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Minnie Mouse Slime

I love Minnie Mouse! I know that’s not the most grown-up thing to admit, but I seriously do. My purse and wallet are even Minnie Mouse themed and I have a hoodie inspired by her. This Hallowe’en, I even dressed as Minnie Mouse to hand out candy. So, making a Minnie Mouse slime wasn’t much of a stretch.

Well, the slime does stretch, but you get what I mean!

Minnie Mouse Slime Supplies:

5 oz. bottle of Elmer’s clear school glue
½ cup water
½ tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp. contact solution
red food colouring
red fine glitter
small white beads

How to make Minnie Mouse Slime:

In a small mixing bowl, pour the entire 5 oz. bottle of clear glue.
Add in ½ cup of warm water and stir.
Mix in the baking soda.
Drop in a few drops of red food colouring. Stir.
Pour in a generous amount of fine red glitter.
Add the white beads.
Add 1 Tbsp. contact solution to the mixture. It will begin to form instantly. At this point, it will be very sticky! Don’t panic! Continue to mix the solution in the bowl until it starts to form.
Knead the slime until it is no longer sticky.
Store the Minnie Mouse slime in an airtight container.

Creating a Minnie Mouse inspired slime was so simple. By adding the red colouring, red glitter, and the white beads, the finished slime is reminiscent of my favourite cartoon character. The beads become the polka dots.

I’m not sure where my love of Minnie began. For me, Disneyland really does feel like the happiest place on Earth. It is perhaps that love of Disneyland that led me to be her fan as well.

Besides the obvious appeal of this particular slime for me, I also like the sensory input it provides. All slime is good for proprioceptive input. When kids knead, pull, stretch, and squish, they are getting much needed proprioceptive input. This can help in emotional regulation and mood.

The beads in this Minnie Mouse slime provide an extra texture element. This is excellent for tactile sensory input. Find other sensory play recipes by grabbing a free sample of our Sensory Play Recipes eBook. Simple enter your email below and you’ll be on your way!

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Holiday Scented Christmas Tree Slime

By Sharla Kostelyk

When we made our original stretchy Christmas Tree Slime, the kids enjoyed it, but were wishing they could have slime that actually looked like a Christmas Tree and count be “decorated”. This holiday scented Christmas tree slime is just what they were looking for! This holiday scented Christmas tree slime allows kids to use their imaginations as they “decorate” the tree. It also provides tactile, visual, olfactory (scent), and proprioceptive sensory feedback.

Holiday Scented Christmas Tree Slime Recipe:

5 oz. clear glue
1/2 cup water
green candy colour (you can also use food colouring or paint if you prefer)
pine essential oil
green glitter
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp contact solution
pom poms

Instructions:

In a bowl, pour 5 oz. of clear glue.
Add 1/2 cup of water. Mix until the glue has broken up and is incorporated into the water. I use warm water for this so that it mixes more easily.
Add a few drops of green candy color, mixing until you get the perfect Christmas tree colour.
Add a drop or two of pine essential oil.
Sprinkle in your glitter. I used a mix of chunky and fine glitter. Stir everything together.
Mix in 1/2 tsp. baking soda. The baking soda will help determine your slime’s thickness.
Mix in 1 Tbsp of contact solution. Be sure that your contact solution contains boric acid. Contact solution determines the stickiness of the slime. The slime will be ready to knead when it pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
Knead the slime. At first, it will be sticky. Just keep kneading it! If you have to, you can add a little bit more contact solution, but be careful not to over-activate it by adding too much.
Add some multi-colour pompoms as the “ornaments” on the tree.
Be sure to store the slime in an airtight container.

During the holidays, it can be even more important to have sensory play activities around. When kids aren’t doing their regular routine, they can have a harder time self-regulating. Ensuring that they are receiving plenty of sensory input, particularly the type that provides proprioceptive feedback can help them to regulate.

With kids not only being out of routine, but also not receiving as much natural sensory input at school or out in the community, you will need to provide many opportunities for them. Holiday themed sensory play is an easy way to do that.

