Learn how to make butter slime with this butter slime recipe & video. It’s the best! This butter slime recipe uses Model Magic and is super soft & stretchy. Recipe and post by Maia.
Updated January 2021
I have watched many slime videos and tried many different recipes of my own. Some were way too hard, some got really sticky after about a day (too much lotion). Some just dried out a lot after a couple days of playing with it (too much borax).
This time though, I think I’ve created the perfect butter slime recipe. I hope you have fun and that this recipe works for you as well as it worked for me. :)
First, here’s a video tutorial showing how to make butter slime.
And here’s the butter slime recipe and step by step instructions.
6 little packets of Model Magic (about 3 oz total)
Scant tablespoon of lotion
*We all call it shaving cream, but make sure to buy the FOAM kind rather than cream or gel.
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix glue and shaving cream
Squeeze a large bottle of white Elmer’s School Glue into a medium bowl.
Add 1 and a 1/4 heaping cups of shaving foam. Mix thoroughly.
Stir in contact solution
Add 1/8 cup of contact solution and stir. The mixture will come together, become more rubbery, and begin to pull away from the sides of the bowl. (See the video!)
Knead (a lot)
Next, knead and pull with hands until not as sticky (add a bit more shaving cream if necessary).
Knead in Model Magic
Add 3 ounces of model magic in your desired colors.
Poke and knead, stretch and pull until thoroughly mixed.
Add lotion
Make a dent in middle of your butter slime and add a scant tablespoon of lotion. Mix until fully incorporated. Store in an airtight container.
Now it’s time to play!
6 Fun Ways To Play With Butter Slime
Spread it with a knife
Smash it with a fork
Poke and knead it with your hands
Stretch and pull it
Bury end the end of a straw in the middle of slime, pinch where straw is and blow to make a bubble
Make a bubble with your hands by stretching the butter slime up and out then quickly dropping the top like a parachute (see video demonstration)
Slime Removal Tip: For that certain someone in your family who the slime loves so much that it doesn’t want to let go, grab a little bit of slime and quickly dab at the slime-y area until it all comes off.
Warning: do not get near clothing, blankets, or carpets.
For a different, but cool, texture, mix 1 part butter slime to 1 part model magic.
I’m so sorry that someone left such a nasty, awful comment! Shame on that person. The internet is a dark dark place.
Good luck to you and your daughter! I’m planning on using this recipe for my daughter’s birthday party, and I’m sure it’s going to be a big hit!!!!! Kids and their slime…..they’re all obsessed!!!!
Hi, Maia! Thank you for this recipe, my daughter really wants to try it. I searched the shops (we are in New Zealand) and could not find Model Magic anywhere. Can I substitute it with Play-Doh or even omit it? Also, do you think adding some food colouring insteas of model magic would work? Thanks a lot! This website isfantastic! Cheers. Ana
This recipe doesn’t work. It’s beyond normal slime sticky. I literally just spent two hours cleaning this stuff off all the surfaces of my kitchen and my clothes. I’m bummed because my daughter was really looking forward to it.
The step missing is baking soda. After trying forever to activate it, and adding a lot more solution, we looked at another recipe and added a tiny bit of baking soda.
31 Comments
Shanna
July 14, 2018 at 6:55 pmThank you for this great recipe. My daughter and I made it just now and it’s the best slime we’ve ever made (and we’ve made A LOT).
Catalina Booth
September 28, 2019 at 11:49 amAwesome recipe. My girls loved it. Easy clean up.
Eva
October 23, 2020 at 3:35 pmThis looks great! Can I use polymer clay or play doh instead of model magic? Thank you!
Eva
January 2, 2021 at 6:04 pmI have tried that before and it melted my slime so I do not recommend using clay instead of model magic. ( my name is Eva too)
ruby the first grades
August 20, 2018 at 9:00 pmi will kill your daughter
Ashley
September 14, 2018 at 4:56 pmRuby, this comment is very inappropriate and you will get in a lot of trouble uttering threats like this whether you mean it or not. :(
Ashleigh Jones
September 19, 2018 at 12:57 pmI’m so sorry that someone left such a nasty, awful comment! Shame on that person. The internet is a dark dark place.
