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Slime Party for Kids is Guaranteed Gross Good Time
This gooey theme is a perfect pick for kids who love all things icky and disgusting. Get tips and ideas on invitations, activities, food and more!
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Does your son love making messes? Does your daughter add Play-Doh to her dolls' noses to make them look like boogies? If so, try a slime-filled gross-out party for your child's next birthday bash!
Check out these eww-inspiring ideas – and then brainstorm with your child about what he would like to do to make your gross-out bash unique and memorable. And don't worry: Even though it sounds like you'll need to steam the carpet afterwards, this slime party makes for a surprisingly easy cleanup.
Invitations
Set the mood for your party by handing out icky, pop-out invitations. Print party details on green card stock. Use a regular-sized, 8 1/2-by-11-inch piece of paper and fold it over to create a card. Fill the front of the card with warnings to guests that they're being invited to a slime party. On the inside, give the specific details, like the party time, date and place. But you'll also want to include a gross-out image to get your guests excited (or disgusted!).
Use skin-toned colored card stock and cut out a simple circle or oval to use as a face. Glue the face onto the inside of the card. If your child is really getting into making invitations, you can have her color in hair or use yarn and glue hair into place.
Next, cut noses from the card stock. To keep it simple, you can make triangles or just do your best cutting it without a pattern – remember, the crazier/weirder it looks, the better. Hole-punch the nostrils on the cutout nose. Glue the top of the nose in the center of the face.
Then, the crowning touch: Place a green gummy worm through the nostril holes to – you guessed it – look like boogies. Let your child color in the eyes, mouth and other face details. Invitations won't lay flat, so you'll probably want to hand deliver them instead of sending them through the mail.
If you're running short on time, you can always use regular birthday invitations purchased from the store and glue a gummy worm on the inside to let guests know what to expect.
Activities – aka, slime time!
There are several different ways to make slime. Depending on the age of the kids at the party and your tolerance for messes, you can decide which method works best. For smaller children, you might want to use Play-Doh or homemade craft dough as your "slime."
For older children, you can create slime at home with this simple recipe. You'll need to purchase borax (in the laundry aisle), glue (Elmer's is recommended), distilled water and food coloring.
While you can mix up the slime before the party, save some time and amaze your guests by making it on the spot. Here's how. Give each party guest a clear, plastic cup and a sealable sandwich baggy. In a large jug, mix a solution of half distilled water and half glue. (You can add-in food coloring at this point or pass out drops to each person.)
In each baggy, drop in two tablespoons of the glue/water solution. Seal the bag. Next, give each guest two heaping tablespoons of borax and have them add water until the borax becomes more solid. Add two teaspoons of the borax solution to the glue/water mixture in the baggy. Have guests mush the two mixtures together in the baggy. If the slime is too stiff, add more of the water/glue mixture. Too runny? Add more of the borax solution.
One word of caution: Do try the slime mix before the party to make sure you understand how it works. After all, you'll be mixing under pressure at the event – you'll have a dozen or so kids jumping up and down, asking, "Can I see?"
Once your guests have mixed up their slime, you can play games and have contests with it. If you don't want to go through the hassle of mixing and measuring, you can buy slime kits at craft stores like Michaels or online at Steve Spangler Science is inexpensive.
