DIY Candy Cane Slime

Your kids will love making this Candy Cane Slime to play with over the holidays! This easy recipe uses no borax, but includes glue and shaving cream. It smells like candy canes too, because of the peppermint extract inside.

It’s a great Christmas craft for kids to make and share with their friends!

This is also a fun activity for the kids to do when it’s too cold or rainy to go outside to play.

And they don’t have to stick with red and white slime…they can mix it up and try different colors throughout the rest of the year. Maybe challenge them to come up with themed slimes for other holidays!

Candy Cane Slime Ingredients

You may already have most, if not all, of the ingredients in your pantry, craft closet, or bathroom cabinet to make this fun candy cane slime.

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Here’s what you’ll need:

• an airtight container
• white glue
• clear glue
• shaving cream
• foaming hand wash
• cornstarch
• body lotion
• baking soda
• contact solution
• red acrylic paint
• peppermint extract or candy cane essential oil

How to make Candy Cane Slime

This slime is made in two stages…one for the white color and one for the red color. At the end, you’ll twist the two slimes together to make the stripy colors of a candy cane!

To begin, measure out 1 cup white glue and add to a bowl, along with 1 cup of shaving cream.

Shaving cream is a little tough to measure, so a little extra won’t hurt it! 🙂

Mix the glue and shaving cream together, then add 1 cup of foaming hand wash and mix well. Your slime should be super foamy.

Add in 1 teaspoon of cornstarch and about 1 teaspoon of body lotion. These will help your slime stretch and be fluffy.

Next, add in a bit of peppermint extract or candy cane essential oil and stir.

Next add in ¾ – 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Start with ¾ of a teaspoon and add more during kneading if you need to. (Baking soda is what will thicken the slime)

Finally, add in contact saline solution. Start with 1 tablespoon, but if you need to add a bit more, you can. Saline solution makes the slime less sticky. You will know you have enough when the slime pulls away from the side of the bowl.

Knead the slime a bit until you get the texture you like.

Repeat the process to make the red slime, except this time, use clear glue. After step 4, add red paint. Paint is the best way to get a true red color!

After kneading the red slime, put it next to the white slime and wrap them around each other to make the stripes of a candy cane!

Store in an airtight container.

Making this candy cane slime is not only fun, but there is quite a bit of science that goes into it…a great learning activity for kids too 😉

Want more Christmas Crafts for Kids?

Looking for some more Christmas Crafts for Kids to make? Check out these:

• 25 Christmas Crafts for Kids, or these
• fun Winter Crafts for Kids, or
• this adorable Candy Cane Reindeer Craft for Kids, and
• these fun Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments that are great to give as gifts too!