These kid concoctions are so much fun to make! Kids of all ages will love making all of these 3 ingredient kid concoctions. They can be a like mad scientists! Mixing all these fun and colorful ingredients to make playdough, slimes, foams, and more. These kid concoctions are so much fun and educational. They can be used as fun chemistry and sensory lessons. Make and use these kid concoctions at home or in the classroom.
Fun Kid Concoctions
I’ve rounded up 35 of the coolest concoctions for kids that I could find. Scented foams, edible doughs, stretchy slimes and mucky goops!
One of the funnest forms of sensory play for young children is mixing up simple concoctions. Combining common ingredients to make a new play substance is always thrilling! Concoctions are a great way to explore substances, textures, colours and chemical reactions. You can shape them, stir them, create art and even build with them! The best part? They all call for 3 ingredients or less. So simple, you’ll be able mix them up any old time with your kids!
FYI: I don’t always count water or food colouring as an “ingredient”. Just sayin…
Fun Slime Concoction Recipes
1. Bubbling Slime Recipe
Bubbling Slime, with taste-safe ingredients, will bubble and fizz for hours as the ingredients react!
2. Galaxy Slime Recipe
Mix up a batch of Galaxy Slime with two common, household supplies. It’s out of this world!
3. Super Stretchy Polka Dot Slime Recipe
Super-stretchy Polka-Dot Slime takes two simple ingredients. Bet you can’t guess what those polka-dots really are!
4. Glittery Gold Slime Recipe
Glittery Gold Slime looks so dazzlingly inviting. This mixture is a must for a St. Patrick’s Day sensory activity!
5. Pretend Ice Cream Goo Recipe
What fun! Chilly “Pretend Ice Cream” Goo, looks, feels and smells like real ice cream! And BONUS: you can re-use it time and time again!
6. Star Wars Slime Recipe
Here’s a black and gold-glittered Gak recipe for space buffs! They’ll have a blast with this Star Wars Slime!
7. 3- Ingredient Glop Recipe
3-Ingredient GLOP! You’ll never guess what it’s made of. Hint: your baby sits in it all day long!
8. Princess Slime Recipe
Glitter, glam and sparkle, pink and purplicious! This concoction is fit for a queen! Well almost. It’s PRINCESS Slime.
9. 2 Ingredient Goop Recipe
Call it what you like – goo, goop, ooblek or slime, this 2-Ingredient Goop is the most mystifying sensory connection around!
Fun Playdough Concoction Recipes
10. Rainbow Salt Dough Recipe
Rainbow Salt Dough! How can 3 ingredients look so good? This dough can be shaped and allowed to harden like clay.
11. Toddler Safe Cloud Dough Recipe
This smooth and silky Toddler-Safe Cloud Dough calls for 2 ingredients you’ll find in your kitchen cupboard.
12. Cake Mix Ice Cream Dough Recipe
A boxed cake-mix is one of 3 ingredients in this Strawberry scented “Ice Cream” Dough.
13. Salt Sculpture Recipe
Paint up some vibrant Salt Sculptures for keeps! The recipe couldn’t be any more simple!
14. Jell-O Silly Putty Recipe
Jelly / Jello Silly Putty is oozy and stretchy and it smells great! A great homemade gift for a child as it stores well too!
15. Cupcake Playdough Recipe
A tub of cake frosting is a key ingredient in this taste-safe Cupcake Play Dough.
16. Bubble Dough Recipe
How about some oozy-stretchy, soft Bubble Dough? Doesn’t it look like soft-serve ice-cream? Liquid soap is one of the main features in this 3 ingredient concoction.
17. Gluten-Free Play Dough Recipe
For kids with food sensitivities, this Gluten-Free Play Dough recipe is also nut-free and dairy-free, and completely taste-safe for little ones who might be tempted to sample it.
18. Peanut Butter Play Dough Recipe
3 interesting ingredients make up this low-sugar, edible Peanut Butter Play Dough. I’ll bet it smells divine!
19. Sand Foam Dough Recipe
Sure, sand is fun to mold and play with, but creamy Sand Foam Dough is even better! Shaving cream plays a role in this incredibly simple sensory concoction.
20. Frozen Clean Mud Recipe
Anna and Elsa fans will love this incredible sensory concoction! Frozen Clean Mud puts spin on the traditional, 3-ingredient “clean mud” recipe.
21. Spider-Man Foam Dough Recipe
Spidey fans unite! This red and blue Spider-Man Foam Dough is made with 3 simple ingredients. It smells great too!
22. Ooblek Dough Recipe
Hair Gel is a key ingredient in this mouldable Ooblek Dough.
23. Strawberry No Cook Playdough Recipe
Here’s another nifty way to make a simple strawberry scented concoction! This Strawberry No-Cook Playdough is made with hair conditioner and one other common pantry ingredient.
Fun Paint Concoction Recipes
24. Kool-Aid Puffy Paint Recipe
Kids can explore texture and colour mixing and science with this microwave-able Kool-aid Puffy Paint. Smells wonderful too!
25. No Cook Puffy Paint Recipe
It’s no surprise that this is called No-Cook PUFFY Paint! Wait until you see what the “puffy” ingredient is!
26. Glitter Glue Paint Recipe
Mix up some small pots of Glitter Glue Paint! Crafty kids will love to receive these in a loot bag or stocking!
27. Fizzing Sidewalk Paint Recipe
Sidewalk paint is fun, but FIZZING Sidewalk Paint is even funner! Funner is a word, right?
28. Pixie Paint Recipe
You can make a scented batch of Pixie Paint for about a dollar, using water and an unexpected, but entirely pixie-appropriate ingredient!
29. Lotion Paint Recipe
Gentle on the skin, this 2 ingredient, washable Lotion Paint is great for painting on a canvas or for body-painting.
30. 2-Ingredient Sand Paint Recipe
Kids will love making colourful, textured creations with this 2-Ingredient Sand Paint!
31. 3-Ingredient Sidewalk Paint Recipe
Take your sidewalk art up a notch with this traditional 3-ingredient Sidewalk Paint! Kids will love drizzling and decorating with this thick and colourful concoction!
Science Concoction Recipes FOr Kids
32. Classic Fizzy Science Experiment Recipe
Take sensory play up a notch with an empty watermelon rind and this classic fizzy science experiment by Natural Beach Living.
33. Ocean In A Bottle Recipe
Make an Ocean in a Bottle! Kids of all ages will find this 2-ingredient concoction mesmerizing to play around with and watch.
34. Colorful Bubble Foam Recipe
Whip up a rainbow of frothy fun with this awesome Colourful Bubble Foam.
35. Fizzy Lemonade Sensory Recipe
This Fizzy Lemonade Sensory Concoction uses a surprise ingredient to activate the bubbling action baking soda. Hint: it’s fresh, citrus-y smell is much more pleasant than vinegar!
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Which fun kids concoctions did you try out? I can’t wait to try #25.
