Gold Slime Recipes – Craft Gossip

It’s 3 different ways to make 3 kinds of gold slime, including shiny metallic and glitter gold. They’re all super quick and easy to make!

Hey there, fellow parents and caregivers! Today I want to talk to you about the wonderful benefits of letting kids make slime. Yes, slime! That ooey-gooey, stretchy, and squishy substance that kids absolutely love. Not only is slime a fun and engaging activity, but it’s also incredibly tactile and has numerous benefits for child development.

Firstly, let’s talk about the sensory benefits of slime. Making and playing with slime is a great way for kids to explore different textures, colors, and smells. It’s a sensory experience that engages the sense of touch and can be a calming and soothing activity for kids who may struggle with sensory processing issues. It can also help improve fine motor skills as kids manipulate the slime with their fingers.

In addition to the sensory benefits, making slime can also encourage creativity and imaginative play. Kids can experiment with different colors, textures, and scents to create their own unique creations. They can also use the slime as a prop for imaginative play, creating stories and characters with their slime creations.

So, let’s get started on making some slime! Here are three different recipes for you to try out:

Basic Slime:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of white school glue
1/2 cup of liquid starch
Food coloring (optional)
Instructions:

Pour the glue into a bowl.
Add food coloring, if desired, and mix well.
Slowly add the liquid starch to the glue, stirring continuously.
Continue to mix until the slime forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Knead the slime with your hands until it becomes stretchy and smooth.

Scented Slime:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of white school glue
1/2 cup of liquid starch
Essential oils (your choice of scent)
Food coloring (optional)
Instructions:

Pour the glue into a bowl.
Add food coloring and essential oils, mixing well.
Slowly add the liquid starch to the glue, stirring continuously.
Continue to mix until the slime forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Knead the slime with your hands until it becomes stretchy and smooth.

Textured Slime:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of white school glue
1/2 cup of liquid starch
Glitter, beads, or other small objects for texture
Food coloring (optional)
Instructions:

Pour the glue into a bowl.
Add food coloring and glitter or beads, mixing well.
Slowly add the liquid starch to the glue, stirring continuously.
Continue to mix until the slime forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Knead the slime with your hands until it becomes stretchy and smooth.
In conclusion, making slime is a great activity for kids that can promote sensory exploration, imaginative play, and fine motor skills. So, gather up some materials and get ready for some fun and educational slime-making adventures with your little ones!

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The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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