Here are some other holiday sensory play ideas:

Melted Snowman Sensory Bottle

O Holy Night Sensory Bin

Simple Christmas Sensory Bag

Stretchy Christmas Tree Slime

Christmas Gifts Sensory Bin

Peppermint Scented Christmas Playdough

How To Make Stretchy Slime

By Sharla Kostelyk

It’s always the time of year for cool slime. Christmas time is no exception. That’s why we love this stretchy slime recipe with a Christmas tree holiday theme. It’s a fun slime and easy to make.

Stretchy slime makes a great gift for your child to give their friends or for you to give your nieces and nephews. You can either give them the completed slime in an airtight container or print the recipe for them and gift them the supplies. Kids love things they can make themselves!

You can easily change out the Christmas trees for another type of festive confetti to create other versions of holiday slime. Consider using confetti shapes like candy canes, ornaments, snowflakes, reindeer, gingerbread, or stockings.

You can find some wonderful Christmas themed confetti at the dollar store.

Stretchy Slime Recipe

You Will Need:

1 cup of clear glue (I find that Elmer’s washable clear school glue works best)
2-3 Tbsp. contact lens saline solution*
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Christmas tree confetti
optional: other confetti such as red for added colour

*Be sure that you use a buffered contact lens saline solution.

How To Make Stretchy Slime

Pour the glue into a large mixing bowl and add the baking soda.
Begin to add the contact lens solution a few drops at a time as you stir.
When you find that the mixture begins to pull away from the bowl, knead by hand.
Add the confetti sprinkles in and fold them in. Continue kneading.

Stretchy Slime

The best stretchy slime is made more by feel than by recipe. If you find that your slime is too sticky, add a few more drops of the saline solution. If it’s not sticky enough, you can add a drop or two more of the glue. Play around with it until you get the consistency you’re going for.

Some people prefer their slime to be a bit more sticky and others hate the sticky feeling. Understanding that everyone has different sensory preferences, feel free to adjust the recipe to your preference.

This holiday slime recipe makes a super stretchy slime. Part of the fun for kids is seeing how far their slime can stretch.

Fun Slime

Making this Christmas tree stretchy slime is a perfect activity for that time in between the last day of school before the holidays and Christmas. Kids tend to be brimming with extra energy and excitement during that time.

Giving them good sensory play opportunities can help them regulate their emotions and remain more calm. The pulling and stretching and kneading of this stretchy slime gives kids what’s called proprioception feedback. Proprioception is excellent for helping kids self-regulate.

While the kids think that they are just trying out a cool slime recipe, you’ll be able to see the effects that the sensory play has on their mood and behaviour. The kids will be happy with their slime and their parents will be happy with more calm in the house. That’s what I can a win-win!

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Glow In The Dark Glitter Slime

Glow in the Dark Slime with Glitter

By Sharla Kostelyk

Glow in the dark slime is easier to make than you may think. This particular slime doesn’t even need a black light to glow. Adult supervision should always be used when making slime.

Glow in the Dark Slime Recipe:

6 oz. Elmer’s washable clear school glue
10 drops vetiver essential oil
1 Tbsp. baking soda
2 tsp. glow in the dark paint or gel
1 Tbsp. glow in the dark powder
1-3 Tbsp. contact solution (be sure that the contact solution you use includes both boric acid and sodium borate in the ingredient list or it won’t work)
2-3 Tbsp. of neon glitter Instructions:

Add the glue and essential oil to a small glass bowl and stir.
Add the glow in the dark paint or gel, the glow in the dark powder, and the baking soda.
Mix everything together.
Add 1 Tablespoon of contact solution to the bowl. Mix well.
You know that the slime mixture is ready to come out of the bowl when it pulls away from the edges of the bowl. You may need to add another Tablespoon or two to the mixture for it to come away completely.
Remove the slime from the bowl* and knead it on a flat surface until it’s nice and smooth.
Add the glitter and continue to knead until it is incorporated into the slime.

To make the slime glow, hold it under a light or take it into the sunlight for about 30 seconds. Then, bring it into a completely dark room and it will glow! Store the glow in the dark slime in an airtight container or plastic bag. If stored properly, this slime will keep for a long time.

*Pro slime making tip: Squeeze a drop of the saline solution onto your finger and rub gently onto both hands before handling the slime. This will prevent the slime from sticking to you.

