The Newtown Community Center held an event on February 26 called “Have The Slime Of Your Life” — where registered children and caregivers indulged in some super sticky, tactile, slime-making fun.

Near the multipurpose room, a sign that simply read “Slime Event” with an arrow pointing toward the activity could have been interpreted as promoting a remake of The Blob, a 1958 cult classic about sinister slime.

Turning into the room, however, it was clear that all slime chaos was controlled. Laughter was abundant as the solutions being formulated got participants into sticky situations.

Kids and their caregivers, at different circular tables, were elbow deep in squishy, dough-like gobs of the so-called slime oozing through their hands.

Some participants were early in the process. Parents held bowls or little arms steady as their children exhibited laser focus pouring ingredients and stirring until their creations seemed to take sentience.

Two types of slime were brought to life that day: fluffy slime and a stickier slime made with “contact solution.”

The slimes were not sinister as Hollywood likes to write them; they were cool to the touch and based on the squeals of delight from some attendees — fun to play with, too. Others trying to be low-key couldn’t help but giggle as they united their slimes with their neighbors, stretching them into webby strands like the aftermath of a marshmallow explosion.

Others were focused on kneading their slimes independently as if they were gobs of pizza dough.

Children-turned-mad-scientists took the opportunity to use glitter and gems that were provided to personalize their wiggly slimes to their hearts’ content.

Maria Neufeld, the program coordinator for the NCC, said this was the second year the center hosted this activity.

“It was a huge hit,” she said of last year’s slime function. “It’s an opportunity to make slime and not have it destroy your home.”

Val Saltzman, who had registered for the NCC event with her daughter Mikaela, said that she was enjoying the event for that very reason.

“I hate slime in my house,” Saltzman said, as she turned over her own sticky slime in her hands. “It’s the perfect place to do it because it’s not in my house.”

As she spoke, Mikaela stretched her slime into a long, unbroken noodle that drooped as it spanned the span of her arm, a big smile on her face.

The NCC intends to continue this peculiar, and well-loved new tradition for new scientists and returning enthusiasts to get their slime on in the future.

Reporter Noelle Veillette can be reached at noelle@thebee.com.