By: SF Green

SF Green — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:05:47 +0000

Fun, relaxing, not great quality I bought these for my students, and they were not expensive, so I figured the quality might be questionable. They are made of flour and a balloon. They are cute, squishy and fun to squeeze. They work great for my students who sometimes need or want an item to fidget with at school. The only problem is, which I knew before buying them, that the life span of one of these is not too long. I had one child pop his and get flour all over himself and the classroom after only about 3 hours of usage. Other students broke theirs after 1-2 weeks. I reinforced some of them by putting a new/extra balloon over the original balloon. Again, I knew what I was buying and that they are *cheap* so I was not disappointed.

By: lebb

lebb — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:04:02 +0000

Perfect for work! I bought a set of these to hand out as prizes for office workers. They were a great price and a huge success. I see people walking down the halls squeezing them.They’re very simple construction — basically a pair of nested rubber balloons filled with flour, tied off, and some yarn hair glued over the tie. I imagine they would be a huge mess if they broke (this is not a kids’ toy!), but none has yet, and the fact that there are two layers of balloon should help it from failing all at once. Since they are flour-filled, they don’t bounce right back into shape when squeezed, so they are slightly moldable. For the really stressed-out person, you can pound it satisfyingly flat before squeezing or rolling it back to a round shape.Some of mine arrived with the flour pretty solid/clumpy — I assume they had been stored somewhere that allowed them to draw dampness a bit — but with a brief kneading, they were in fine shape.

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