![]() She has been saving her leftover profits for her college fund. Maddie Greenspan, 13, founded the Slime Bash convention in 2018 after inventing Maddie Rae's Slime Glue in 2017 after she was unable to find the glue she needed in stores. Saving money seems to be the norm for the young slime business owners. When asked what she was doing with her profits, she said: "saving it and investing it." "I've been to seven conventions so far," Gannon said. Parakeet Slimes has 550k followers on Instagram and 191k on YouTube. Gannon was one of the 20 VIP slimers - which means they have a large online following - at the event which continues through Sunday. "Kids at my school wanted the slime so I started my online business." "I started making videos about slime about two years ago," Gannon said. It's often used to relieve stress and anxiety, much like a fidget spinner.Īt the convention, Lily was able to meet her favorite "slimer" Marisa Gannon, 15, creator of Parakeet Slimes, who she follows on Instagram. Slime is a non-sticky glue that comes in many different styles, colors, smells and textures. ![]() "However there is slime all over the house and on the seat belts in the car." It's something soothing and creative," said DiFranco. "The slime craze, it's fun and it relaxes her. Tickets to the event were a birthday present from her mother Mindy DiFranco and they traveled all the way from Tampa to attend. The convention featured meet-and-greets with VIP "slimers," slime for sale from 81 different slime entrepreneurs, a DIY slime pit, demos and more. Lily was just one of over 3,000 kids that attended Slime Bash 3, the world's largest slime convention, at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach this weekend. "My favorite kind of slime is inflated slime cause it gets a lot of air bubbles in it and expands so it doesn't fit in the container." "I like to play with it, film it and Instagram it," DiFranco said while she stretched part of a purple slime in and out of its container that smelled like a sweet candy shop. With over 15 different containers laid out in front of her, there was a different slime for every occasion. DAYTONA BEACH - Lily DiFranco, 13, is obsessed with slime. ![]()
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