Last updated on October 12th, 2018 at 11:29 am
How to make Rainbow Unicorn Fluffy Slime in only 5 minutes! An easy slime recipe for homemade fluffy slime that kids will love. It’s really the perfect kids craft!
Easy Unicorn Fluffy Slime Recipe!
This simple homemade fluffy slime recipe is the best! My daughter loves crafting and is obsessed with slime, especially unicorn fluffy slime! She loves making slime, playing with it, stretching and popping it. She’s been dying for her own iPhone and when since she got one for Christmas all she has been doing is making slime recipe videos.
I’m very excited to share her first how to video tutorial for this fabulous Rainbow Unicorn Fluffy Slime! I think she did a wonderful job! This unicorn slime recipe is super fluffy and so easy to make. It’s addictive and once you make it, you might not be able to stop playing with it. I love the neon colors!
Originally published December 2017
Homemade Fluffy Slime Recipe
What I love about this recipe is that it blends three pretty pastel colors into a unicorn rainbow! If you use the exact color combination as pictured below, your slime when combined, should turn a darker shade of gray blue. Using other colors might make your slime turn a yucky brown color. So be sure to follow directions carefully on this slime recipe.
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Concerned about Borax?
This slime recipe includes white glue, shaving cream and a small amount of borax powder diluted in water. My daughter has very sensitive hands and this slime does not affect her hands at all. If you are unsure about using borax, please watch this informative video from Stephen Spangler, the king of science projects for kids. If you prefer not to use borax to activate the slime, use saline solution instead. If you are allergic to borax, shaving cream or glue please do not make.
From Parents.com:
Experts like Vanessa Stoloff, M.D., a family practitioner at the University of Pennsylvania, say the whole Borax business is actually pretty benign. In fact, the DIY thing is currently going down in her own home courtesy of her 11-year-old twin daughters, who recently made a batch of cookie dough slime that smelled like fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. “As long as your kids’ slime recipes don’t include tasting it,” she told Parents.com, “topical Borax shouldn’t affect skin—especially at the amount being used.”
Dr. Jason Hack, a toxicologist from Rhode Island Hospital, also has a daughter who’s into making slime. “It’s a great activity,” he told WPRI 12 Eyewitness News. And he echoed Dr. Stoloff’s arguement that the small amount of Borax the kids are using is not absorbed through the skin. “It would take eating a lot of it to actually become toxic,” he explained.
If your child does accidentally ingest any slime that contains Borax, you should contact the American Association of Poison Control at 800-222-1222 immediately.
Fluffy Slime is Awesome!
What makes this slime so fluffy is shaving cream. The fluffy sensation won’t last forever, so play with it right after you make it.
How to Make Rainbow Unicorn Fluffy Slime Recipe
Watch the video below if you want to see how we make this slime. It’s really easy, but might take some trial and error to get it just right. Not all slime is created equal!
Print the Recipe for Rainbow Unicorn Fluffy Slime
Be sure to follow this recipe as close as possible to achieve our pretty fluffy slime in the video.
If you love this recipe, please let us know. Take a picture and tag it #LivingLocurto on Instagram so we can see it. I always love to see your creative ideas!
Rainbow Unicorn Slime | Easy Fluffy Slime Recipe
How to make Rainbow Unicorn Slime in only 5 minutes! An easy video tutorial and homemade fluffy slime recipe. A fun kids craft activity.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white glue
- 1/2 cup foaming shaving cream
- 1/2 teaspoon borax powder
- 1 cup water
- Blue, pink and yellow neon food coloring
Instructions
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In a large bowl mix glue and shaving cream with a spoon.
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In a separate bowl or cup, mix 1/2 teaspoon of borax in 1 cup of water. Stir until the borax is dissolved. (To speed up this process, place mixture in a glass cup and microwave for 30-60 seconds.)
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Add about a teaspoon of the borax and water mixture into the glue/shaving cream bowl and stir.
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Knead with your hands and if it's too sticky, add a tiny bit more borax and water mixture.
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Once your fluffy slime recipe is ready. Separate into three pieces.
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Add a drop of blue food coloring to the first piece of slime and knead until the entire piece is blue.
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Repeat with the other two pieces of slime by adding one drop of pink and one drop of yellow to them.
