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Water beads or aqua beads are such a fun sensory material. Sensory play activities with water beads as base are sure to be a big hit with the kids. They are smooth, squishy and lend themselves to many wonderful spin offs . Add shaving cream, play under a light table and many more. We did a pond sensory play activity for toddlers with those guys. But the sad part is they are inedible to say the least – swallowing those little guys leads to severe complications [...]

Superhydrophobic surfaces cause water like this droplet to bead up like a ball. Credit: Jaren Wilkey (Phys.org) —In a basement lab on BYU s campus, mechanical engineering professor Julie Crockett analyzes water as it bounces like a ball and rolls down a ramp. This phenomenon occurs because Crockett and her colleague Dan Maynes have created a sloped channel that is super-hydrophobic, or a surface that is extremely difficult to wet. In layman s terms [...]

Share & Comment We love water beads. LOVE them! I’ve been sharing some of our water bead play on Instagram and Facebook lately and have been surprised by how many people are either not familiar with them or ask what to do with water beads. So, I thought I’d put together a post with where to get water beads how to hydrate them and some of the fun things we do with them. I’ll also link to some other posts around the web at the bottom of this post [...]

These polymer pearls are created by simply adding water and can hold 100 times their weight in water! This causes the water absorbent beads to expand into perfect miniature spheres. Use them to add some extra color to your decorating scheme, centerpiece, candlescape, floral arrangement etc. Use separately or mix colors in one vase for a stellar effect! Water pearls are reusable and will fit down the smallest vase openings (i.e. tower vases) Non-toxic [...]

Water beads! Nifty, little polymer beads for sensory play! ! You’ve likely heard of them. They’re all the buzz in the preschool circles and among the kid-blogs at the moment. They’re cool, little polymer beads that start off not much bigger than a grain of sand. You soak them in water, and as they hydrate they get to be about the size of a marble. Originally, water beads were intended for floral purposes – to be added to a vase of cut flowers. They’re [...]

How did I not know about Water Beads?!! I ve been hearing about these in some amazing sensory plays that we just had to try it! Water Beads come in a really small packet in tiny bead form. You put the tiny beads in water for 4-6 hours and they grow into larger clear pearls, like marbles. They are used to decorate vases or candle holders. We stuck all our tiny beads in a big bin of water, the colours definitely leaked right away changing the water [...]

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Water bead instructions for Packets: Add 4-5 cups of cold distilled water (or 5-6 cups of tap water) to a large, flat container to achieve uniform color and size. Empty the entire packet into the water evenly. After 6 hours, pour the beads into a strainer or colander to drain any excess water. Keep out of direct sunlight. Water bead instructions for Bulk Bags: For every level measuring teaspoon of water beads, add 2 1/2 cups of distilled water (or [...]

This gorgeous sand castles was formed using surface tension. Your five-year-old knows it: When it comes to building sand castles at the beach, wet sand is much better than dry. If you fill your bucket with dry sand and turn it over, you’re likely to end up with a tumbled ruin, not a proud tower or turret. Any junior civil engineer will tell you to use damp sand from the water’s edge to construct proper parapets. A Sticky Problem Fortunately for beach-goers [...]

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