# Green & Gold Treasure Slime
> Mix white glue, warm water, color and liquid starch into a stretchy slime. Make one green Shamrock Sparkles batch and one yellow Golden Sparkles batch, then add glitter, clover confetti and gold coins for St. Patrick's Day treasure play, counting games and slime art.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-for-kids-green-gold-slime-play-recipe/
- Ages: 4–7 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: high
- Time: prep 15 min, activity 30 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 2 kids
- Skills: sensory-exploration, fine-motor, counting, addition, pretend-play, art
- Cautions: food-dye, ingestion-risk, wheat-gluten

## Materials (one batch)
- 1 cup White school glue
- 0.75 cup Warm water (household)
- 0.75 cup Liquid starch
- AmeriColor food color (green and yellow)
- Glitter (gold and green)
- Clover confetti (optional)
- Gold coins (play treasure) (optional)
- Beads (e.g. green bead necklaces) (optional)
- Shamrock glitter foam stickers (optional)
- Colored pasta (optional)
- 1 piece Mixing bowl (household)
- 1 piece Spatula (household)
- 1 piece Measuring cups (including 1/8 cup) (household)

## Substitutions
- Instead of food color: Liquid watercolors (The author lists them as an alternative to food color.)

## Safety
- Not taste-safe: this is a glue and liquid starch slime. Keep it away from mouths and wash hands after play.
- Coins, beads, clover confetti and foam stickers are small parts and a choking hazard. Supervise closely and leave them out for children who still mouth things.
- Set sensory play rules before you start. Our kids tried throwing the green slime at the ceiling to see if the slime ball would hit it.
- Keep glitter away from eyes.
- Food color can stain hands and fabric. Keep play at a covered table.

## Before you start
- Sort the accessories (glitter, clover confetti, foam clovers, coins, beads) into small dishes so kids can pick them up easily.

## Steps
1. Add 1 cup of white glue to a bowl.
2. Add about 3/4 cup of warm water and mix well with a spatula.
3. Add your coloring: green for Shamrock Sparkles slime, yellow for Golden Sparkles slime.
4. Add the liquid starch 1/8 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
5. Stop adding starch once the slime has a good stretch. Keep playing with it until it gets stretchier and less sticky.
6. Once the slime comes together, add glitter, clover confetti and foam clovers.
7. Make a second batch in the other color the same way.
8. Hide coins, beads and clovers in the yellow slime and hunt for the treasure.
9. Drop the slime and watch it ooze and fall down.

## Tips
- If you are a glitter fan, you don't need to add the glitter while mixing. You are better off adding it after your slime comes together.
- The more you play with the slime, the stretchier and less sticky it becomes.
- Get your colors down first, THEN add your glitter, clover confetti, coins or any other accessories.
- The clover confetti looked amazing over our yellow slime.
- The kids very carefully picked up the tiny clovers and placed them in their slime. Great for fine motor practice.
- I heard tons of imaginative play story lines, ranging from leprechaun adventures to hiding their gold.
- The kids mixed up both colors and we ended up with a prettier green. Not exactly clover color, sorry!

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2015)

With just 2 ingredients [**sensory activities**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/messy-play-2/) like these don't get any more exciting! Easy to make Shamrock Sparkles and Golden Sparkles Slime as part of our St.Patrick's Day sensory activity. Last year the kids had lot of fun making their [**green and gold treasure sensory jars.**](https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-for-kids-st-patricks-day-sensory-jars/) We also loved our easy 5 minute microwave [**edible slime**.](https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-for-kids-1-ingredient-edible-slime-recipe/) This time we are experimenting with the more traditional slime and made 2 batches of St.Patrick's Day themed slime with tons of opportunities for sensory play. We used just 2 basic ingredients for this slime recipe - white glue and liquid starch. We first made a green shamrock sparkles slime.  The strechy slime was lot of fun to drop, pull and squeeze. { If you are a glitter fan} Adding the glitter while mixing the slime is not needed. You are better off adding it after your slime comes together.



### Slime for imaginative and pretend play

To add more interest, we added clover sparkles, tons of glitter and gold coins. These small accessories we add to all our sensory activities provide additional ways to explore and extend the activity. The kids very carefully picked up the tiny clover and placed them in their slime. They even added glitter foam clovers to their slime for extra fun. I even heard tons of imaginative play story lines ranging from leprechaun adventures to hiding their gold. Who doesn't enjoy the little ones creating stories during their pretend play sessions, that is when they are not throwing {the green slime to the ceiling just to see if the slime ball will hit the ceiling or not. Then we have sensory play rules and I just have to remind them!}



The second batch of slime was our golden yellow sparkles slime which followed the recipe but simply with a different color.



### Slime for math practice and fine motor exercises

The clover confetti looked amazing over our yellow slime. The foam clover stickers can be used to tie in counting practice and other fine motor exercises like picking up the clovers and creating art on slime.



I found big sister (6 y.o) create play challenges for little sister ( 4 y.o) She would hide different colored coins, beads, clovers in the yellow slime. Each hidden gem/treasure was allocated some points and every time little sister found one big sister would scream the number of points. She also kept a running total of her points. { [**Hands on addition**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/math-play/) practice alert!} You could easily turn this into a math game with pen and paper.



### Slime for art

Well the kids mixed up both the colors and we ended up with a prettier green { nor exactly clover color sorry!!}

Colored pasta and extra beads were added and many cool designs were made.



Of course the best part of this St. Patrick's day sensory activity - dropping the slime and watch it ooze and fall down



### Slime Recipe : Green & Gold Treasure Slime

To make 1 batch of Golden Yellow Sparkles Slime or Shamrock Sparkles Slime

**Materials**

- **[White Glue](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038DZZJC/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- 3/4 cup of warm water
- 3/4 - 1 cup of **[Liquid Starch](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042SWOHI/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- **[Glitter](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F8T4O0/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- **[AmeriColor Food Color](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0029YDR82/?tag=blmemo-20)**
**/[Liquid Watercolors](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042SR5R2/?tag=blmemo-20)**
- **[Clover Confetti](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012HGJH8/?tag=blmemo-20)**
**[Gold Coins](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EMY8F4/?tag=blmemo-20)**
Beads
- **[Shamrock Foam Stickers](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B40J10K/?tag=blmemo-20)**
{ optional}

Start with adding 1 cup of white glue to a bowl. Then add about 3/4 cup of warm water. Mix well with a spatula. Add desired amount of glitter and coloring. Now add the liquid starch 1/8 of a cup at a time and mix well. Once you have a good stretch, stop adding the starch. The more you play with the slime, the stretchier and less stickier it becomes. With St. Patrick's Day in mind we made yellow { golden sparkles slime} and green {shamrock sparkles slime} Once you have your colors down, THEN add your glitter, clover confetti, coins or any other accessories you would want in the slime.

Check out our including the [**5 minute microwave slime**](https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-for-kids-1-ingredient-edible-slime-recipe/)

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