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When all three pieces are colored, add them together.
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Gently knead the fluffy slime until you have a pretty mixture of the rainbow.
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The longer you knead this slime, the more the colors will become one.
Recipe Notes
If you prefer not to use Borax to activate the slime, try to substitute with saline solution or laundry detergent. If you don't use Borax, do not use water and you may need to add baking soda to thicken the slime.
Rubber gloves recommended for sensitive skin.
* DO NOT EAT. Not for small children without adult supervision.
* Do not make if you have skin allergies to cleaning supplies, glue, food dye or shaving cream.
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~ Slime Recipe and tutorial by Blondie_Slime for Living Locurto.
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Kjadeeja says
It’s so lovely and fluffy. I want to make it every single day,! I made it and it was so lovely. If you stretch it and then you squish it up then it should actually sweek!
Soon beautiful recipe.
Kjadeeja says
It’s so lovely and fluffy. I want to make it every single day,!
Amy Locurto says
Glad you liked it. Thanks!
Twyla says
I followed the recipe and my slime wasnt very stretchy, it kept pulling apart very easily, I cant figure out why it wont work!
darejeffy says
it sounds like fun to make do we need borax or can we use baking soda
Diana Lopes says
Wow, this looks awesome! My grandaughter loves unicorns, so this might be right up her alley.
Micheal says
Hi!
Amazing ! This really good idea. I hope more sharing ideas for us.
unicorns picture
Micheal says
Hi !
amazing this is a really great idea for party. I hope more sharing ideas for us..
unicorns picture
Ta'Nya says
Can you make it smell like food
payton says
Yes can you do that pls
Kristina Walker says
You are my favriote sisters in the world
payton says
can you send me some slime
Jadore' Mira says
While searching for the cheapest shaving cream, I bought a can of women’s raspberry. I was white and it smells like raspberries. I purchased this at Dollar Tree.
Irene says
I think if you add like melted candy to it without the glue, shaving cream and etc.
Mayor Chunk says
We followed the actual recipe as written (amazed when people change the recipe – for food OR slime, then complain that it didn’t turn out as expected ? ?). Ours turned out terrific, we just had to add lots more borax to get rid of the stickiness. But the recipe suggested that, so we followed it and… Voila! Perfect! (makes sense to start with a small amount of borax water, as described, because you can always add more, but – just like cooking with things like salt or soy sauce – you can’t take it away once you’ve used too much.)
Thanks again for the great recipe! Having it all measured out definitely made all the difference in the world compared to others we’ve tried! Will use this recipe for all future slimes. 10/10 would squish again. ?
Amy Locurto says
Thanks so much! Yes, it’s really an easy recipe if you follow directions. 🙂 So happy your slime turned out awesome!
Arslan Ahmad says
Nice work. Keep it up.
payton says
Thank you so much you are so nice.
Ellise says
How do you measure shaving cream?
Used saline instead of borax
All I got was goop – it never solidified
What’s the answer?
Was so excited to make but it did not work
Amy Locurto says
This recipe calls for borax. You can measure ingredients by placing ingredients into measuring cups. If you only have saline solution and your slime is runny, try adding baking soda to thicken it.
Jj says
You need to add more activator
luna says
your saline solution should contain boric acid and sodium borate i use bausch and lomb and it works perfectly (????)
Tinkybaba says
I can’t wait to make this! If I’m only making one color of slime, so do you recommend adding the food coloring to the glue mixture BEFORE adding the activator? I’m hoping to avoid having blue hands, if that’s possible! Thanks for your advice!
Amy Locurto says
Yes, you can add the color before and it makes it a lot less messy. I hope you enjoy it!
Melissa says
Want to do this for birthday party…. can I make it ahead and let the kids add the color?? How long before time can it be made if it’s possible? Thank you
Amy Locurto says
If you put it in a sealed container, it should stay fluffy for a few nights before the party. The shaving cream is the tricky part of keeping this slime fluffy, it will deflate over time. Have fun!
Jecelyn says
This recipe for fluffy slime does not work if you use saline solution. It is so sticky and adding more saline and/or shaving cream does not resolve this. I read in the comments that you could add baking soda (not baking powder) to fix the stickiness and it did work but the slime was not fluffy. I’ll bet the recipe works great with borax and I’m looking forward to trying it with my kids.
