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April 25, 2016

Watermelon Slime Recipe for Kids

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Slime is such a fun sensory experience for kids.  My kids have been especially loving scented slime lately so we decided to make a scented watermelon slime recipe!

This slime recipe is perfect for summer or anytime you need a summertime pick me up!

How to Make Watermelon Scented Slime for Kids! A total sensory summer fun!

 Watermelon Scented Slime Recipe

  • 2 bottles of clear school glue
  • 1 cup of liquid starch
  • pink liquid watercolors
  • watermelon Jell-O mix
  • green pom poms (optional)
  • bucket or bowl
  • wooden spoon

How to Make Watermelon Scented Slime for Kids!

To make watermelon scented slime dump two bottles of clear glue to a bowl, you can even use an old bucket or a container you have in the recycling bin. Add 1 tablespoon of the watermelon Jell-O and a big squirt of the liquid watercolor. Mix together with a wooden spoon.

Add in 1 cup of liquid starch and start to stir. It doesn’t become slime-like right away so don’t get worried if it seems a lot stickier than what you were expecting. Stir until it is all combined and becomes a ball then let it sit for a couple minutes to gel.

Knead it with your hands until it has a slimy consistency and isn’t too sticky to play with.

How to Make Watermelon Scented Slime

After all that kneading the whole room will smell watermelon-y and the kids will be begging to get their hands on the slime!

After they’ve played for awhile you can get out the pom pom “seeds” for them to add in.

Scented Watermelon Slime Recipe!

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About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. kasidy says

    March 12, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    How do you make it?

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 17, 2017 at 10:37 am

      Check out the instructions above! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kathy says

    June 9, 2019 at 11:49 am

    Can you use kool aid watermelon flavored? I am not able to find watermelon jello.
    If so would you know the amount of kool aid??
    Thanks so much.

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 10, 2019 at 9:31 am

      Yes! I bet a packet of watermelon koolaid would work the same way!

      Reply

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