Fluffy Slime

Our kids have been BEGGING me to make slime all summer.  It was time.

Fluffy Slime

1 cup white glue
1/2 cup water
4 cup shaving cream (not gel)
food coloring
2 T contact solution
2-3 T borax solution (see recipe below)

In a large mixing bowl, mix together glue, water, and shaving cream.  Add food coloring and mix.  Stir in contact solution, then borax solution 1 T at a time, until it is no longer sticky.  Store in airtight container.  Enjoy!


Borax Solution

1 cup hot water
1 T borax

Stir borax into hot water until the water is clear.

Foam Soap Refill

Foaming soap is so much easier for Stella to use with hand washing, and I saw a bunch of DIY recipes for refills.  I went with this one and it works great!

Foam Soap Refill

3 T dish soap
3/4 cup warm water

Take an empty foam soap container and add dish soap.  Slowly add warm water to not agitate it too much.  If you are using a Method bottle, you can measure the soap and fill with warm water to just under the top.  Then swish gently to mix.  The main thing is to keep it at a 4:1 water to soap ratio, feel free to scale it up to make a large batch to fill from.

Play Dough

While Play Dough is not technically food, it does have a recipe, and since it is usually made from flour, I thought I had better save the recipe so that when Henry is a bit older we can make him some allergy free play dough, since wheat is his most sensitive allergy.  I got the recipe from Leila's teacher, we needed to make pink play dough for February for her class.

Play Dough

2 cup flour (rice flour - wheat free)
1 cup salt
2 cup water
4 T cream of tartar
2 T vegetable oil
food coloring

In a large bowl, mix together all of the ingredients (break into smaller batches for multiple colors).  Microwave for 5 minutes, stirring every 1-1.5 minutes.