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Zoonart

(12,838 posts) Mon Aug 14, 2017, 04:21 PM Aug 2017

How do I deal with this?...

Have my grand-kids for the weekend. They are both girls... 9 and 12 yrs old and they are great girls, but...they are obsessed with slime.
Have any of you dealt with the great slime menace?

I am an artist a painter and sculptor and I have to say as broad minded as I am bout crafts... I just don't get this.

They are constantly playing with it and posting vines of it and they view the prefect slime as some sort of achievement.
Can anyone talk me down?

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How do I deal with this?... (Original Post) Zoonart Aug 2017 OP

As the mother of three daughters...... Sedona Aug 2017 #1

Thanks, Sedona... Zoonart Aug 2017 #2

If you're looking for a distraction, try some DIY craft projects. procon Aug 2017 #3

Buy them more slime randr Aug 2017 #4

It's the current fad. Many kids are making it and trying to sell it sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #5

Yeah... I was kind of joking... Zoonart Aug 2017 #6

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Sedona

(3,821 posts)

1. As the mother of three daughters......

Reply to Zoonart (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 04:25 PM

Aug 2017

wait it out.

They'll be obsessed with something else equally weird in a few weeks and the slime will be be long forgotten.

Zoonart

(12,838 posts)

2. Thanks, Sedona...

Reply to Sedona (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 04:29 PM

Aug 2017

I needed that.

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. If you're looking for a distraction, try some DIY craft projects.

Reply to Zoonart (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 04:56 PM

Aug 2017

The internet is full of helpful ideas for kids. Here, check out these fun activities:

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/crafts-for-kids/?lp=true

randr

(12,494 posts)

4. Buy them more slime

Reply to Zoonart (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:16 PM

Aug 2017

sinkingfeeling

(53,247 posts)

5. It's the current fad. Many kids are making it and trying to sell it

Reply to Zoonart (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:18 PM

Aug 2017

to other kids. My granddaughter wants me to make it when she visits. I've diverted her with sewing lessons.

Zoonart

(12,838 posts)

6. Yeah... I was kind of joking...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 07:09 PM

Aug 2017

Try as I might, I cannot divert them from the slime. I have an art studio with every kind of art supply anyone could want and they will not be swayed from the slime.

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