The immersive sensory experience of slime provides users with that hold 10% of a person’s focus and awareness. Making slime with your kids is the best way to spend some hours of quality time with your family while having some fun and creative talks. In the plastic mixing bowl, combine small amounts of water and cornstarch together to form a mixture that looks like heavy whipping cream and has the consistency of honey. The approximate ratio of the cornstarch to water mixture is 2 cups of cornstarch to 1 cup of water. So if you use all of a regular-sized box of cornstarch (about 16 oz.), you will use about 1½ cups of water. It is best to start with less water and slowly add it until the desired consistency is reached.

Playing with slime is an amazing, tactile, sensory experience while promoting mindfulness, focus and encouragement of playing independently and promoting healthy motor skills. Search for hidden objects in the slime– we used our butterfly or flower confetti for this. You could count out how many are hidden as your child pulls them out of the slime. Or sort the objects by color or types. The possibilities are endless with this one. Thanks for sharing! We had scheduled play dough making for a homeschool activity. I found that a lot of playdoughs that are homemade just haven’t been turning out right. Too dry etc. I think my kiddos will be much more interested in slime. Today in the car we listened to a science podcast about slime and then I stumbled upon this! Thanks for the great ideas. Will give this a try!All the above may seem contradictory to the actual hands on experience of sensory play but I found in working with settings that you come across some children that struggle with experiencing messy play while others love it – each child is unique. For the shampoo slime recipe – Pour about a half a cup of shampoo into a plastic cup. You can use more shampoo, but it will take longer to develop, and you might want the shampoo to clean your hair later. While making slime may get messy sometimes, one can not deny the amazing feeling of holding and playing with slime. Skills are developed by children having control of their actions and experiences, providing them with confidence that they can create and simply explore without set outcomes. Slime was a big favourite last year and it was good to see a diversion away from electronic toys and a return to a sensory messy play. The open-ended play that occurs with a resource such as slime means that children can work alone or cooperate if they wish, and explore at varying levels. Using slime allows for child-initiated activity opportunities.

So, all of these activities promote problem-solving skills while having some fun and enhancing creativity too. Understanding the patterns of colour schemes and a mixture of new objects helps your child to use their imagination which fosters the creative mind.Slime making and playing with needs some problem-solving aptitude to make an amazing and perfect slime.