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 ...

If you’ve tried to buy a bottle of Elmer’s glue and the store shelves are empty, our science guy Steve Spangler has the reason behind this national shortage. There’s a slime craze sweeping the country ...

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 ...

Save this article to read it later. Back in 2017, when the slime phenomenon was still in its infancy, we talked to then-15-year-old slimefluencer Alyssa J. (a.k.a. @craftyslimecreator) to get the ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. If your local stores have ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Elmer's glue is reportedly selling out in stores thanks to this online trend. Facebook, YouTube and Instagram are full of videos and photos of various colored slime ...

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: ...