A swirl of delicious-looking electric blue matter sat inside a waffle cone, adorned with rainbow sprinkles and a bright red cherry. Any other time at Anchorage’s well-loved ice cream shop, Wild Scoops, this would have been a picture-perfect cone, quickly devoured. But, this Sunday morning was different.
Mia Billman, 11, and 13-year-old sisters Ayah and Meriam Alsoltani eagerly shaped and meticulously decorated their realistic slime ice cream scoops as they worked with Sophia Detweiler, Wild Scoops’ media specialist and community liaison.
The young girls own Blueberry Bear Slime Company, a growing slime business in the greater Anchorage area. This tactile toy can be shaped, squished, popped and stretched and is often used as a fidget toy or stress reliever by people of all ages. The viscous goo comes in a variety of colors, textures and scents and gained popularity online in 2017, leading to a bout of nationwide craft store glue shortages…