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St. Patrick’s Day Slime Coin Treasure Hunt Activity

This March 17th, make this St. Patrick’s Day slime treasure hunt as part of your St. Patrick’s Day STEAM activities! Kids will love playing with the slime and finding the hidden coins. If your kids love slime recipes (and what kid doesn’t right now?), they they will love this fun St. Patrick’s Day slime with a treasure hunt twist! The coins are stuck in the slime and get buried in the slime. Then, as kids pull them out, they stretch and play with the slime.

This St.Patrick's Day, make this treasure hunt St. Patrick's Day slime! Kids will love playing with the slime and finding the hidden coins.

Preschoolers and kindergarteners can even use this activity to practice counting!

How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Slime

Read on to see how to make the very best St. Patrick’s Day slime recipe! And don’t forget to try our other St. Patrick’s Day Activities: rainbow bead slime, rainbow slime, and bouncy ball slime!

Related: Slime Recipes for Every Occasion, Holiday, and Season

St. Patrick’s Day Slime Recipe

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Slime is made when boron mixes with the polymer chains in the glue, creating strong, but flexible bonds between the molecules. There are so many fun tweaks you can make to a basic slime recipe, like my kid’s favorite, fluffy slime!

Since this slime does contain borax, if you have a sensitivity to it, you may want to try our baking soda slime instead.

Also check out these other slime recipes, slime recipes without contact solution, and how to blend sensory activities and STEM in these St. Patrick’s Day STEM sensory bins.

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Teacher Apparel for St. Patrick’s Day

Here are some of the cutest shirts you can wear for St. Patrick’s Day at school!

clover socks

Clover Socks

black clover socks

Black Clover Socks

rainbow slouch socks

Rainbow Slouchy Socks

sequin clover

Sequin Clover St. Patrick’s Day Teacher Shirt

shenanigans coordinator teacher shirt

Shenanigans Coordinator St. Patrick’s Day Teacher Shirt

lucky charms teacher shirt

My Students are Lucky Charms St. Patrick’s Day Teacher Shirt

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Inclusive St Patrick’s Day Teacher Shirt

lucky dandilion teacher shirt

Lucky Clover St. Patrick’s Day Teacher Shirt

have a lucky day teacher shirt

Have a Lucky Day Teacher Shirt for St. Patrick’s Day

st patricks day alphabet teacher shirt

Irish Alphabet St. Paddy’s Teacher Shirt

math clover teacher shirt

St. Patrick’s Day Shirt for Math Teachers

one lucky teacher teacher shirt

One Lucky Teacher St. Patrick’s Day Shirt

St. Patrick’s Day Classroom Decorations

Here are some fun St. Patrick’s Day classroom decorations you can add to your classroom this March for festive flair and St. Paddy’s Day pride!

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St Patrick’s Day Door Wreath for the Classroom

st patricks day pot of gold classroom decoration

Pot of Gold Tinsel Tabletop Decoration

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St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Welcome Sign

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St. Patrick’s Day Classroom Door Decorations

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St. Patrick’s Day Window Clings for the Classroom

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St. Patrick’s Day Door Decorations for the Classroom

rainbow ceiling banner

Pot of Gold and Rainbow Ceiling Hanging

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Lucky Hanging St. Patrick’s Decorations

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St. Patrick’s Day Banner Decoration Set

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Colorful St. Patrick’s Day Classroom Decoration Bundle

And check out even more St. Patrick’s Day teaching resources below!

Older kids will have a blast making a light up shamrock.

Of course, you won’t want to miss making rainbow slime for ST. Patrick’s Day! You can also try this glitter rainbow slime recipe or this fluffy rainbow slime recipe.

Slime Making Tips for St. Patrick’s Day Slime

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If this is your first time making slime, you should follow along with our post on slime troubleshooting.  Luckily,liquid laundry starch slime made with clear glue is the easiest slime recipe.

If you don’t want to waste a lot of ingredients, try mixing up a small batch first to make sure you won’t have to tweak it before you make the larger version.

We always stock up on gallon sizes of glue and the large laundry starch just in case something goes wrong (but it almost always goes smoothly).

How to Make Coin Slime

Follow these directions and you’ll have the best St. Patrick’s day slime ever!

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What you’ll need to make the St. Patrick’s Day slime:

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  • Coins (we got ours at Amazon)
  • Clear glue
  • Laundry starch
  • Green food coloring
  • Measuring cup
  • Fork
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St. Patrick’s Day Slime: Treasure Hunt Slime

Kids will love making this treasure hunt St. Patrick’s Day slime!

This St.Patrick's Day, make this treasure hunt St. Patrick's Day slime! Kids will love playing with the slime and finding the hidden coins.

Kids will love making this treasure hunt St. Patrick’s Day slime!

First, she tried to sink the coins into the slime, then later, she stretched it out and removed the coins one by one.

This St.Patrick's Day, make this treasure hunt St. Patrick's Day slime! Kids will love playing with the slime and finding the hidden coins.

She enjoyed counting the coins as she pulled them out.

This St.Patrick's Day, make this treasure hunt St. Patrick's Day slime! Kids will love playing with the slime and finding the hidden coins.

This slime kept her occupied for an hour!

If your kids love slime recipes (and what kid doesn't right now?), they they will love this fun St. Patrick's Day slime with a treasure hunt twist!
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More St. Patrick’s Day Science

St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activities

Rainbow Slime

St. Patrick’s Day Bouncy Ball Science

Crystal shamrocks

St. Patrick’s Day Books for the Classroom

Use these books about St. Patrick’s Day to supplement your St. Patrick STEM activities this March!

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St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activities

exploring the elements gold book

Exploring the Elements: Gold

how to catch a leprechaun book

How to Catch a Leprechaun

say yes to elements book

Say Yes to Elements

the story behind st patricks day book

The Story Behind St. Patrick’s Day

rainbow science book

Rainbow Science

celebrations in my world st patricks day book

Celebrations in My World: St. Patrick’s Day

my country ireland book

My Country Ireland

light makes a rainbow book

Light Makes a Rainbow

exploring the elements gold book

Elements of Chemistry: Gold

St. Patrick STEM Activity Resources for the Classroom

Here are some fun St. Patrick’s themed STEM products you can use with your students this March!

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St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activities

unicorn magicoders game

MagiCoders Rainbow Unicorn Coding Kit

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St. Patrick’s Day Bingo Classroom Kit

diy kaleidoscope classroom steam kit

Kaleidoscope STEAM Kit for the Classroom

clixo rainbow stem pack

Clixo Rainbow Engineering Classroom Set

solar rainbow maker

Make a Rainbow Science Kit

disappearing rainbow science demonstration kit

Disappearing Rainbow Science Experiment

fools gold dig science kit

Fools Gold Science Dig Classroom Kit

leprechaun trap classroom kit

Leprechaun Trap STEM Classroom Kit

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