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December 9, 2015 | 21 Comments

Snow Slime In A Jar – Homemade Gifts For Kids

Snow slime all packaged up in a mason jar for holiday giving This post is sponsored by Elmer’s Glue and contains affiliate links.

My daughter loves playing with slime and even more than playing with it, she loves making it so making it for other people for holiday gifts was exactly the right activity for a rainy weekend! Mason jars make great containers for snow slime and they are cute!

snow slime holiday gifts for kids

Gather your materials. To make 3 small jars full of lovely slime you will need 2 bottles of clear Elmer’s glue, one bottle of white, silver and blue glitter, foil snowflakes, a bowl and spatula, liquid starch, some washi tape and 3 small mason jars.

snow slime holiday gifts

Start by pouring your glue into your bowl, winter slime giftwe did clear, then white,Winter slime for kids then clear.

winter slime with glitter for kids

Add the glitter.

Glitter is serious, obviously.

winter slime snowman snot

Stir.

winter slime with elmer's glue

Add the starch, we added 1/4 cup to start with and then after kneading for 3 minutes added another dash.

When you knead the slime I really forcefully knead it, I stretch, and wrap it around into a ball, then knead some more. I like mine really tough and rubbery, if you like more liquidy slime, add less starch.

snowflake slime for kids

Add in the snowflakes ( make sure they don’t have sharp sides) and let your helper play for a while so that you can make the lids with washi tape. winter slime gifts for kids stocking stuffer

All ready to give away!Slime favors in jars

 

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Need a book to go along with the activity? Try one of our favorite books about snow. 

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Filed Under: Age Preschool, Preschool Activities, Sense of Touch, Sensory Activities, Slime, Snow, Snowflakes | 21 Comments

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21 Comments

  1. hannah mihaila says

    November 24, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    That’s really cute!
    Where did you get the snowflakes?
    Anyway.. thank you for this recipe, it was extremely helpful. I was really wondering if there were other activators other than borax, because I heared that borax is very risky. Thank goodness you used staflo because i have it at home.

    Thank you so much!

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  2. Cathy says

    December 11, 2017 at 2:07 pm

    Hi there,
    I’m a teacher and have a ton of glue but it’s not clear. Is clear glue necessary? Funds are meager!
    Thanks,
    Cathy

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    • Allison McDonald says

      December 11, 2017 at 2:14 pm

      No it will just be more white and you might want to add even more glitter 🙂

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  3. Allie says

    December 17, 2017 at 7:49 pm

    This is just awful. It sticks to everything, no mater how much liquid starch I added. Disastrous. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      December 19, 2017 at 12:02 am

      Oh no – I am so sorry. I am assuming you followed the recipe exactly, my guess would be to knead more.

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    • Christina says

      January 25, 2019 at 7:17 am

      I just made this with my daughter and had the exact same problem. We had to call my friend over to help us get it off. Way, way too sticky.

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      • Allison McDonald says

        January 25, 2019 at 12:11 pm

        Oh no – this slime recipe has always worked for me. I’m so sorry!

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  4. Tara D. says

    December 1, 2018 at 11:22 am

    The picture shows 3 bottles of glue, 2 clear glue bottles and 1 white glue bottle, but the instructions only call for 2 clear bottles of glue. Which did you do?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      December 1, 2018 at 1:14 pm

      It says 2 bottles of clear glue and one bottle of white – I used all three.

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  5. Mariah says

    December 6, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    Do you find that the glitter gets all over, even once the slime has been made? I would like to give these as a gift, but not if it will cause a glittery mess for friends and their parents!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      December 13, 2018 at 11:13 pm

      Not if you use glitter glue, if you add the glitter it’s messier So to avoid the glitter mess just use glitter glue.

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  6. Chelsea says

    December 10, 2018 at 5:00 am

    Hello, I’m a Kindergarten teacher and am thinking of making this with my students as a holiday activity. What size mason jars did you use?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      December 13, 2018 at 11:12 pm

      8oz 🙂

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