The invention relates to gel particles and a preparation method thereof, belongs to the field of harmless utilization technology of oily sludge, and especially relates to the field of preparation technology of gel particles by using the oily sludge. The gel particles contain a macromolecular spatial net-shaped structural body R which is composed of a R1, a R2 and a R3 structural unit, and the spatial net-shaped structural body R is filled with a mixture comprising silica sol and oily sludge. The gel particles have the beneficial effects that a monomer 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate with three functional groups and the inorganic material silica sol are introduced into the macromolecular spatial net-shaped structural body, so that stability of the oily sludge in the spatial net-shaped structure is improved, tolerance to temperature of gel particles reaches to 110 DEG C, tolerance to salt of gel particles reaches to 20 x 10<4> mg / L, the expansion multiple is higher than 4, and the sludge filling proportion reaches to 50%; the gel particles have excellent deformation performance, treatment amount of sludge is increased, so that harmless treatment of sludge is realized, needs of profile control and displacement of water injection wells of high water-cut oilfields can be met, plugging of macroporous channel and deep water flooding are realized, and exploitation effect is improved.