I have made bean bags as part of a group activity for work. We use them for various activities. They are great to have around. Problem is they are hard to wash with the beans in them. So I had been looking for something else to fill them with that would allow us to wash them easily. We need to be able to do that when there are infections or illnesses going around. I finally found this stuff called Poly-pellets. That is what is in the picture. We sent an email to the company we got it from and they said this product should work for what we want to do with it. But I am dismayed that I would probably need to order more in order to fill a bunch of bean bags. We have about 20-30 of them I think. Helps to have plenty so that more than one therapist can be doing activities with the bean bags. I ordered two 2 pound bags. But one 2 pound bag will not get very far. Nevertheless, I will start with what I have and see how far I get. I am thinking of ironing on numbers on the bean bags to help us keep track of which ones have been washed. For example make 10 with the number 1, ten with the number 2 and ten with the number 3. So we can say, okay we are washing all the bags labeled with number 1. I got the poly-pellets from www.roseannsdolls.com. That was about the only source we could find. If anyone knows of another source please let me know.
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Thanks for visiting my site! I really like your bean bag idea, especially that it can be washed. That looks like a great (easy) project I could do. And it would be a neat Christmas present for all those kids in my life!
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