Celebrate a day of love by experimenting with these chemicals to make this simple Valentine’s day slime recipe.

You can make this slime with your kids or give it as a gift to a friend. There’s really no way that’s wrong to make and share this slime recipe! Or keep it at home for your own kids.

The kids are pretty obsessed with making this every single year and I don’t blame them..I love the look and feel of this easy diy slime recipe! It’s not sticky and it holds up really well no matter how long the kids decide to play with it.

Your homeschool science lessons during Valentine’s season will be so awesome with these Valentine’s Day Science Activities.

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Simple Valentine’s Day Slime Recipe

While some may not celebrate Valentine’s day, you can always take a day out to celebrate love and show others you appreciate them.

And since I try to cut down on the sugar and “stuff” for the kids as gifts, I find that making a homemade Valentine’s Day gift is really fun to do.

They love it as well and it’s a gift that they can play with a lot longer than a bite of chocolate lasts!

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Recommended Valentine’s Day Books for Kids

Grab your favorite Valentine’s day book or book about love to celebrate a whole day of family and focus on family time.

We have a tradition where we take turns reading and it’s a lot of fun with the books listed below. I’m a big believer that reading is a huge building block to help with other forms of learning and the kids tend to love it as well.

Love Monster Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle)The Biggest Valentine Ever Day It Rained Hearts The Invisible String Groggle’s Monster Valentine

All you need to do is gather the materials together, mix, and voila! Slime seems daunting but I assure you, it’s so easy to do and you can change it up to add different colors to make it for every season.

Valentine's Day Slime Recipe instructions

Slime Supplies

Slime lovers will love finding all of these things in bulk. We only use a tiny about of contact solution so you can bet you’ll need a giant tub of glue for all of the slime you’ll be making.

If you want to make some real slime, you need the right ingredients. This list includes everything I use for slime recipes!

Glue
Contact lens solution (w/boric acid)
Glitter
Heart Confetti

Why make slime?

It’s super fun to see the liquids form a soft ball and come together to form slime. You can get into the science of slime creation. It makes a wonderful gift for a friend. You can also use it for sensory play.

Slime is also great because it’s something that the kids can make on their own. This is a great STEM activity that will have them noodling around about how slime is formed and what they can do to keep their slime from drying out over the next couple of weeks.

If your kids love STEM activities, you must try these Valentine STEM Activities packed with exciting science experiments, slime recipes, engineering a structure challenge, and more!

Recommended Valentine’s Day Activities

Valentine’s Day Color by Addition

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this fun color by addition worksheet. Kids will love practicing their math skills while coloring in these festive pictures!

Valentine’s Day Sensory Tray

Don’t want to put your own Valentine’s day kit together yourself? Grab this ready-to-go Valentine’s sensory kit that will delight your kids.

How does slime form?

The glue is made of a polymer, when boric acid is added, the borate ions react with the hydrogen bonds, and they link together to form a NEW polymer. Cool right?

I swear every time that I do an activity or craft with the kids, I’m always learning something new and different as well. I guess what they say is true – you’re never too old to stop learning!

Valentine's Day Slime Recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Make this easy and festive Valentine's Day slime recipe with your kids this year! It's a great way to celebrate the holiday and have some fun.

Materials

2 6-ounce bottles of clear Elmer's glue
1 1/2 tbsp contact lens solution (w/boric acid)]
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tbsp glitter in white, silver, or iridescent
Heart confetti

Instructions

Add the glue to a large bowl.
Add the water to the bowl. If using glue bottles, add water to bottles and shake to ensure you get all of the glue out.
Add the baking soda and mix thoroughly.
If using glitter or confetti add them in and mix.
Add small amounts of the contact lens solution and stir consistently. (see notes)
Remove the slime from the bowl leaving the liquid behind and knead it to bring it together. It is ready to play with when it is no longer sticky.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge to keep fresh.