Blue Water Pearls

I love this product. My use of this product was not exactly as intended because I used them to represent bubbles in a toy bath tub for my daughter. They are pretty and fun to play with because they are squishy yet bouncy. Long term use in this fashion is probably not advisable because they get funky from being handled.My product came in one cellophane packet of about 120 pearls. The product description says that there should have been 6 x 120 pearl packets in the shipment so I think it may have received a short shipment. The pearls are very tiny and dark blue before they are hydrated. They plump up nicely and are a gemlike, clear blue color. The one packet I received made about one cup. They stay hydrated, too. Be careful when you pour them into your container because they are very bouncy! Be careful with storage, too. I stored my fresh clean hydrated pearls in a ziploc for several weeks with no issues but when I stored them after my daughter played with them a few individual pearls developed little fungus or mold - I just threw those out, the rest were fine. Also, excessive handling can reduce the integrity of the pearls so that little bits and pieces are created. One last thing - mixing colors doesn't work that well. They develop a uniform color over a short time. Overall, a very fine product!

I didn't realize these were shipped from China. They showed up about the time I'd forgot about them. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because there really weren't any instructions on them. There were some "sentences" on the back that were poorly translated into some English words, but didn't really make sense. I just added 1/2 cup of water to a package of beads & kept adding water & they kept getting bigger. Big choking hazard for younger ones. Slippery. They come as 6 tiny packages that all fit into the palm of my 4 yr old's hand. We reconstituted one package & it made almost 2 full layers in the bottom of a square ziplock plastic container. They are the exact color in this picture. I know we will have much more fun playing with these.UPDATE: We played with these for about 10 days, before I noticed they were molding. But still had lots of fun playing with them.

I was given this oversized glass brandy snifter, as a gag gift (I think they were trying to say I drink too much...lol. I MEAN BIG! It is 16"h x 12"w. So I was looking for something to put in it for display. Sand was too messy and pricey. Marbles would have cost a fortune! Then I came upon these. At first I thought, NO WAY are theese tiny pelletes gonna work. But, They expand remarkably!I bought 2 of the 10 packs and needed only about 13 to fill the thing. I just rinse and rehydrate them about once a month and they look beautifull! Most people think the are glass marbles and are shcked when I tell the story. If they touch them I usually hear hear something like eweee or wtf are these. Great value!

These break apart much more easily than orbeez, but otherwise they are fine. I used them to make ocean sensory bags inside a large ziploc bag with plastic fish and glitter. I would probably not use these for a sensory table, though, because they break apart too easily.

Do NOT go by the directions on the bag. It says to leave it in the water for 4 hours. After 2.5 hours I looked and the blue beads were already starting to fall apart with light touch. We do have some left out of the blue but we lost about 25% to deterioration. I got these for a sensory activity with my son. We got the green balls as well and they are doing great after the 2.5 hour soak.

This review questionaire asks for the toys value = this is NOT something i would give to my kids.We purchased these to be used in a vase of flowers from the kids to teacher- The whole class brought flowers and it was fun to fill the vase with these and watch them grow =They were like decoratve vase glass beads - only soft and much lighter !will use again (for this purpose but not as a toy)

Used these in bowls at my wedding. They were mixed with other purple water pearls with floating candles. Makes a nice center piece. I loaded up a large cooler and soaked all of them the night before and had no problems the next day. These will hold water for a surprisingly long time. I think we had a few in a glass at the house for a week prior to the wedding just to make sure they didn't dry out in an hour or 2.

These are very cool. I have vases with just the beads in them, and they look cool by themselves. It say they can replace soil, so I tried to start some seeds in them, but haven't had much luck. They are great to keep on top of the soil as they regulat how much water the plant gets, if you over water they absorbe the excess, if you under water they release the water to the plant.

Pues no las he usado y ademas se me hacen pocas. Pero es mi percepción.

Es falso que el producto tenga 700 perlas por sobre, son evidentemente menos de 200.