You will have one lucky little leprechaun if you give this amazing St Patricks Day Rainbow Fluffy Slime activity a try! A burst of rainbow goodness complete with a pot of gold at the end! Our fluffy slime is the fluffiest slime ever! Making homemade slime any way you like it, is a great science and sensory play activity for the kiddos.
HOW TO MAKE RAINBOW FLUFFY SLIME
FLUFFY RAINBOW SLIME
Gorgeous rainbow fluffy slime is perfect for St Patrick’s Day and Spring! Our colorful fluffy slime recipe is so super fluffy, you are going to love it. Roll up your sleeves and prepare for a morning or afternoon filled with fun slime making!
ALSO TRY OUR RAINBOW GLITTER SLIME
It’s up to you if you want to add a pot-o-gold at the end of your rainbow or toss in a handful of glitter! If you want even more slimy ideas, check out our whole collection of homemade slime recipes.
This rainbow fluffy slime is a ton of homemade fluffy slime madness even with making 1/2 the recipe. Your kids won’t be able to keep their hands off it!
We laid out our colors in strips that we gently twisted into a snake shape, kind of like one of those bread sticks from the pop open cans!
Then we smushed them together gently and folded the ends underneath a bit. Add your fluffy white cloud to one end and a pot filled with gold to the other end of desired. Sprinkle with glitter if desired!
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A BIT OF SLIME SCIENCE
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.
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!
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
NOTE: Fluffy slime gets its added fluff from the foam shaving cream. Can you figure out why? Can you also figure out why fluffy slime loses its fluff over time?
Read more about slime science here!
OUR BASIC SLIME RECIPES
All of our holiday, seasonal, and everyday theme slime use one of our 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.
Here we use our fluffy slime recipe with saline solution.
RAINBOW FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE
We made 1/2 batches of our basic fluffy slime in red/pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. We also made a plain white batch for a cloud.
Get slime on clothes? No worries, check out how to easily get slime out of clothes and hair.
FLUFFY SLIME INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup White Washable PVA School Glue
- 1 1/2 cups Foam Shaving Cream
- 1/2 tbsp Saline Solution
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- Food coloring
HOW TO MAKE RAINBOW FLUFFY SLIME
STEP 1: Measure and add 1 1/2 generous cups of foam shaving cream to a large mixing bowl.
STEP 2: Next, add food coloring and gently stir to mix color.
What are the colors of the rainbow?
STEP 3: Measure and add white glue to your bowl. Then gently stir to combine.
STEP 4: Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the mixture and gently stir.
STEP 5: Lastly, measure out 1/2 tablespoon of saline solution or contact solution (must contain borate ions) and add to bowl.
STEP 6: Gently stir the mixture to activate the slime. It will begin to pull away from sides and bottom of bowl. Then pick up your slime and knead it until smooth and stretchy and no longer sticky.
SLIME TIP: Squeeze a few drops of saline solution on your hands before picking up your slime makes it stick less while you knead it. Kneading it is important to improving the consistency of the slime.
Don’t go crazy adding more saline solution until you have spent some time kneading it. This will reduce the stickiness. If you add too much saline initially, you will end up with rubbery slime.
CHECK OUT: How To Make Slime Less Sticky
STORING YOUR FLUFFY SLIME
I get a lot of questions regarding how do 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.
NOTE: Fluffy slime stores just fine although it loses it’s fluffiness over time. We have found that it is still an awesome slime for play even after the fluff is gone. The slime remains thick and stretchy and soft!
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MORE FUN WITH SLIME
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