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If you’re looking for an easy sensory play activity for February, you’re in luck. This Valentine’s Day Fluffy Slime recipe is simple to make and provides hours of fun.

What is fluffy slime?

I seem to go in phases when it comes to slime. I’m currently in a bit of a fluffy slime craze. Fluffy slime is just basically regular slime with shaving cream added. I like the texture and the stretch of it. If you like your slime fluffier, you can simply add more shaving cream.

Valentine’s Day Fluffy Slime:

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup of Elmer’s white School Glue
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 1/2 cups shaving cream
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. contact lens solution
• pink glitter
• pink food paste
• tiny red heart confetti
• red plastic hearts

Directions:

1. Add glue to a bowl.
2. Mix in water and baking soda.
3. Add shaving cream and mix.
4. Stir in food colour.
5. Slowly add contact solution. Mix.
6. Knead.
7. If it’s still too sticky, add a drop more of contact solution and knead some more.

Fluffy Slime Troubleshooting Tips:

You’ll need to use contact solution as the activator to create your slime. Otherwise, the glue and shaving cream will just be a blob of goo.

If your slime isn’t fluffy enough, fold in some additional shaving cream. When the slime isn’t stretchy after a few days of play, you can add a bit of hot tap water or a small amount of lotion.

If the slime is too sticky, add a drop or two more contact solution or a small bit of baby oil and knead.

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You might also be interested in these other Valentine’s activities:

Valentine’s Emotion Game for Kids

Valentine’s Pluffle Sensory Bin

Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottle

Create this Valentine’s Day Slime for your friends, child, or classroom. It’s super stretchy. This contact solution recipe is an easy one to master. If you’re looking for a homemade Valentine’s gift, this slime recipe and/or our Valentine’s Fluffy Slime recipe can be put in a small container or resealable bag.

Valentine’s Day Slime:

Supplies needed:

• 1 cup Elmer’s Clear School glue
• 2-3 Tbsp. contact lens saline solution
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• unicorn glitter
• heart confetti
• small plastic hearts
• optional: heart shaped cookie cutters and plastic heart containers for extended play

Directions:

1. Pour the glue into a large mixing bowl and stir the baking soda into it.
2. Begin to add the contact lens solution a few drops at a time as you stir.
3. When you find that the mixture begins to pull away from the bowl, it’s time to begin kneading.
4. Add the glitter, hearts, and confetti. Continue kneading.
5. If the slime is still too sticky to play with, add one or two more drops of contact solution and knead.

Sensory and Learning Opportunities:

Set out heart shaped cookies cutters, additional plastic hearts, and plastic heart containers to allow your child the chance to engage in imaginative sensory play. You can also set up a sensory station in your classroom with this as one of the activities.

The visual, tactile, and proprioceptive sensory systems are involved during slime play.

Looking for more great sensory play recipes to inspire imagination? Join us for a five day email series on Sensory Activities and Solutions and get a free sample of our Sensory Play Recipes eBook.

Find other sensory play opportunities for February:

Valentine’s Day Fluffy Slime

Chocolate and Strawberry Playdough Station

Scented Valentine’s Sensory Bin

This easy butterfly slime is just a clear slime recipe using contact lens solution as the base with some added pizzazz. It is a nice sensory play recipe for Spring or for when you wish Spring would come soon. As I type this, it is -40° outside when I live up in Canada. Yes, that’s -40° in both Fahrenheit and Celsius! Now this temperature is cold even for us seasoned Canadians so this is exactly the kind of day that has me dreaming of Spring. I’ve been thinking about flowers and butterflies and green grass as I stay bundled inside and look out at the snow.

You can use this slime just for play or in a unit on Spring or butterflies. If using it as part of a unit, you can also create a Butterfly Sensory Bin and Butterfly Sensory Bag.

Butterfly Slime Recipe:

Supplies needed:

• 1 cup Elmer’s Clear School glue
• 2-3 Tbsp. contact lens saline solution
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• unicorn glitter
• butterfly confetti
• optional: butterfly toys for extended play

Directions:

1. Pour the glue into a large mixing bowl and stir the baking soda into it.
2. Begin to add the contact lens solution a few drops at a time as you stir.
3. When you find that the mixture begins to pull away from the bowl, it’s time to begin kneading.
4. Add the glitter and confetti. Continue kneading.
5. If the slime is still too sticky to play with, add one or two more drops of contact solution and knead.

You can set out some butterfly toys and silk flowers alongside the slime to encourage imaginative play.

This slime provides visual, tactile, and proprioceptive sensory feedback. Kids who help with the kneading when making the recipe will get more proprioceptive input.

Looking for more easy sensory play recipes to inspire creativity? Join us for a free five day email series on Sensory Activities and Solutions and get a free of our Sensory Play Recipes eBook.

Check out these other Spring sensory activities for kids:

Butterfly Sensory BinButterfly Sensory Bag

Spring Sensory Bottle

I was attempting to create a Halloween slime, but I’m not very good at scary things, so in the end, I decided that a Monster Slime was about as scary as it was going to get. Apparently, it doesn’t look like a very scary monster at that because one of my daughters took to calling it the Mike Wazowski Slime!

So ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I present to you, Mike Wazowski Monster Slime!

How to Make Monster Slime:

Supplies needed:

• 5 oz. bottle Elmer’s clear school glue
• ½ cup water
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 Tbsp. contact solution
• lime green acrylic paint – you could use another colour if you prefer
• green fine glitter
• googly eyes

Wiggle Eyes Multi-PackElmer’s Clear School Glue, 5 oz.Equate Saline SolutionAcrylic Paint Lime Green

Directions:

1. Pour the entire 5 oz. bottle of clear glue in a bowl.
2. Add in ½ cup of water.
3. Add in ½ tsp. of baking soda and stir.
4. Squirt in some acrylic paint until you achieve the shade of your liking. Stir well.
5. Sprinkle in some green glitter and stir.
6. Add in lots of googly eyes. You can use a variety of sizes.
7. Mix in 1 Tbsp. of contact solution. The slime will instantly begin to form.
8. At this point, it will be sticky. Don’t worry. Just keep stirring the solution in the bowl until it starts to form.
9. Knead the slime until it is no longer sticky.
10. Store it in an airtight container when you’re not playing with it.

This monster slime is cute for using at Halloween parties or even giving as a party favour. You can change the colour by changing the colour of the paint used. Using coloured googly eyes will also change the look of it, so there are many possibilities.

Sensory and Learning Opportunities:

Mixing and kneading this slime while making the recipe provides proprioceptive sensory feedback.

The tactile, visual, and proprioceptive sensory systems are all engaged while playing with this Monster Slime. Pulling, pressing, stretching, squeezing, and shaping the slime also helps develop coordination and motor skills.

Check out some of these other Halloween slimes:

Halloween Striped Slime

Creepy Spider Web Slime

Halloween Sensory Game