If you’re anything like me, you haven’t thought about slime much this decade.
It was all the rage in 2016, when my middle school classmates ran full businesses and I used glue, baking soda and contact lens solution to poorly DIY the trend.
After fads like Sillybandz, Rainbow Looms and Kendamas, this seemed to be the next big trend. But as we grew up, we stopped dumping full bottles of Elmer’s directly onto our kitchen counters and moved onto the next YouTube craze.
That’s why I was surprised that Sloomoo Institute, an interactive play site dedicated to slime, was opening a Charlotte location in the year 2026…