How to make fluffy slime with only 3 ingredients. It is super soft and stretchy! It only takes 5 minutes to make and will entertain for hours!
Indoor Kids Activity
Oh SLIME. Me and this stuff have a love hate/relationship. My kids love it though, so I’ve learned to accept it.
If you’ve ever wondered how to make fluffy slime, this recipe is seriously the best ever! We love it because it only takes 3 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make. The kids love helping me make it and it entertains them for hours! It is so soft and squishy!
During our Spring break last week it was cold and rainy, so this was the perfect indoor activity for my kids to do. It holds together more which is great! My kids like this fluffy slime better than my slime recipe and glitter slime because it can stretch further and the consistency is perfect although my butter slime is still smoothest of of them all!
Fluffy Slime Ingredients
For this slime you only need 3 simple ingredients (that you can probably find around your home). I love that this fluffy slime is made without borax. You can also add any color you’d like (or even mix them).
- 1 (4-ounce) bottle Elmer’s white school glue
- 2 Tablespoons multi purpose contact lenses solution
- 1 – 2 cups shaving cream
- Food coloring, optional
How To Make Fluffy Slime
- Combine. To get started place the glue in a plastic bowl. If you’re adding food coloring, add it now. Once it is your desired color add the saline solution and mix until combined.
- Stir. Then stir in 1-2 cups of shaving cream. The more you add the thicker it will be. The less you add the slimier it will be. We usually end up adding about 1 1/2 cups. Stir until you can no longer stir (this should take several minutes).
- Kneed. Next you’ll kneed it with your hands. It will be sticky at first, but keep moving it with your hands until it is no longer sticky and is the right consistency.
- Play. Get your hands in there and have some fun!
Mixing 2 colors
We made our first batch of fluffy slime pink and then the next one purple.
To make this fluffy slime with more than one color, simply make another batch and then lay them right next to each other. Then stretch it out and twist it together so the colors swirl together. It will end up looking something like this.
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Fluffly Slime Recipe
Video
Equipment
- Plastic bowl and spoon.
- Place mat for enjoying slime.
Ingredients
- 4 ounce bottle Elmer’s white school glue
- 2-3 Tablespoons multi purpose contact lenses solution or slime activator , add more as needed
- 1-2 cups unscented shaving cream , use more as needed
Optional: Food coloring
Instructions
- Place glue in a plastic bowl. If you're adding food coloring, you can add it now until desired color is reached. Add saline solution or slime activator and mix until combined.
- Stir in 1 cup of shaving cream. The more you add, the thicker it'll be. The less you add, the slimier it will be. Add 1/2 cup more as needed. I usually end up adding about 1 1/2 cups.
- Stir until you can no longer stir (it will be sticky at first) and then knead with your hands. Keep moving it with your hands until it is no longer sticky and desired consistency is reached. Wash hands if needed and then work on it again. If it's still too sticky, you may need to add another Tablespoon of activator and then keep kneading.
- Enjoy playing with the slime. Store in a covered container or zip top bag.
Notes
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Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Does the shaving cream give the slime a weird smell?
I guess it depends what scent you use, but the original sent doesn’t make it smell too weird!
superb! my toddler was after my life for slime and this came to my rescue❣️
this came out so GREAT!!!!!!
I’m so glad! :)
BEST SLIME EVER!! 😄😄
I agree!
Yep
I think the slime is great you sud make more
What do I need to add to the slime if its still sticky?
Its looks like its almost right…. But it just sticking all to my hands…
You can add a little more contact solution to help the stickiness!
it was a good slime but it needed to be more strechey
So I made it but I always seem to do it right and the activator just runs I so any Idea on how much saline to use? 🤔🤔🤔
Have you ever made it with the dish detergent. If so does it have the same texture please answer ASAP
I haven’t, just laundry detergent!
We’ve made this 4 time so good and easy!! I’ll never make another slime recipe!
I’m so happy to hear you’ve enjoyed it!
The receipe is the best. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
how do you make it
If you scroll down, you should see the instructions! :)
We tried this today. But, sadly, even after mixing it continuously for quite a while, it didn’t firm up. We used liquid laundry detergent instead of contact saline solution.
Any advice?
I’m sorry it didn’t work as well with detergent. It works the best when you follow the recipe with saline solution like we show in the video.
I did not try it but before I did I wanted to know if it was really stretchy too?
Hi Madelyn! Yes, it has a different consistency than our regular slime, but it is still really stretchy! :)
could you just use normal laundry detergent for it?
It needs to be liquid.
it was amazing!!!
It’s so sticky I can’t knead it and it’s not firming up.! I accidentally bought shaving gel instead of cream. Could it be that?
Hi Victoria! Yes, I don’t think it would work as well with shaving gel unfortunately.
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OMG this recipe is so good