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Collect all the bikes and cars to setup a large carwash station using the foamy slime and big sponges to wash. Hose everyone off afterwards – lots of fun on a hot day. Add the other 1/4 cup of corn starch to the mixture. Mix together with a spoon to form a dough.Pour the bubble bath on top. Mix with a spoon to combine all the ingredients.

Add 1/4 cup of the corn starch and 1/4 cup of coconut oil into a large mixing bowl.Mix together with a spoon until it starts to look like a smooth, buttery mixture. The mixture now looks like a soft play dough. Scatter about 1 teaspoon of coloring on top of the ball of soap dough. Knead the ball with the coloring until it has an even color. For younger children and babies you can help do this step with them of course and I usually make it a little firmer rather than too slippery so they can grasp and manipulate easier.

You don't need to source numerous materials and follow complicated directions to make my 5 Easy Slime Recipes! I believe strongly as both a parent and early childhood educator that children should be offered access regularly to sensory play opportunitiesfrom a young age and fun with slime is an excellent example! Sensory play obviously doesn't alwaysneed to include messy play but it's certainly a bonus and can help with sensory processing as they grow – along with many other important learning and developmental outcomes. But isn't slime too dangerous for baby and toddler? Tip onto a tray or into a few bowls and let the messy fun begin! You might also like to try some of the ideas below. This recipe is made without glue/borax/ enter crazy ingredient here or any of those other strange ideas I’ve been reading about online. It is a wonderful sensory experience and I dare you not to want to put your own hands in there too – a lovely stress buster for anxious children (or stressed educators!) It also smells beautiful. Because it is soap based do watch the possibility of getting in the eyes. Speaking from my own experiences using this over the years I have never had a child complain about it hurting their eyes but I know some may find it stings like any soap in the eye can. 2. Squishy Foamy Slime

This slime recipe is best prepped the night before so the balls have time to draw in the moisture, soften and swell. Leave for 30 minutes (often you only need 10 but it will be a little slimier if you wait longer!) . Add your tbsp of Metamucil to your bowlAdd a few drops of colour or 1/4 teaspoon of edicol dye if you want colour slimeProvide a basket of plastic cups, jugs and spoons for children to fill with frothy concoctions. I have set up a ‘coffee shop' dramatic play area outdoors before(for 2 years up) using this frothy slime. To be honest, I very rarely measure with this one – you can make more or less you just need to experiment a little to get the consistency you are happy with – sometimes I add more gelatin than this or a little more dishwashing liquid. You don't need to be too precise, the fun is in the experimentation process anyway! What to do next… Cup WaterFood colouring or edicol colour dyes {Optional} I used edicol dye because I use them to colour my DIY cornflour paint base as well and they wash out of clothes so easily!

At first the mixture will look like a soft ball of play dough. This is fun on its own, as you can turn it into any shape you want. Much like my DIY Soap Play Dough Bars. The idea behind this DIY tutorial is that you don’t introduce any water into it before you turn it into slime. That’s why I’m using powdered cosmetic mica to color my mixture. You can also use edible glitter dust. Not because it’s edible, but because its better to pour down your drain than regular plastic glitter. You can also use biodegradable glitter instead. To turn the mixture into slime, just take the play dough with you in the bath tub or add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water. For babies add balls of the slime to a tray placed on the ground so they can reach, grasp and squish. Adding to a fruit net bag and tying the end is also lots of sensory fun as the slime squirts through the holes as they grasp and release. We all know that children will wipe eyes with messy hands or try to sneak a taste test so just keep this in mind. There is some minor risk but the benefits of this type of play far outweigh those risks in my opinion – especially if you are using the recipes below rather than the current popular options made with materials like Borax, starch and PVA glue which I prefer not to use around young children. And even better… you will be saving money too! What defines a slime recipe?This safe slime recipe is made using simple ingredients. The only “non-natural” ingredient in this tutorial is the bubble bath, but you can customize and choose whatever brand you like. Pour into a few different trays placed on the grass and help older babies and toddlers walk through the slime or go stomping in slimy puddles! Older children will enjoy the processes of measuring, mixing, pouring, whisking and kneading and you can go into greater detail about the scientific processes taking place. If you are making slime with a multi age group the babies and toddlers will often watch how the older children are playing and then try to replicate or explore in their own way. If you want to create different colours for your sago slime separate into a few smaller bowls now and sprinkle a little edicol dye into each bowl. Mix well – this is a wonderful colour mixing and naming activity for the children to take part in so try and involve them in the preparation process if you can. If you would prefer not to add colour it will make no difference whatsoever – the real learning outcome of this activity is the opportunity for sensory exploration.

Collect flowers together and use the slime pushed into recycled lids as a base to create florist arrangements. I created this slime recipe after using the sago as a safe sensory alternative to water beads with younger children (Water beads are quite the choking hazard!) With the addition of a little cellmix it turned into a wonderful bumpy, mouldable slime. I've collected 5 of my absolute favourite DIY slime recipes in this post for you to try – these are the ones I have used over many years with my own children and also while working with babies and toddlers in both early learning centre and Family Day Care environments. They only require a few basic ingredients and the children can usually join in the process of making the slime as well.

I get asked this a lot – along with many of the other sensory activities I share and my answer is always the same NO! As long as you use safe/edible materials and supervise (as you always should with this age anyway!)Don't leave babies and toddlers out of the fun and learning opportunities just because they require closer supervision around this type of play! Add scissors for 3 years up and watch as they try to cut through the stretchy slime to make smaller pieces. Provide blunt butter knives as another way to strengthen and explore cutting skills.