Squishy Colors

Playing with slime is engaging, fun, and very, very, VERY, messy. Setting up a slime activity does require plenty of time for set-up and clean-up. If you are short on time, but your kids really want to play with slime here is a mess-free version that still provides the satisfying squish factor.

I set this one up to explore primary and secondary colors, but you can do this with a single color as well. Use your imagination because there are tons of variations on this basic idea.

Materials

• Freezer Ziploc bags
• Bottle of clear hair gel – from the dollar store
• Food coloring
• 3 plastic cups
• 3 spoons

 Instructions

•  Fill the 3 cups with equal parts of hair gel.
• Make one cup red, the second blue, and the third yellow.
• Deposit the three colors in different areas of the bag.
• Seal tightly.
• Squish and explore color mixing in a mess-free, but really engaging way!

The bag also makes a very pretty sun catcher. We held it up to the window just to see what it looked like. Isn’t it pretty?

Variations: add glitter, plastic party confetti, or any other items your imagination inspires you to include in the bag.

What are your favorite ways to modify a very messy or lengthy activity for those days you only have a short amount of time?