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7 Awesome Things To Do With Slime

In this video we explore 7 things you can do with all the slime you have made at home. 1. add acrylic paint 2. add nail polish 3. add food coloring an
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Awesome Ava and Dorky Dad Episode 1: Making Slime and Life Lessons

Awesome Ava and Dorky Dad Episode 1: Making Slime and Life Lessons | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it
My daughter, Ava, and I have decided to make a series of episodes showcasing our experiments in learning. Ava loves watching videos on YouTube. It is her “tv” and when she plays pretend it is always as if she is making a video.
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Slime Is All Over Instagram, and It's Paying Off for Brands That Make or Sell the Ingredients

Slime Is All Over Instagram, and It's Paying Off for Brands That Make or Sell the Ingredients | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it

For many brands, the substance that’s all the rage with tweens is a recipe for revenue, with the likes of Michaels, Elmer’s and McCormick & Co. all benefiting from the trend.It started quietly last summer, when social media watchers began buzzing about it. Tweens had struck on a recipe for a mucilaginous, stomach-turning substance and were posting videos of themselves playing with it.


The slime trend had hit.In fact, slime’s now bigger than ever. Devotees of the glutinous gunk—easy to make by combining glue, water and borax—have posted some 2.8 million images and videos of the stuff on Instagram. Search “slime” on YouTube, and you’ll get 11.9 million results.


Which is (mostly) good fun for kids who, to many parents’ delight, have actually found something analog to do. But slime’s biggest impact isn’t on kids at all: It’s on the bottom lines of brands that sell or make the ingredients for it....


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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, May 9, 2017 11:18 AM

Slime! No, we're not talking DC politics. We're talking something kids can't resist and did I mention 2.8 million slime images and 11.9 million slime searches on YouTube? Slime is in!