I’m in Canada, Holly, and they’ve shipped twice to me. Where are you located? I’ve never used another company, but I know you can get them in the craft aisles at Walmart and at some dollar stores here in Canada, and the U.S. They’re a florist bead – for keeping cut flowers hydrated. You might try a local floral shop? Have you tried googling “waterbeads” or “polymer waterbeads” in your area?

I love bumping into fellow Canadians in this big old blog-o-sphere! There are a few of us from Ontario kicking around. 🙂 Have fun with your water beads, Krista!

That’s an amazing price! So glad you’re loving them!!

Thanks for the link, Maureen! I’ll be sure to get over and have a poke around. 🙂

You’re so welcome! So nice to meet up with you too! Most of my followers and fellow bloggers are from the US, UK or Australia, so I”m really happy you’ve hopped on board! Have fun with your beads! Feel free to share any pics on my f/b page, Maureen. Not just of your waterbeads, but any crafts or activities you do with your kinders. Keep in touch too, eh? 🙂

You could use them in either the water table or a large tub. They might be less likely to get away on you in the water table. They’re bouncy little things. You don’t have to drain the water off, but again, they’re very bounce if you do drain them so I prefer to keep mine in a bit of water when they’re playing with them. Some brands go slimy or mouldy if you keep them in water, but I don’t have that problem with the Rainbow waterbeads.

Thank you! Now I am really excited. One other question, I plan to use them in a kindergarten class- would you recommend putting them into the water table or a large tub? Once they soak up the water do you drain off the excess?

Play at home Mom, Hands on: as we grow, The Chocolate Muffin Tree, and Messy Kids all have great posts about water beads on their blogs. (as well as many, many other awesome ideas for play!)

They hold up very well! They will pop if you squeeze them hard. BOth my sons wanted to see what it was like to pop one, so they did, but none popped yesterday when the little ones were playing with them. They definitely won’t pop just in regular play.

You’ll love them! They’re so neat. My big boys got into them as soon as they got home from school. lol

How exciting!! You’ll have so much fun with them!!

I’d definitely get lots of colours, Kierna. I got the orange/black for Hallowe’en. There are tons of colours on Rainbowwaterbeads.com, and the prices are great. I don’t know if they ship outside of North America though. Hopefully if they don’t, you can find some where you are. And yes, I was amazed at how much they grow! I had a little panic when I opened the pkg and saw how teeny the bags were. But I was THRILLED once they expanded!