Good luck to you and your daughter! I’m planning on using this recipe for my daughter’s birthday party, and I’m sure it’s going to be a big hit!!!!! Kids and their slime…..they’re all obsessed!!!!
Jenna
November 21, 2019 at 11:36 amok boomer
butter slime magic
January 9, 2021 at 12:35 pmI am agreeing to that
Linda
November 2, 2018 at 4:01 pmThere is something seriously wrong with you. Get some help.
Vanessa
January 19, 2019 at 4:49 pmI love slime
Mila
October 3, 2019 at 7:51 pmIs the model magic optional if so can u use food dye instead?
BananaBread
February 20, 2020 at 5:57 pmNo because the clay makes the butter slime. But good question!
VaiVai
October 21, 2019 at 12:42 pmPlease stop sending threats to other people. It is not nice, and you will get in trouble if this gets worse.
Ana
November 16, 2018 at 7:43 pmHi, Maia! Thank you for this recipe, my daughter really wants to try it. I searched the shops (we are in New Zealand) and could not find Model Magic anywhere. Can I substitute it with Play-Doh or even omit it? Also, do you think adding some food colouring insteas of model magic would work? Thanks a lot! This website isfantastic! Cheers. Ana
Linda Smith
January 5, 2019 at 1:15 amAna, have you tried Amazon for the Model Magic?
https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Model-Magic-Deluxe-Variety/dp/B00004UE4A/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1546668632&sr=8-3&keywords=model+magic
It just improves the texture. Food color works well for coloring slime. If you cannot find Model Magic even on Amazon, use Maia’s recipe on this site for Fluffy Slime.
Danny Lew
December 2, 2018 at 11:12 pmMy kids love making slime and this recipe is awesome! Thanks again!
lotus
January 5, 2019 at 2:15 pmi would use clay in syour slime
kim
July 2, 2019 at 5:53 pmwhat size bottle of large glue do you use?
Jean Van't Hul
July 3, 2019 at 5:14 amNot the regular size bottle, but the next size up. I’ll have to look up the size. But it’s not the ginormous bottles that they sell these days.
Ashyle
September 3, 2019 at 11:57 amthank you for all you advis
VaiVai
October 21, 2019 at 12:43 pmOne step larger than regular school glue
Morris
July 15, 2019 at 4:57 pmWhat happens if it doesn’t activate…….
LH
September 5, 2019 at 10:14 pmThis recipe doesn’t work. It’s beyond normal slime sticky. I literally just spent two hours cleaning this stuff off all the surfaces of my kitchen and my clothes. I’m bummed because my daughter was really looking forward to it.
ray
October 6, 2019 at 8:50 pmDoes anyone know where the video is? my mom and sister are having a hard time finding it.
marissa
October 11, 2019 at 6:07 pm0/10 would not recommend. Never activated, never did anything other than cause a huge mess. So disappointed. Makes me never want to try again
VaiVai
October 21, 2019 at 12:47 pmSame w me. I had to go waaaaaayyyy off of the recipe to activate….. I used half of the contact solution just to activate the slime!!! 😠
VaiVai
October 21, 2019 at 12:44 pmOne step larger than regular school glue
Samuel Raiffeisen
January 12, 2020 at 5:01 pmIs this keto friendly?
Dawn H
May 26, 2020 at 5:56 pmThe step missing is baking soda. After trying forever to activate it, and adding a lot more solution, we looked at another recipe and added a tiny bit of baking soda.
Eva
January 2, 2021 at 6:08 pmI really enjoyed this recipe but instead of using JUST contact solution for activator, you could use some baking soda too. Have an amazing day!!!