I’m so happy that I finally get to write a post about water beads – mainly because I have been looking longingly at them for a while on all the US blogs but finally we’ve managed to locate them in the UK – and you can find them in the Rainy Day Mum Store.
Water beads are amzing little beads used in the floristry industry for allowing you to have flower but without the need to have water in the vase but they make an amazing sensory play activity for children.
As J is 2 and a half I set the water beads to grow overnight so they were ready for play during T’s nap time and as soon as she went down I got them out and set up our table in the kitchen and the water beads out for him.
J inspected the water beads carefully from afar at first
J is quite cautious with new experiences so he firstly inspected them from the surface without touching or feeling them. Once he had made sure that they weren’t anything horrendous he started to touch them and decided instantly that he knew what they were.
J decided that the water beads were frog eggs
Frog Eggs – well technically frog spawn but one of the books that he recieved for his birthday was the Teeney Weeney Tadpole which starts with frog spawn and it seems to be that the water beads are his frog spawn (which I must admit as J has never touched frog spawn I was very surprised at the connection).
Once he had played for a while he discovered that he could squish the water beads between his fingers
J in the process of squishing a water bead
Tuesday Tots
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I have been looking longingly at water beads too! I want some. xx
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Get some – I have some in the Store at the top – all sorts of wonderful colours they are so worth it the play is endless.
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thanks for featuring my post. I am new to mummy blogging. I do it partly so I can treasure simple but precious everyday things as our welly walking. It is lovely to share,read and be inspired by other bloggers
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Thank you for sharing and I love the welly walking it drew so many memories of J being a toddler instead of almost a pre-schooler and T is getting very close to her first ventures outside.
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum recently posted..Baby Play – Finger Painting
Aaahhh! Water bead play! Isn’t it fantastic! So glad you have now located the amazing gems in the UK
This is such a fantastic idea. Just make sure that the beads are BPA free: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bpa/AN01955
We love water beads. Orbeez makes a lamp and perfume factory with them. My daughter lets them get smaller and regrows them. You can make I-spy jars too.
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[...] the joy on a 2 and a half year old’s face to finally see what he has read about in books and mimicked with water beads. J spots the frog [...]
These look fun! Thanks so much for sharing this with our spring carnival.
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As a fellow UK Mum frustrated by all the water bead ideas, I wonder whether you would please share the brand name of the product you used? I’ve found something called Aqualine which looks like it is probably the right stuff but don’t want to buy the wrong thing!
Hi, This is the brand that I buy http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004ZTVVAU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B004ZTVVAU&linkCode=as2&tag=radamu-21 just a warning don’t use them with toddlers that put everything in their mouth as although not toxic handled I would be very wary and I have never used them with T as at 2 she still puts everything in her mouth
Thank you so much for the info, Cerys. I’m off to order some right now – let the fun begin!