We had so much fun with our construction site slime that my kids have been making slime non-stop and begging for more and more slime recipes to try. Since it’s summer I took the opportunity to create some summer-inspired slime sensory play ideas, and I’ll be sharing them in the next few weeks. Up first is our fluffy ice cream sundae fluffy slime recipe! Even though we “technically” gobble up ice cream all year long, the ice cream theme is still a summer favorite. This slime play invitation is a fun way to lead up to real ice cream sundaes after playtime, or weave it into a larger preschool ice cream theme for a memorable sensory play experience!
Ice Cream Sundae Slime Recipe
FIND ALL OF OUR ICE CREAM ACTIVITIES IN OUR PRINTABLE LESSON PLANS
FOR HOME PRESCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS.
See our Ice Cream Sundae Slime in Action
How to Make Fluffy Slime
If you have little slime lovers, you’ll definitely want to grab a copy of the Ultimate Slime Guide. It’s full of tips to avoid slime fails, step by step directions, and creative ideas for slime recipes and mix-ins.
Below are the basic steps we followed to make our fluffy slimes. We did make three separate batches of slime, but they all follow the same series of steps. The indivdiual fluffy recipe for each of the vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate slimes we made are below.
For each slime we started with shaving cream in a mixing bowl.
Then we added our scents and food coloring (see individual recipes for details) and mixed those in.
Next we added our glue and stirred again.
We then added baking soda and stirred again. (We always like to stir in between ingredients.)
Finally we added our activator, in this case saline solution, and stirred again until the slime started to come together.
Next it was time for the kids’ favorite part…digging their hands in! Before doing so we added a bit of saline solution to the palms and backs of their hands to keep the slime from sticking.
After kneading the slime and letting it rest for a few minutes we had the most amazing scented fluffy slimes to play with!
Note that these are not edible, and you will need to inform children of this as well as supervise small children closely.
Because we used different elements to get the desired scents each slime also has a slightly different texture from the others. The vanilla slime ended up having the most light and fluffy texture, while the chocolate slime was a bit heaver but had a delicious chocolatey smell.
Fluffy Slime Recipes
Our fluffy slime recipes were modified from this basic fluffy slime recipe. There is also a troubleshooting guide avaialable on that site if your slime doesn’t work out for some reason…remember slime making is an experiment!
Ingredients for Vanilla Slime
- 4 cups unscented fluffy shaving cream (not gel)
- 1/2-1 Tbsp Clear Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Elmer’s white school glue
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 2 Tbsp Saline Solution (must have sodium borate and boric acid as an active ingredient for slime to work)
Ingredients for Strawberry Slime
- 4 cups unscented fluffy shaving cream (not gel)
- 1 Tbsp Strawberry Jell-o (not sugar free) dissolved in 1 Tbsp warm water
- Drops of Pink or Red Food Coloring (to desired color)
- 1/2 cup Elmer’s white school glue
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 2 Tbsp Saline Solution (must have sodium borate and boric acid as an active ingredient for slime to work)
Ingredients for Chocolate Slime
- 4 cups unscented fluffy shaving cream (not gel)
- 1 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Brown Food Coloring (optional)
- 1/2 cup Elmer’s white school glue
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
- 2 Tbsp Saline Solution (must have sodium borate and boric acid as an active ingredient for slime to work)
Time to Play with Ice Cream Sundae Slime
Making slime is a fun activity in and of itself, but the fun doesn’t stop once the slime is made. Now it’s time for the pretend play to begin!
The kids loved making their own ice cream slime sundaes and decorating them with bead “sprinkles” and pom pom “cherries.”
They especially loved overfilling the ice cream dishes to watch their sundaes “melt”and oooze all out the sides…sort of like feeding toddlers ice cream on a hot summer day. 
Have more summer inspired slime fun with our strawberry lemonade slime recipe.
GET A FULL WEEK OF ICE CREAM THEME LEARNING AND PLAY
Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.
This set includes active hands-on learning ideas and the following printables:
1) Count the Sprinkles Activity Mats (4 color, 4 black and white)
2) Ice Cream Number Cards (1-40)
3) Favorite Ice Cream Whole Group Survey
4) Favorite Ice Cream Individual Tally Sheets
5) Ice Cream in a Bag Recipe
6) Hot and Cold Concept Sorting Mats and Game Pieces (full color and black and white versions)
7) Ice Cream Dice Game (full color and black and white versions)
8) Ice Cream Theme Word Cards
9) Ice Cream Cone Color Sorting Mats
10) Initial Sound Ice Cream Cone Building Activity (for sounds /c/, /m/ and /r/)
11) Uppercase and Lowercase Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cone Matching Game
12) Ice Cream Cone Shape Matching Game
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Home Preschool Ice Cream Theme Lesson Plans
Preschool Classroom Ice Cream Theme Lesson Plans
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