Learn how to make fluffy slime for a uniquely cool texture slime! Homemade slime is easy to make with kids, and fluffy slime is no exception! We love to make fluffy slime with saline solution all year long. Check out the fun things you can do with fluffy slime below to add seasonal and holiday themes to your slime. Bonus, free printable slime recipes to download!
PinSuper Fluffy Slime Kids Will Love
Kick off your slime-making session with one of the most popular, kid-favorite slime recipes! This AMAZING soft slime is just right for hands to squish and squeeze.
Science is full of cool ways to create, including homemade fluffy slime. Bonus, we have a fluffy slime recipe for every season if you scroll to the bottom!
Slime-making is even more fun when you add creative seasonal themes, and kids love the novelty of themed activities. Our Fluffy Slime Recipe is yet another AMAZING slime recipe we can show you how to make.
Table of Contents
- Super Fluffy Slime Kids Will Love
- The Science Of Slime
- Click here for your FREE slime recipe cards!
- Fluffy Slime Recipe
- Watch us make fluffy slime
- How To Store Slime
- More Awesome Fluffy Slime Ideas
- Grab the Ultimate Slime Recipe Bundle
Guess what makes the light fluffy texture in our fluffy slime recipe? You got it, shaving foam! Slime with fluffy shaving foam and saline solution is one of our favorite sensory recipes play!
Now if you don’t want to use the saline solution as the slime activator (see slime science below), you can absolutely test out our other slime recipe using liquid starch. We have tested all these slime recipes with equal success!
The photo below was our first-ever batch of fluffy slime when we were learning how to make fluffy slime. We made 1/2 a dozen batches in a row to make sure we loved our fluffy slime recipe enough to share with you. I love twisting colors together!
PinThe Science Of Slime
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here. What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activators (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid) mix with the PVA (polyvinyl-acetate) glue and form this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!See AlsoSlime Recipe With Glue And Shaving Cream – [Mom Prepared]How to Make Cloud Slime and Oobleck for Kid's Birthday Party — Kids Science LabsCandy Cane Fluffy Slime - Easy RecipeEasy Butter Slime Recipe | How to Make Butter Slime
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state. Until…
When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and thicker and rubberier like slime! Slime is a polymer.
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms, the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
Is slime a liquid or solid? We call it a Non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both!
Read more about slime science here!
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PinFluffy Slime Recipe
SLIME TIP: Always follow the directions carefully! Slime making is a recipe just like baking cookies. An alternative for this slime is to experiment with the amount of shaving cream you want to use.
Ingredients:
It is so important to start off with the right ingredients!
- 1/2 cup White Washable PVA School Glue
- 3 cups Foam Shaving Cream
- 1 tbsp Saline Solution
- 1/4-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
How To Make Fluffy Slime:
STEP 1: Measure and add 3-4 generous cups of foam shaving cream to a large mixing bowl. Go ahead and experiment with an amount that makes you happy!
PinSTEP 2: Next, add food coloring if desired and gently stir to mix color.
PinSTEP 3: Measure and add 1/2 cup of white glue to your bowl. Then gently stir to combine.
PinSee AlsoHow to make the perfect shaving foam with shaving cream or shaving soaSTEP 4: Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the mixture and gently stir.
PinSTEP 5: Lastly, measure out 1 tablespoon of saline solution or contact solution (must contain borate ions) and add to bowl.
PinSTEP 6:Whip the mixture to activate the slime. It will begin to pull away from sides and bottom of bowl.
PinSTEP 7:Pick up your slime and knead it until smooth and stretchy and no longer sticky.
SLIME TIP: Squeeze a few drops of saline solution on your hands before picking up your slime makes it stick less while you knead it. Kneading it is important to improving the consistency of the slime.
Don’t go crazy adding more saline solution until you have spent some time kneading it. This will reduce the stickiness. If you add too much saline initially, you will end up with rubbery slime.
CHECK OUT: How To Make Slime Less Sticky
PinWatch us make fluffy slime
How To Store Slime
I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually, we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean, it will last for several weeks.
FLUFFY SLIME: Fluffy slime doesn’t stay fluffy for over a day. As you know, the foam shaving cream is filled with air and decreases over time. I wouldn’t suggest fluffy slime as the best party favor.
If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store. For large groups, we have used condiment containers as seen here.
More Awesome Fluffy Slime Ideas
As the seasons change, and the holidays and special occasions come around, celebrate with a big batch of fluffy slime! Click on the slime recipes below for the full ingredient list and step by step instructions. I will continue to add new fluffy slime themes here as we complete them.
Valentine Fluffy Slime
PinCandy Corn Fluffy Slime For Halloween or Fall
PinRainbow Fluffy Slime
PinSt Patrick’s Day Fluffy Slime
PinGreen Fluffy Slime For St Patrick’s Day
Pin4th of July Fluffy Slime
PinOcean Fluffy Slime
PinFall Fluffy Slime
PinPumpkin Fluffy Slime
PinGiant Fluffy Slime
PinHalloween Fluffy Slime
PinZombie Fluffy Slime
PinThanksgiving Fluffy Slime
PinWinter Fluffy Slime
PinCandy Cane Fluffy Slime
PinGrab the Ultimate Slime Recipe Bundle
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