Santa Slime! The perfect Christmas craft for kids. | via The Best Ideas for Kids

How to make Santa Slime: The DIY Christmas gift every kid will love giving (and getting).

This year's DIY slime craze isn't going anywhere anytime soon, if my kids' obsession is any indicator. So when I saw this DIY Santa Slime tutorial at The Best Ideas for Kids I knew I had to bookmark it. Honestly, how brilliant is this as a gift idea for your kids' Christmas party gift exchanges?

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It's worth clicking over for helpful step-by-step instructions, comprehensive supplies list, and smart BTDT tips for adapting the recipe to make sure it doesn't settle if it's going to sit for a while before you give it away. (The fluffy version, shown here, is better if you gift it more quickly.) We love her idea so much, we included it in our holiday gift guide as one of our favorite easy DIY gifts you can make for a fun homemade holiday. And clearly we're not the only ones who love this, because she followed up with a post about how to make easy Grinch, Rudolph, and Frosty slime too. It's a perfect solution (ha, science humor) if you need a gift idea for your kids to give to cousins and friends. Considering making slime is my daughter's happy place, she'll get extra joy giving this out for Christmas.

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