Witches Brew Fluffy Slime is the perfect spooky sensory craft to make this Halloween with your kids! This bright purple slime is soft, stretchy, and extra puffy—just like a potion straight from a witch’s cauldron. It’s great for weekend crafting, or a festive sensory activity at home.
Why Kids Love Witch’s Brew Fluffy Slime
There’s something extra exciting about making slime during Halloween season. The bright green color, swirls of glitter, and fun add-ins make it feel like a real witch’s potion. Best of all, fluffy slime has a soft, airy texture that makes it even more fun to stretch, squish, and play with.
This craft is easy to customize too. You can add googly eyes, black star confetti, glitter, or tiny Halloween beads to create your own magical brew.
Supplies You’ll Need
- White school glue
- Shaving cream
- purple liquid watercolors or food coloring
- Baking soda
- Contact lens solution with boric
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon or craft stick
- Black glitter or star confetti or mini spiders
- Googly eyes (optional)
- Small plastic cauldron or bowl for display
How to Make Witch’s Brew Fluffy Slime
- Pour about 1/2 cup of white school glue into a mixing bowl.
- Add 2 to 3 cups of shaving cream. The more shaving cream you use, the fluffier your slime will be. Stir until combined.
- Add a few drops of purple liquid water coloring or food coloring or a small squirt of green paint. Mix well until the slime turns color.
- Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and mix throughly.
- Then add 1 tablespoon contact lens solution, mixing as you go. Mix for a few minutes, if it is still very sticky add a little bit more contact solution. Keep stirring until the slime begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Use your hands to knead the slime until it becomes stretchy and less sticky. If needed, add a few more drops of contact solution.
- Sprinkle in black glitter, Halloween confetti, or googly eyes for a fun “witches brew” effect (optional).
Tips for the Best Fluffy Slime
The reason why slime fails most of the time is because it is not mixed for long enough. If your slime is too sticky, continue to knead it with your hands a little while longer, don’t give up on it. Add a very very small amount of activator and continue to knead.
- Use plenty of shaving cream for a light, airy texture.
- Add activator slowly and a little bit at a time so the slime doesn’t get too stiff.
- Store it in an airtight container to keep it fresh.
- If the slime gets sticky, add a tiny bit more contact solution.
- Adult supervision is helpful, especially for younger children.
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
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These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
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Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
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Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
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Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