This slime would be cool to make for Halloween or for a sleepover party. The kids could enjoy its glow after dark. If you want to give it out as party favours, you can use baby food jars as containers wrapped with purple ribbon around the top.

Check out some of our other awesome slime recipes:

Creepy Spider Web Slime

Peppermint Ribbon Scented Slime

Rainbow Confetti Party Slime

Peppermint Scented Slime Recipe

By Sharla Kostelyk

I’ve been wanting to try to make a scented slime for awhile now. This peppermint scented slime is just the kind I was hoping to make.

Slime is already such an intense sensory experience. It engages the visual, tactile and proprioception sensory systems. Adding scent to it engages the olfactory sense as well.

Be aware that peppermint is an alerting scent, so this is not a good pre-bedtime activity! Alerting scents can be extremely useful though.

If you find that your child is in a state of their “engine running low”, an alerting scent combined with the proprioceptive input of playing with slime can “wake” them up. This can help them maintain attention and be more engaged.

Peppermint Scented Slime:

16 oz. Elmer’s washable school glue
1 cup liquid starch
3-5 drops of peppermint essential oil
lime green acrylic paint
raspberry pink acrylic paint
light pink acrylic paint

Mix together the white glue and drops of peppermint essential oil in a large bowl. Add the liquid starch slowly, a bit at a time and stir as you add. When it starts to pull away from the sides, divide it in equal parts into three smaller bowls.

In one bowl, stir in a few squirts of the green paint. In another bowl, stir in a few quirts of the darker pink paint. In the last bowl, mix in the lighter pink paint. Knead each one separately until it becomes the consistency of slime.

The cool thing is that if you set the colours next to each other in thin strips, it looks like peppermint ribbon candy! Just a little note to add: once you start playing with all three colours together, they will eventually mix. The colours don’t stay magically separated!

When not in use, store the slime(s) in airtight containers or sealed bags at room temperature.

Check out these other scented sensory play activities:

Calming Lavender Scented Bubble Recipe

Peppermint Scented Christmas Playdough

Spider Slime Recipe: Just Like A Spider Web

By Sharla Kostelyk

This spider web slime is great for Hallowe’en parties. You can make a sensory play station and include this as an activity or use it as a party favour. This slime would also work well at a Spiderman birthday party. You know that spider web in a bag stuff that you can buy around Hallowe’en time? Well, I thought I could use that to make a really cool slime. I was very wrong! Do not make the same mistake I did and use the spider web stuff that comes in a bag to try to make a slime. It will be disastrous and messy.

I was able to discover that there is a way to make slime that has a spider web look to it and still work.

Spider Web Slime Recipe:

5 oz. bottle of Elmer’s washable white school glue
½ cup water
1 tsp. borax
1 cup water
1 Tbsp. + 1 tsp. Instant Snow
plastic spiders or black polymer clay to make your own

How to Make Spider Web Slime:

Pour 1/2 cup glue in a bowl.
Add in 1/2 cup of water and stir them together.
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of water and 1 tsp. of borax.
Slowly pour the borax mixture into the glue mixture, stirring until it has reached slime consistently.
Knead the slime with your hands for a few minutes.
Add 1 Tbsp. Instant Snow to the slime.
Work the Instant Snow in by kneading until it is fully mixed into the slime.
Slowly add up to 1 tsp. more Instant Snow until you reach the texture and look you’re looking for. Continue to knead.
The slime will be stiff at first, but as you continue kneading, it will get better and better. It takes a bit for the Instant Snow to expand.
Add in a few plastic spiders or some polymer ones. (Directions for making your own spiders are below.)

Store the spider web slime in an airtight container.

Instant Snow Powder Plastic Spiders, 3 Sizes Elmer’s Liquid School Glue

For the spiders, only a small amount of polymer clay is needed. Roll 2 small balls of black polymer clay for the spider’s body. Then make a long snakelike piece and cut out the legs. Shape together. Bake on wax paper at 275° for a few minutes.

The polymer spiders will not stick very well, but they are great for imaginative play! They are fun for kids to make and they can use them for other Hallowe’en decorating or play as well.The little beads created with the Instant Snow make playing with this spider web slime a very tactile sensory experience.

Check out some of our other Hallowe’en slime experiences:

Easy Hallowe’en Slime Hallowe’en Sensory Slime Game