Amazingly Squishy Candy Corn Slime

Our soft and squishy candy corn slime is perfect for fall slime-making activities with kids. Whatever your favorite fall slime theme, we’ll show you how to make slime like a pro using our favorite slime recipes, best slime ingredients, and easy tips and tricks to create fantastic slime every time.

HOW TO MAKE SQUISHY SLIME

FALL SLIME

Kick off the fall season with a fun slime theme the kids will LOVE! Science has cool ways to create, including our homemade fall slime ideas. This AMAZING soft and squishy slime recipe designed after a favorite fall candy is a real treat (but NOT the edible kind)!

We also have apples, leaves, pumpkins, and cinnamon scented slime recipes to try!

Slime making is even more fun when you add creative seasonal themes, and I know kids love the novelty of theme activities. Our Candy Corn Slime is yet another AMAZING slime recipe we can show you how to make.

HOW DOES SLIME WORK?

We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here, and that’s perfect for exploring chemistry with a candy corn theme. Slime is an excellent chemistry demonstration and kids love it too! Mixtures, substances, polymers, cross-linking, states of matter, elasticity, and viscosity are just a few science concepts that can be explored with homemade slime!

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 extraordinary stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!

The glue is a polymer 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. 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 a clump of spaghetti!

Is slime a liquid or solid? We call it a non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a bit of both!

Read more about slime science here!

CANDY CORN PARTY FAVORS!

Slime lasts quite a while! I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. We use reusable containers in either plastic or glass. Make sure to keep your slime clean, and it will last for several weeks.

We made our fluffy candy corn slime recipe with white washable school glue, shaving cream, and fun colors. Grab some small jars and pretty ribbons to send kids home with a fun fall treat! I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store grocery store or even Amazon.

Note: Fluffy slime with shaving cream will lose some of its fluff due to the foam shaving losing air over time. However, it’s still tons of fun afterward.

Candy corn fluffy slime is a fun fall party treat for kids to make and take too!

Free Printable Slime Recipe

Candy Corn Slime Recipe

We believe learning how to make slime shouldn’t be disappointing or frustrating. That’s why we want to take the guesswork out of making slime for you.

NOTE: You can make this without shaving cream for a regular slime. The look will be just as fun, and you can even substitute white glue for clear glue for more vivid colors.

Take a look at these other fall slime recipes, including cinnamon slime!

SUPPLIES:

• 1/2 cup of White PVA School Glue
• 3 Cups of Foam Shaving Cream
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• Food Coloring
• 1 tbsp of saline solution

HOW TO MAKE CANDY CORN SLIME

Remember, you want to make 3 batches of this awesome fluffy slime! One batch remains white, one is colored orange, and one is colored yellow.

STEP 1: Add 3 cups of foam shaving cream to a bowl.

STEP 2: Add orange food coloring as desired.

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STEP 3: Mix in a 1/2 cup of white washable school glue.

STEP 3: Stir in 1/2 tsp baking soda.

STEP 4: Mix in 1 tbsp saline solution and stir until slime forms and pulls away from sides of the bowl. This is exactly how much you will need with the Target Sensitive Eyes brand!

If your slime still feels too sticky, you may need more drops of saline solution. As I mentioned above, start by squirting a few drops of the solution onto your hands and kneading your slime longer.

You can always add but you can’t take away. Saline solution is preferred over contact solution.

Now go ahead and try to shape your squishy slime like candy corn!

Make a slimy mess? No worries! Here’s how to get slime out of clothes quickly!

KNEADING SLIME IS KEY TO TEXTURE

We always recommend kneading your slime well after mixing. Kneading the slime helps to improve its consistency. The trick with shaving cream/saline solution slime is to squirt a few drops of solution onto your hands before picking up the slime.

You can knead the slime in the bowl before you pick it up, as well. This slime is ultra stretchy but can be stickier. However, keep in mind that although adding more solutions reduces the stickiness immediately, it will create a stiffer slime in the long run.

Our slime recipes are so easy to change up with different themes for holidays, seasons, favorite characters, or special occasions. Saline solution fluffy slime is always super stretchy and makes for great sensory play and science with the kids!