Who doesn’t love the smell of sugar cookies and especially the moment you add in the vanilla extract! I think I could live off that smell alone. If you love the scent of delicious sugar cookies baking during the holidays, you will love our vanilla scented slime recipe with just a touch of one extra special ingredient that isn’t much of a secret. Use our basic homemade slime recipe to get started.
COOKIE THEME VANILLA SCENTED SLIME RECIPE
SIMPLE VANILLA SCENTED SLIME RECIPE
Scented slime is also fun and easy to make with kids. We tried our most favorite slime last Christmas and created a gingerbread man slime we loved.
As always I use what I have and what is readily available like cinnamon, ginger bread spices, and of course vanilla extract. What do you have in your cupboards?
GINGERBREAD MAN SCENTED SLIME RECIPE
MAKING YOUR SLIME RECIPE
All of our holiday, seasonal, and everyday theme slimes use one of our 4 basic slime recipes that are super easy to make! We make slime all the time, and these have become our go-to favorite slime making recipes.
I will always let you know which recipe we used in our photographs, but I will also tell you which of the other basic recipes will work too! Usually you can interchange several of the recipes depending on what you have for slime supplies.
Make sure to read through our recommended slime supplies and print out a slime supplies checklist for your next trip to the store. After the supplies listed below you will see click here black boxes for slime recipes that will work with this theme.
EASY TO MAKE VANILLA SCENTED SLIME RECIPE
For this vanilla scented slime recipe, I chose to use our saline solution slime. I felt it would have the least odor when pairing with our vanilla extract scent, and you don’t want to have too many competing smells!
You can also use or borax slime recipe, liquid starch slime recipe, and even fluffy slime recipe to make a vanilla scented slime.
DID YOU KNOW THIS SLIME IS ALSO AWESOME CHRISTMAS SCIENCE?
You can read more about the science behind the slime towards the bottom of this page in our resources section. Slime is awesome chemistry, and we love making simple theme slime recipes for all the holidays and seasons. Make sure to see all of our Christmas slime recipes.
VANILLA SCENTED SLIME RECIPE SUPPLIES
White PVA Washable School Glue
Water
Saline Solution
Baking Soda
Vanilla Extract
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Mixing Bowl and Spoon
HOMEMADE SLIME RECIPE
Click on the black box below to see the full recipe in detail with photos and video! Check out our pictures of this amazing vanilla scented slime below.
The recipe begins with mixing one part glue and one part water in a bowl.
Adding baking soda helps to give the slime firmness. You can set up your own slime science experiment by mixing up different batches with varying amounts of baking soda. Click here to learn more about ways to set up slimey experiments.
Adding vanilla extract creates our vanilla scented slime!
Everything should be well combined just like a good cookie recipe! For this specific recipe, the slime activator is our saline solution. Your saline solution should have boric acid and sodium borate listed as ingredients.
READ MORE ABOUT SLIME INGREDIENTS!
Mix well and you will see the slime start to pull away from the bowl and become rubberier and slimier in texture.
Your cookie slime should be stretchy and smell just like vanilla! Usually we mix our slime with a big spoon, but I thought a spatula was fitting this time. Simple little items like this make it a little extra special.
Grab some cookie cutters and cookie sheet and have fun with your homemade vanilla scented slime recipe! Kids will love the texture and smell. It will be a delight for the senses.
Just remember our slime is not edible! If you need a taste safe slime for the holiday, check out our marshmallow slime!
Kids will have ton of fun exploring this slime. Make sure to check out 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SCIENCE COUNTDOWN for more fun play and learn ideas for Christmas!
EXTRA HOMEMADE SLIME RESOURCES
If you scroll down, you will find click here boxes with our most popular slime topics that you may find helpful.
Slime is easy to make, but it’s important that you read the directions, use the correct ingredients, measure accurately, and have a little patience if you don’t succeed the first time. Remember, it’s a recipe just like baking!
SLIME FAILURES
The biggest reason for slime fails is not reading through the recipe! People contact me all the time with: “Why didn’t this work?”
Most of the time the answer has been lack of attention to supplies needed, reading the recipe, and actually measuring the ingredients! So give it a try and do let me know if you need some help. On a very rare occasion I have gotten an old batch of glue, and there is no fixing that!
STORING YOUR SLIME
I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean it will last for several weeks. And…if you forget to store your slime in a container, it does actually last a few days uncovered. If the top gets crusty just fold it into itself.
If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store. For large groups we have used condiment containers as seen here.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE SLIME RECIPE
What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activator  {sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid} mixes with the PVA {polyvinyl-acetate} glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state.
The addition of water is important to this process. Think about when you leave a gob of glue out, and you find it hard and rubbery the next day.
When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and is thicker and rubberier like slime!
Read more about slime science here!
HERE’S SOME SLIME MAKING RESOURCES!
Did you know we also have fun with  science activities too? Click on all the black boxes below to learn more.
Check out all our holiday theme slimes to take you through the season!
great …i will try to make it too
Hello Jane, I loved your slime making guide but you don’t describe more about making slime. Here I’m also share about how to make slime with and water at home with out anyone help.
I scent my slime with all kinds of scents from Natures Garden. You can get very creative this way.