Young children love exploring with all their senses! And nothing says Christmas like the scents of gingerbread man baking in the oven! This gingerbread slime is a great way to capture your child’s interest with a fun, playful Christmas activity that will engage their senses. Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders can smell, touch, taste, and visually explore this exciting christmas slime! This ginger breadslime recipe will help children stengthen hand muscles while having fun in December too. So whip up a batch of thisedible slime recipeand you are ready to play!
Gingerbread Slime
Capture your child’s interest this Christmas with a playful and sensory activity that they’ll love! Our gingerbread slime recipe is a surefire way to engage your little ones as they explore the scents, textures, and flavors of the season. Whether they’re toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, or first graders, they can have a blast with this exciting Christmas slime. Plus, it’s a great way to strengthen their hand muscles while having fun in December. So why wait? Whip up a batch of this edible slime recipe and let the Christmas fun begin!
Edible slime recipe
All you need are some common houseold ingredients and you are ready to play withchristmas slime recipe!
- vanilla frosting
- powdered milk
- cornstarch
- ginger
- cinnamon
- ground cloves
- ground nutmeg
- dark molasses
- vegetable oil
Gingerbread Man Slime
In a quart glass measuring cup, heat 1 can of vanilla frosting in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds or until it is pourable.
Then, stir in 1/4 cup dark molasses with the melted frosting.
Gingerbread Slime Recipe
Add 2/3 cup powdered milk, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon cloves, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg in the melted frosting and stir until combined.
Christmas slime
Slowly add 1 1/2 to 2 cups cornstarch and1/2 cup vegetable oil, alternating between the two, until the slime is thick and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn out on waxed paper for playing.
TIP:If the slime is too sticky, add additional oil. If the slime sticks to hands, use wet hands to play. Playing on wax paper is recommended.
Gingerbread Activities
This edible ginger bread slime is fluffy and edible. It is a fun and unique texture that does more slimy things than playdough, but can be rolled and hold together to use cookie cutters to shape and create gingerbread men with. It’s super fun!
Gingerbread Man Activities
The first thing my kids always want to do is to make their handprint, it is like a tradition in our house with all our slime concoctions! And I love that unlike store bought slimes, homemade slimes make enough that you can make even grown up handprints!
Homemade Slime
Plus there are so many different ways to customize them and enjoy without worrying about the chemicals. This recipe is all safe to eat! So whether your child is just tasting a little or enjoying spoonfulls, you don’t have to worry about what is in the slime!
Gingerbread preschool activities
Plus all the rolling, cutting, and decorating is great for developing fine motor skills and strengthening hand muscles they will need for writing in school! It’s a WIN / WIN activity!
Gingerbread activity preschool
Grab some buttons, pom poms, felt strips, google eyes, candy, buttons, etc and ou can make your own holiday characters like friendly gingerbread man. This is a great extension activity after reading the Gingerbread Man, my kids favorite – The Gingerbread Pirates, of this cute Gingerbread Cowboys.
Christmas Activities
Looking for a fun and educational activity for your little ones? Look no further! Gingerbread slime is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and beyond. Let your children explore and learn while having a blast with this exciting sensory experience. Get ready for endless hours of fun and entertainment. Try it out today!
Christmas activity preschool
Get into the Christmas spirit with a fun, edible gingerbread slime activity that allows children to explore with their senses!
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Edible Gingerbread Slime
Young children love exploring with all their senses! And nothing says Christmas like the scents of gingerbread man baking in the oven! This gingerbread slime is a great way to capture your child's interest with a fun, playful Christmas activity that will engage their senses. Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders can smell, touch, taste, and visually explore this exciting christmas slime! This ginger breadslime recipe will help children stengthen hand muscles while having fun in December too. So whip up a batch of thisedible slime recipeand you are ready to play!
Author: Beth Gorden
Ingredients
- 1 can vanilla frosting
- 2/3 cup powdered milk
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
First, heat 1 can of vanilla frosting in the microwave for 30 to 60 seconds or until it is pourable.
Meanwhile, whisk together 2/3 cup powdered milk, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon cloves, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg in a medium bowl.
Pour and stir in 1/4 cup dark molasses with the melted frosting in the bowl of seasonings.
Slowly add 1 1/2 to 2 cups cornstarch and1/2 cup vegetable oil, alternating between the two, until the slime is thick and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn out on waxed paper for playing.
TIP:If the slime is too sticky, add additional oil. If the slime sticks to hands, use wet hands to play. Playing on wax paper is recommended.
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- SimpleGingerbread Coloring Pagesto decorate
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- Best Gingerbread Cookie Recipe– they come out soft every time!
Christmas Printables
- FREE Christmas Around the World Worksheets, Lesson, Crafts, and more!
- NO-prep Christmas Scavenger Hunt printable pdf
- Christmas Worksheets pdf – over 60 pages of free pages to practice math, literacy, and more in December, Christmas Vowel Teams Game or eigh phonics game
- Variety of Free Polar Express Worksheets for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too
- FREE Elf on the Shelf Printables to make elf antics silly and no-prep
- Christmas Cut and Paste Shape Worksheets
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- Christmas Maze printable pack for elementary age kids
- Cute Christmas Tracing Sheets for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners
- Free Printable Christmas Stationary
- Gingerbread Man Sequencing Activity with free printables
- Letter Find Christmas Worksheets for Kindergarten
- Nativity Activity Sheets – huge set of printable pages to review letters, counting, adding, literacy, and more holiday fun
- Practice writing ABCs with free printable Traceable Christmas Ornaments
- Christmas Color by Sight Word Worksheets for Kindergartners
- Super cute, free Christmas Worksheets for Preschool
- Free Christmas Hat Template for kids
- Playdough Christmas Light Patterns Christmas math activities for preschoolers
- Stocking match-up activity – Christmas alphabet letters printable free
- Christmas Sight Words Games for Pre-k
Christmas Activities
- Free Christmas Tracing Sheets, Elf on the Shelf free printables pdf (printable ideas for every day of the month!)
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- Snow Clay to make beautiful Christmas Ornaments, Melting Christmas Tree – a simple Christmas Science Experiments
- Fizzy Ornaments Baking Soda Christmas Ornaments Experiment, Easy, Epic Spinning Christmas Tree Experiment or this Ornaments-Go-Round Christmas STEM Activities with batteries, Rudolph Race Game Combines fun and physics for kids! Festive Christmas Magic Milk Science Experiment, Dissolving peeps Christmas Science Experiment
- Super cool Christmas Lime Battery, Epic Snow Volcano Science Experiment, Melting Snowman Winter Science Experiment
Beth Gorden
Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!
