ZURU Slime Mart Shopping Bag Series 2 Cherry Pie

Bring bakery-inspired creativity to playtime with the ZURU Slime Mart Shopping Bag Series 2 – Cherry Pie! This exciting DIY slime kit allows children to create their own cherry pie-inspired slime creations using a combination of colourful slime compounds, pie-crust textures and decorative accessories.

Packaged in a fun mini shopping bag, this hands-on activity invites children to mix, layer, mould and customise their own slime desserts. The golden pie-crust-style slime, glossy red cherry-inspired details and satisfying stretchy textures make every creation a delightful sensory experience.

Perfect for young slime enthusiasts, this creative kit encourages imaginative play, experimentation and sensory exploration. Children can follow the included recipe or use their imagination to design unique creations, then enjoy squishing, stretching and reshaping their finished slime.

Features:

• Cherry pie-themed DIY slime kit
• Includes pie-inspired slime compounds and decorative mix-ins
• Features golden crust-style textures and glossy cherry-inspired details
• Encourages mixing, moulding, layering and decorating
• Provides engaging tactile and sensory play
• Supports fine motor skills and hand coordination
• Promotes creativity, imagination and problem-solving
• Convenient mini shopping bag packaging
• Suitable for children aged 6 years and over

A fun and creative sensory activity that combines the excitement of pretend baking with the satisfying textures of slime play.

Safety note: Slime is not edible. Contains small parts and is not suitable for children under 6 years. Adult supervision is recommended.

MTOP Learning Outcomes:

• Outcome 1 Encourages individual choice, self-expression and confidence during child-led play.
• Outcome 2 Supports cooperative bakery games and conversations about shops, food and community experiences.
• Outcome 3 Provides opportunities for supervised sensory exploration, enjoyment and creative expression.
• Outcome 4 Encourages curiosity, imagination, experimentation and problem-solving through pretend play.
• Outcome 5 Promotes storytelling, descriptive language, discussion and role-play with peers.

6–10 years

• Explores the slime’s texture through supervised sensory play; practises describing colours and pretend food; develops imagination through simple bakery and shopping games.
• Creates imaginative bakery or café scenarios; practises storytelling and descriptive language; develops cooperation and turn-taking through shared role-play.

10–15 years

• Plans pretend shopping activities, sorts items and solves simple problems; practises counting, comparing prices and basic budgeting through bakery-themed games.
• Develops more detailed stories and creative scenarios; practises planning, decision-making and communication through collaborative role-play activities.
• Can extend the theme into creative challenges, pretend business planning, budgeting and teamwork; practises organising ideas and communicating plans with others.

Links to Theorists:

• This learning experience can be linked to Jean Piaget’s theories:
• Cherry pie-themed pretend play encourages children to use imagination, explore ideas and develop problem-solving skills through hands-on experiences.
• This learning experience can be linked to Lev Vygotsky’s theories:
• Playing with peers or educators in pretend bakery and shopping scenarios can support language development, cooperation and learning through social interaction.
• This learning experience can be linked to Maria Montessori’s theories:
• Exploring the slime’s texture provides opportunities for sensory discovery, tactile exploration and fine motor practice.
• This learning experience can be linked to Friedrich Froebel’s theories:
• The cherry pie theme encourages child-led exploration, creativity and imaginative bakery or café games.
• This learning experience can be linked to Albert Bandura’s theories:
• Children can observe and imitate familiar behaviours, such as shopping, serving customers and communicating in a pretend bakery.
• This learning experience can be linked to Erik Erikson’s theories:
• Creative and collaborative play gives children opportunities to make choices, express ideas, contribute to group activities and develop confidence.

Learning Through Play:

• Children explore the slime’s texture through supervised hands-on play, encouraging tactile awareness and sensory curiosity.
• Children create pretend bakeries, cafés or shopping scenarios, developing imagination and storytelling skills.
• Children take on roles such as baker, shopkeeper or customer, practising communication and social interaction.
• Shared activities encourage cooperation, turn-taking, listening and sharing ideas with others.
• Children describe the cherry pie theme, invent bakery stories, create pretend menus and practise food-related vocabulary.
• Older children can count pretend orders, compare prices, calculate totals and practise simple budgeting through bakery games.
• Children invent bakery themes, create imaginative scenarios and develop their own stories around the cherry pie concept.
• Planning a pretend bakery encourages children to organise ideas, make decisions and solve simple challenges during play.
• Encourage child-led exploration, ask open-ended questions and provide age-appropriate challenges to extend learning.