In kid world, slime comes in multiple ooey-gooey forms: the kind made with glue that you can buy at the toy store that sticks to everything and ruins your brand-new area rug; the kind they make when ...

People inspired by social media to make homemade slime for fun -- and in some cases, profit -- are helping the bottom line of Newell Brands (NWL), the parent of Elmer’s Glue. That’s because the ...

You just can't get glue to stick around right now. Bottles of the gooey white stuff are flying off the shelves as a kids' crafting craze is leading to temporary shortages. They're making "slime." It's ...

The promise of reusable sticky things, from Post-it Notes to Blu Tack, has never quite been fulfilled. They're just never quite as sticky the second time around, or the third. But now, a team of ...

Slug slime could create stronger glue to prevent scarring and infection in surgery, suggest scientists. The defensive slime is produced by a common garden slug found in the UK to fouls the jaws of any ...

When I was a young girl, Nickelodeon released one of the most popular cheap toys kids could get. It was called Gak. Kids couldn’t get enough of the gooey, strange texture. They’d throw it, poke it, ...

On its earnings call at the end of April, Newell Brands, which owns the 70-year-old Elmer's Glue business, reported historically positive numbers for the first quarter of 2024. It was Elmer’s first ...

In late February 2017, news stories about homemade "slime" (a mixture of white glue, water, sodium borate, and food coloring causing a purported shortage of Elmer's Glue were popular on social media: ...

The “no borax no glue” trend has flooded TikTok. Screengrab from @Madisdawgs on TikTok The words “borax” and “glue” have flooded TikTok as a new trend has begun to emerge. The words, once popular in ...

1. Place 1 tablespoon of water in a small plastic cup. Add ¼ teaspoon of borax. Mix until as much borax dissolves as possible. This is your borax solution. If you would like your slime to be a certain ...

The well-stocked back-to-school section in most stores means one thing to most kids: The Elmer's glue shortage is officially over! In 2016, school glue became a hot commodity when the "slime" craze ...