Even if the weather isn’t calling for snow outdoors, you can make fluffy snow indoors! Plus, this recipe for snow isn’t nearly as cold, and you don’t need mittens to handle it. Our fluffy snow slime is one of our favorite winter slime recipes we love to make. It’s a slime addiction!
White Fluffy Snow Slime Recipe
Kick off the winter slime making season with a fun theme the kids will LOVE, snow! Science is full of cool ways to create, including these homemade snow slime recipes. This AMAZING soft and squishy fluffy snow slime recipe below is designed after a snowball!
Watch fluffy slime being made! This video shows our giant, colorful, fluffy slime, but you only need to leave out the color. The glitter would be fun!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of White Washable School Glue
- 3 Cups of foam shaving cream
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp of saline solution
- Glitter if desired (sprinkle it on after you make the slime!)
How To Make Fluffy Snow Slime
STEP 1: Add 3 cups of foam shaving cream to a bowl.
STEP 2: Gently mix in a 1/2 cup of white glue (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 the sides of the bowl.
If your slime still feels too sticky, you may need a few more drops of saline solution. 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.
Slime Science
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here, perfect for exploring chemistry with a winter theme.
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 cool 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 liquid. 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!
Kneading Slime Is Key!
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 also knead the slime in the bowl before you pick it up. This slime is ultra stretchy but can be stickier. However, remember that although adding more solutions immediately reduces the stickiness, it will create a stiffer slime in the long run.
Go ahead and try to shape your snow slime into a snowball!
Storing Your Fluffy Slime
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.
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.
If you want to send kids home with slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I suggest reusable containers from the dollar store, grocery store, or even Amazon.
More Fun Winter Activities For Kids
- Fake Snow Slime
- Build a LEGO Winter Tree
- Winter Secret Coding Pictures
- Watercolor Snowflake Painting
- Snowflake Winter Slime
- DIY Luminaries
Printable Winter Slime Project Pack
- Easy to follow slime recipes for fluffy slime, borax slime, liquid starch slime, and saline solution slime.
- Fun winter-theme slime recipes for extra creative slime time!
- Combine slime and math with easy-to-use printable sheets for hands-on learning.
- Find fun ways to experiment with slime science, including science information and essential vocabulary words.
- Cool slimy theme activities perfect for centers, early finishers, or classroom party time!
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