Fluffy Slime

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This fluffy slime recipe makes the puffiest, fluffiest, most pillowy slime and it only takes 2 minutes!

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This such a fun slime recipe to make! It’s puffy and it can somewhat hold its shape, instead of oozing and being sticky like classic slime. And while it’s soft to the touch, it’s more like a smooth, matte finish, so it’s not quite as soft as cloud slime or snow slime, but it’s even puffier than butter slime. It honestly like a marshmallow you can play with! You can even add a bit of lotion to make it even softer and give it a nice scent!

I’ve also created a handy set of slime recipe cards to print and cut out. Download them below or from the shop.

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Homemade Fluffy Slime Recipe

These materials include the water and borax to make your own slime activator. You can also buy a pre-made one. If you do, you can omit the water and borax.

How to Make Fluffy Slime

Make the Base for the Fluffy Slime

Pour the glue into a bowl. I ended up using about a quarter cup.

Note: The volume comes from the shaving cream so even though it might not look like much now, it will get much bigger!

pouring white glue into a glass bowl

Add your food coloring. Since I wanted to make purple slime, I started with red food coloring (a basic set like this one works great!).

Note: The reason I like to add the food coloring now instead of at the end is because you’ll be able to more clearly see how the color will turn out. Adding shaving cream will make it more pale so you want to test how it will look from the beginning.

adding drops of red food coloring to white glue in a bowl

Add in roughly a 1/4 – 1/2 cup of shaving cream and mix it in (this is the kind I used).

This will help you start to get a sense of the color and also make it easier to add shaving cream later. In theory you could make a basic slime first, but it will be more difficult to mix in the shaving cream.

adding shaving cream to glue that has been dyed red

Continue to add food coloring until you get a slightly darker version of the color you’d like. Remember, the color will become more pale after adding more shaving cream.

In my case, I added blue so I would end up with purple.

adding drops of blue food coloring to the red glue and shaving cream mixture

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Activate the Fluffy Slime

You can either make your own slime activator or use store-bought. You’ll want to mix a cup of warm water with 1 teaspoon of borax until it’s dissolved.

Then add it to the glue and shaving cream mixture a little at a time.

Tip: If you’re not sure how much activator to use, add roughly a teaspoon at a time. You can always add more!

pouring slime activator from a measuring cup into the purple glue and shaving cream mixture

Mix it together and continue add activator until it starts to pull away from the edges.

mixing the purple glue and shaving cream mixture with the activator so that it starts to form clumps and detach from the sides of the bowl

At this point, you can start mixing it by hand. It will be sticky at first, but keep folding it over and stretching it to mix it all together.

Tip: If it’s still too sticky you can add a little bit more slime activator. I actually like to do this by dipping my fingers in the activator and continuing to stretch the slime.

stretching sticky purple slime

Tip: To get the rest of the slime in the bowl, roll the big piece around it – the pieces stuck to the bowl will now stick to the slime! No slime left behind!

rolling the purple slime around in the bowl to get the slime stuck to the edges of the bowl

Make the Fluffy Slime Fluffier

Once all the lumps are smoothed out, add more shaving cream a little at a time.

adding shaving cream to the purple slime

Mix it in by folding the slime over it and stretching.

mixing the shaving cream into the purple slime by stretching it

Continue to add more shaving cream until you get a nice and soft fluffy slime! You can even add a little bit of lotion to make it even softer and give it a scent!

If you make your own fluffy slime, I’d love to see it! Tag me on Instagram @ab.crafty!

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stretching the purple fluffy slime

It’s so much fun to twist around and drizzle!

holding the purple fluffy slime shaped into a coil

I just love how it holds its shape!

purple fluffy slime drizzled into the hand

And of course it’s just so satisfying to smoosh your hand into! It’s like falling into a marshmallow!

pushing a hand into the purple fluffy slime

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Fluffy Slime

This fluffy slime recipe makes the puffiest, fluffiest, most pillowy slime and it only takes 2 minutes!
Yield 1 Fluffy Slime
5 from 1 vote
Project Time 2 minutes
Total Time 2 minutes

Materials
  

  • ¼ Cup White Glue
  • 1 Cup Shaving Cream
  • Food Coloring

Slime Activator

  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1 tsp Borax

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • Spoon

Instructions
 

  • Pour the glue into a bowl and add a few drops of food coloring.
    ¼ Cup White Glue
    adding drops of red food coloring to white glue in a bowl
  • Mix in roughly a 1/4 – 1/2 cup of shaving cream and mix it in (this is the kind I used).
    1 Cup Shaving Cream
    adding shaving cream to glue that has been dyed red
  • Continue to add food coloring until you get a slightly darker version of the color you’d like.
    adding drops of blue food coloring to the red glue and shaving cream mixture
  • Gradually add the slime activator ~ 1 teaspoon at a time (if you make your own slime activator, mix 1 cup of warm water with 1 tsp of borax).
    1 Cup Water, 1 tsp Borax
    pouring slime activator from a measuring cup into the purple glue and shaving cream mixture
  • Mix it together and continue add activator until it starts to pull away from the edges. Then stretch it with your hands.
    stretching sticky purple slime
  • Add in more shaving cream a little at a time. Fold and stretch it to mix.
    mixing the shaving cream into the purple slime by stretching it
  • Continue to add more shaving cream until you get a nice and soft fluffy slime!
    purple fluffy slime drizzled into the hand
Keyword Slime, Slime Activator
Daniela Kretchmer

Daniela Kretchmer

Daniela is a lifelong crafter who loves to share her passion for crafting. Through classes or learning on her own, she likes to say she'll do pretty much any craft aside from scrapbooking. Her current personal obsessions include garden crafts, felting, and spinning yarn.

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