AJ's Slime Booth Popular at Galena Independence Day Celebration, Sells Out Quickly
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July 5, 2018
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The sign Austin made, advertising his slime booth.
Isaac Estes-Jones
The growing trend of kids making and playing with “slime” led a Galena boy to spend a year perfecting his recipe. Armed with what he called a non-sticky, mom approved recipe, August Casillas, age 8, set up a booth at the Galena Independence Day Fireworks celebration on Saturday, June 30, and with the help of two of his friends, made and sold slime to the children in attendance.
About a year ago on his birthday, August, friend Kaylee Sammons and another friend started making slime. Since then, “he’s read every book and article he could find about it, trying to find the best recipes,” said Andrea Winieski, August’s mom. “He’s been doing all of this research and finally came up with a ‘mom-approved’ recipe. He had this business idea and we set it up.”
“I think doing the slime non-sticky was a good thing for the kids so their parents don’t get mad,” August said.
“He has two different recipes that he worked on all year,” Winieski said. “They don’t stick to the floors or couches or anything like that the way a lot of the slimes out there do.”
If your child or grandchild has gotten into the slime craze over the last couple of years, those sound like magic words. How many hours have adults spent cleaning up sticky slime from all over the house? August’s slime recipes wont have that problem.
“Using saline is really the key,” August said. “It’s when you use shaving cream that it gets really sticky. Saline keeps it from being really sticky.”
August’s non-sticky slime booth was a hit at the Galena Independence Day celebration. He, Kaylee and another friend worked the booth all evening, eventually running out of supplies and having to shut down.
“It was quite fun,” August said, “because I got to make the slime with the other kids and had a lot of fun.”
“We had 24 bottles of glue at the start of the night and by the end we had four bottles that I split in half for half the price,” August said. A full batch of slime was selling for $2. “By the end of the evening, we ran out of supplies and had to close down.”
August spread himself out during this weekend’s activities, not only selling slime, but also volunteering at the dunk booth, which was raising money for the Galena High School International Travel Club.
The growing trend of kids making and playing with “slime” led a Galena boy to spend a year perfecting his recipe. Armed with what he called a non-sticky, mom approved recipe, August Casillas, age 8, set up a booth at the Galena Independence Day Fireworks celebration on Saturday, June 30, and with the help of two of his friends, made and sold slime to the children in attendance.
About a year ago on his birthday, August, friend Kaylee Sammons and another friend started making slime. Since then, “he’s read every book and article he could find about it, trying to find the best recipes,” said Andrea Winieski, August’s mom. “He’s been doing all of this research and finally came up with a ‘mom-approved’ recipe. He had this business idea and we set it up.”
“I think doing the slime non-sticky was a good thing for the kids so their parents don’t get mad,” August said.
“He has two different recipes that he worked on all year,” Winieski said. “They don’t stick to the floors or couches or anything like that the way a lot of the slimes out there do.”
If your child or grandchild has gotten into the slime craze over the last couple of years, those sound like magic words. How many hours have adults spent cleaning up sticky slime from all over the house? August’s slime recipes wont have that problem.
“Using saline is really the key,” August said. “It’s when you use shaving cream that it gets really sticky. Saline keeps it from being really sticky.”
August’s non-sticky slime booth was a hit at the Galena Independence Day celebration. He, Kaylee and another friend worked the booth all evening, eventually running out of supplies and having to shut down.
“It was quite fun,” August said, “because I got to make the slime with the other kids and had a lot of fun.”
“We had 24 bottles of glue at the start of the night and by the end we had four bottles that I split in half for half the price,” August said. A full batch of slime was selling for $2. “By the end of the evening, we ran out of supplies and had to close down.”
August spread himself out during this weekend’s activities, not only selling slime, but also volunteering at the dunk booth, which was raising money for the Galena High School International Travel Club.
