Water Beads

Water beads (orbeez) … great sensory game material!

The water beads are a type of water pearls, orbeez. They are small balls to use in themed baking or as a delicious sensory experience. You can toss through them with the hands, they bounce a little, they are slippery and difficult to grab. Sort the water beads by color. These biodegradable, non-toxic hydropolymer crystals grow to over 100 times their weight when they come into contact with water and become beautiful round, translucent water balls.

The water beads are reusable, once a month water is sufficient. The water balls are also colourfast. So you can mix multiple colors together for a beautiful result, without the colors blending into each other. Buying water beads as delicious sensopathic game material. Challenge your child extra on a tactile level by using the pearls in a themed container or sensory container.

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Practical Information

Instructions for use

At 5 grams of water, add about 750 ml of water and wait 6-10 hours. The water beads absorb as much water as they can, up to more than 100 times their weight. The cleaner and purer the water (PH neutral), the larger the crystal balls will grow. Depending on the temperature, the humidity of your home, water them again every 3 to 5 weeks. The water beads are reusable; just rinse with water and they are ready for next time. So when you buy our pack of 250 grams of water beads, you end up using it for a very long time!

Playing with the water beads exclusively for children from 3 years and under the supervision of an adult. After all, just like marbles, small (and sometimes also large) children can want to put them in the mouth. The substances are not harmful, but there may be a risk of suffocation.