13/11/2025
✨Slime Time in Therapy! 🖐💚
Slime isn’t just fun, it’s functional! 🧠 In paediatric occupational therapy, we use slime to support:
💪 Hand strength and fine motor skills (all that pulling, squishing, and stretching!)
✋ Tactile exploration — perfect for children who love (or avoid) different textures.
😌 Self-regulation — squishing slime can be calming and help with focus.
🎨 Creativity & play — children engage, explore, and learn through sensory fun!
👩⚕️ Our OT’s love using simple, engaging activities like slime to make therapy feel like play, because when children are having fun, they’re growing their skills too! 🌈
👇 Try it at home! Here’s our favourite slime recipe:
Mix 1/2 cup (120ml) of white glue with 1-2 cups of shaving foam, 1 tablespoon of baking soda, and (1–2) tablespoons of contact lens solution (must contain borax). Slowly add the contact lens solution while stirring until the mixture forms a single blob, then knead with your hands to finish.
Would you try this in your therapy room or at home? Let us know below! 💬👇
