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Now leave to sit for an hour or so – you can play with it straight away it just won't be as frothy or thick as it will if you leave it set for a little bit. Provide muffin trays, spoons, cups and other real kitchen items for children to use and explore with the slime. A large shallow tray placed flat on the grass or floor works well for the younger children – especially if not confident standing and walking yet.Collect all the bikes and cars to setup a large carwash station using the foamy slime and big sponges to wash. If you would like to see more sensory play activities why not join my free Empowered Educator Facebook Community or follow my Sensory Activities Pinterest board. For babies add balls of the slime to a tray placed on the ground so they can reach, grasp and squish. Because it is a soap base it washes off easily when time to clean up and will keep in a covered container for quite a while if you keep it relatively free of other matter!

To be honest, I very rarely measure with this one – you can make more or less you just need to experiment a little to get the consistency you are happy with – sometimes I add more gelatin than this or a little more dishwashing liquid. I believe strongly as both a parent and early childhood educator that children should be offered access regularly to sensory play opportunitiesfrom a young age and fun with slime is an excellent example!

Add a bowl of plastic syringes or eyedroppers for older children to practice drawing up the slime then squirting it out.

Pour the packet of sago into a large bowl and pour in enough tepid water to just cover the sago balls – you don't want to much water. A word of caution…my children are very used to sensory activities like this as we have been doing them regularly since they were babies but if you have a child who is sensitive to material on their hands just keep a bucket of water and cloth close by so they can wash their hands at regular intervals. Never force a sensitive child to engage in these type of activities but don’t stop exposing them either as one day they might just surprise you and it is important that they have the choice and can regularly see others playing safely in this way so make sure you get your hands sticky and messy too! Collect flowers together and use the slime pushed into recycled lids as a base to create florist arrangements.Now mix up a few cups of water with the cellmix powder and you have some slippery gel to add to your rainbow ‘beads' I like to pass out the spoons and let the children add their own paste then mix. Sensory play obviously doesn't alwaysneed to include messy play but it's certainly a bonus and can help with sensory processing as they grow – along with many other important learning and developmental outcomes. If you plan to use the container you mix in as a sensory play tray then I suggest using a shallower tub so more children can access the slime at once – the water trough works well.

If you would prefer not to add colour it will make no difference whatsoever – the real learning outcome of this activity is the opportunity for sensory exploration. By just adding more water, the slime can be diluted into colourful water that can be easily drained away. The only “non-natural” ingredient in this tutorial is the bubble bath, but you can customize and choose whatever brand you like.There is some minor risk but the benefits of this type of play far outweigh those risks in my opinion – especially if you are using the recipes below rather than the current popular options made with materials like Borax, starch and PVA glue which I prefer not to use around young children. Mix all the ingredients together with your hands until the mixture no longer sticks to your fingers. Older children will enjoy the processes of measuring, mixing, pouring, whisking and kneading and you can go into greater detail about the scientific processes taking place. When you have your soap in the bucket or tub you want to use carefully add the hot water (use only warm if doing this part with the children). For younger children and babies you can help do this step with them of course and I usually make it a little firmer rather than too slippery so they can grasp and manipulate easier.