

      In a sealed container, I have had it last for 7 weeks.

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  4. Tiff says

    January 19, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    we couldn’t find liquid starch at the store so i made my own liquid starch (cornstarch and water cooked 1Tbs/1c water) and used that. it didn’t work. 🙁

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    • Allison McDonald says

      January 27, 2016 at 1:18 am

      Bummer! Are you in the states? Walmart carries this starch and one bottle will last and last!

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  5. Rachel says

    June 7, 2016 at 11:14 am

    I thinking about using this in my kindergarten class. We have a sink in the room but how messy is it on their fingers? Thanks! Love all your ideas and hope to use them as a first year teacher!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      June 8, 2016 at 2:07 am

      It’s not that messy as long as they don’t try to shake it off their hands, if you explain to then to rub it off it’s fine!

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  6. Heather Jordan says

    August 5, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Ours is still pretty sticky. Would adding more starch help it to not stick to hands as much?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      August 11, 2016 at 8:32 am

      More water actually – and then more kneading, I find the kneading is the most important part.

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