DIY Slime Recipe With Essential Oils

We are going to show you how to make slime without borax today! We used our basic slime recipe and added red and blue glitter to make an amazing glitter slime. This glitter slime is perfect for 4th of July festivities. Read on to see how to make this fun slime. Slime is all the rage these days with elementary school kids, tweens, and teens! You’ve probably even seen kids playing with slime and wondered, “How do you make slime, ” Today we are going to show you. Whether your kids like fluffy slime, slime without glue, slime with glue, slime with borax and slime without borax, there is a slime for you! Ok, let’s be honest, it’s plenty fun for adults to play with too. I won’t tell if you sneak some of this fun slime recipe from your child!

This recipe calls for slime made without borax. Some slime recipes do call for the use of borax. Borax is an ingredient that a lot of people are on the fence about its safety for ourselves and our environment. Because of this reason, we have opted to leave it out. What’s so great about slime is that it can provide hours upon hours of entertainment from one batch. You can play with it, stretch it, twist it and put it back into a container to play with again another day. Our kids are always playing with slime. Whether we are watching tv, going for a walk or even on car rides.

Our daughter makes slime nearly ever day. She has given slime to all her friends. She even sells it on the side as a little side business. Since she is the slime expert in our household, she is going to give us a recipe and do a live demo for you guys (be sure to check the video out at the end of our post). You’re so lucky. Many of you have met our daughter at shows. She is a vital part of our business and we are so grateful for all her help. This slime recipe isn’t like any other recipe.

This slime recipe uses essential oils of course! We just love using essential oils in all our DIY recipes. For this recipe, we have decided to use lemon. Please note that lemon essential oil does cause photosensitivity, so use caution if you play with slime made of lemon (or any other citrus essential oil) and don’t expose that part of your skin to the sun for 12-24 hours! There are lots of other great choices of essential oils besides citrus to choose from too. With some adult supervision, even your kids can make slime. As you can see from the video demonstration below, our pre-teen daughter made up this batch of slime for all of you. It’s a great summer activity to help kids who are bored find something to do. Slime is, even more, fun if it smells good and has some added health benefits.