Water Beads

Another great sensory activity is water beads.  The boys loved these and played for nearly an hour.  There are many ways to play with these, too.  Super Nanny didn't get any photos because her hands were in the water, too, but here is a photo from Google.

You can get them from Amazon or, in my case, I accidentally found them at the dollar store and was oh-so-excited to bring them home for Little Man to play with.

Little did I know, you have to let them soak in water for HOURS before they are even fun.  They come as teeny, tiny hard beads that are no fun at all. So I put them in the tote, filled it with water and went to bed.  The next morning they looked like the photo above and all of the water was pretty much gone. I left them there for Super Nanny to introduce (super jealous of her at most times) and she reported that they were a HUGE hit.

She let them play with just the beads at first, then added water to the tote along with some scooping toys.

Later that week, she poured the beads into the bathtub and let them bath with them and some glow sticks.  They loved it.  While the box says if you let them dry, they'll turn into tiny beads again until you're ready to add water, mine have yet to do so and it's going on two weeks.  They are just getting slimy and yucky now, so I'll likely toss them and buy a bulk pack from Amazon for the next go.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

1.  Water beads. Approximately 1,200 came in our bag which was plenty, but you can buy many different quantities on Amazon for pretty cheap!

2.  Anything that will hold some beads and some water! Pretty simple!

WARNING: These MUST be used under supervision AT ALL TIMES.  They are a choking hazard and are NOT EDIBLE.  The boys tried several times to stick them in their mouths because apparently they look "nummy."  THESE ARE NOT YUMMY. DO NOT EAT!