Polka dot slime: Fold 10 to 15 soft pom-poms into clear slime (no coloring, no glitter) Hidden figures: Fold small figures or cars into the slime and ask your children to find them.

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., hosted the first of the Summer Slime Days event series Aug. 4. Children were able to create and play with their own slime using different recipes and ...