Amy Locurto says
Yes, this recipe works best with borax.
SAra says
We tried to make this on the weekend
Disaster with the slime just being liquid and not turning to slime at all
We used saline solution instead of borax but it just didn’t work !! Any advice? Sarah
Amy Locurto says
We recommend using borax for this recipe. It’s really the best way to make slime. Next time try adding a little bit of baking soda if you use saline solution and it turns out runny.
Heather Hodge says
Can I use paint instead of food coloring. I’ve got glow in the dark paint and want to use the paint and add glitter cause I think this would make this recipe over the moon magical. Thanks in advance for the quick response.
Lucy Pace says
Yes
Sher says
Do you think you could add some clear glitter glue to the white and it still turn out? Want to do this at my 7 year old’s birthday party but not wanting to get actual glitter out. 🙂
Lucy Pace says
Yes, you can.
Amy Locurto says
I don’t blame you! ha! Worth a try. But glitter would be so much fun!!
Jen says
Wondering how long this would stay fluffy for? We’d like to make ahead for a consumer fair in five days. Do you think if we stored in plastic containers it would last that long?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Amy Locurto says
The consistency stays the same for a long while after making it. Just make sure the containers are sealed tight.
Heather Hodge says
Can i use paint instead of food color
Lucy Pace says
Yes
Lucy Pace says
It will be the most fluffy the first day, then it will slowly deflate, but it will still be fluffy in five days.
Ruby says
It usually stays fluffy unless you leave it out and let it dry
-@rubyclaw.aj (Instagram)
Chloe says
This is THE BEST slime I have ever made!!!!!!!
Amy Locurto says
Yay! Glad you liked it!
K says
Tried this using saline solution, came out terrible! No matter how much we added it just got stickier and messier, basically like melted marshmallows. Found another recipe that said to add baking powder so we tried that and it worked wonders. This recipe is probably great if using the borax but with the saline it just did not work at all.
Amy Locurto says
Right. Our recipe calls for borax and water. Glad to know you can add baking powder to fix your slime if it’s too runny with saline solution.
Hali Keenan says
Saline solution is loads of water with a tiny amount of borax. You’re not avoiding borax by using saline you’re just adding water to.it and ruining the recipe.
Geetanjali says
Hi.. if we use laundry detergent then will we use water???
Amy Locurto says
You only need water when mixing borax powder.
Kristina Walker says
How much borax do we need?
Khadeeja says
Maryam. We need half a teaspoon of borax
Jackie says
Really great slime recipe!!!
Amy Locurto says
Thanks! My daughter will be happy to hear this:-)
Kristina Walker says
how old is she??????
Beth says
Great and easy to follow recipe! We added glitter which sent my 8 year old daughter over the moon with happiness!
Amy Locurto says
Oh yes, glitter would make this even more magical! Glad you both enjoyed it!
Brittany says
If I use my contact solution that has the boric acid in it, do I still need to use the water? This is my first time making slime!
Amy Locurto says
No, the water is to mix the borax powder. You won’t need it if you use contact solution.
Angela says
Need this now. Amazing!
Amy Locurto says
Thank you!! We love making this slime too.
Sassystar18 says
Hi Amy I tried it yesterday but it didn’t work one bit I used saline solution please reply I will try again today
Kathy says
Terrible results. Juicie and not forming into slim consistentcy. His do we fix it?
Kathy says
Kids are crying. Would be helpful to get response soon. Thanks.
Amy Locurto says
Hi Kathy – It sounds like you don’t have the correct amount of borax and water mixture. If you add too much activator, it will get hard. So add small amounts at a time until you get the desired consistency. If using something else besides borax, you will have to play around with it by adding more activator until it’s not runny.
Kristina Walker says
How much water do we need to make the slime
Amy Locurto says
This recipe was done with a borax and water mixture which will give the best results. If using Saline solution, you might need to use more than the amount suggested here to activate your glue and turn it into the slime consistency you like best. You know you have added too much activator if it gets hard.
Kathryn says
This is a great idea. Made it and it was very fluffy! Thanks for the recipe.
Kristina Walker says
How fluffy
Jodie Fitz says
LOVE THIS…I hope you will consider sharing at my weekly party.
hope to see you there…so trying this!