Educational Insights Playfoam Naturals 4-Pack, Plant-Based Playfoam Naturals in 4 Colors, Ages 3+...

Great Montessori style activity for kiddos! Ordered this for my daughter's classroom to use and the kids had a great time with the unique texture and strange behavior of the foam. Definitely better for kids 3+ but the 2+ ones were OK as long as they weren't into sticking stuff in their mouths. Didn't leave dye or color everywhere, was easy to put back away in its divided tray, and stayed sticky/moldable through several rounds of that. Perfect rainy day or busy activity for bored hands! Recommended.

This is a great little sensory toy that surprisingly creates no mess. I initially thought that all these little foam pieces will flake off and create quite a mess but it stays together and moldable. Its soft and doesn't feel wet or moist like clay can sometimes. It doesn't dry out and can be reused over and over. Its fantastic for sensory play, letting the little ones squeeze and mash the playfoam together. I did find that it gets rather impossible separating the colors once mixed. I ended up just mashing them together into one big ball of color. Pieces do tend to flake off sometimes but they're easily seen and can be put into the main foam. Great toy!

This stuff is really fun to play with. It feels like soft moldable rubber. It's not wet at all, will never dry out and can be endlessly reshaped. Once you mix colors, it's nearly impossible to separate them again. Also, I find little bits in my carpet for days after playing with it, but they don't get ground in like playdoh - they vacuum right up. It's excellent for sensory play, and to help little ones with pattern/shape/color recognition. Unfortunately, it does pick up dust and hair quite easily and out of nowhere.

We often strip our kid down to his underwear and put him in a shallow plastic bin with his kinetic sand. This is the only way weve been able to control the distribution of sand. It always ends up on and in his clothes, on the floor, in the crevices of our wood table top etc. With this Natural Playfoam, my kid gets to keep his clothes on. There is minimal mess. The colors do not stain. Its a whole new world! I love that the packaging serves as a great storage container to put everything back when they are done. Putting the foam away is its own sorting game. The colors that get mashed together gets put in the back of the plastic insert tray. We will likely be ordering more of this stuff with different components to help guide his play and give his imagination some themes to work with. However, the box had some very manageable/achievable easy-to-recreate designs. This is very helpful. So many child crafts have finished examples on the packaging that are way beyond a childs (or even a regular adults) capabilities - which leaves them feeling a little disappointed in their own creations. My son felt GREAT about his caterpillar and sun. I helped him with the butterfly and flower. We had fun counting the pieces and falling out the colors. I hope you guys enjoy this stuff as much as my kid does. Its another great way to give the kid some valuable parent-free play.