Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I know you're wondering if I have Amazonian hands based on the first picture. The package these things came in brought a whirlwind of emotion. At first I thought I got jipped. These things are tiny fish food sized pellets. I figured "whatever. 10 dollars gone to waste." They were for my 6 year old so no harm no foul. I decided to try out a couple in a water glass. Like 6 or 7. It took about an hour and a half to grow to it's full size. After seeing the testers grow, I figured I'd try a larger sample. Let me tell you. What a satisfying experience. The two in my hand are the comparable sizes. Max size and just soaked for 10 minutes. I poured about 1/3 of the tub into a fairly large Tupperware bowl.. They ended up outgrowing the original bowl and I had to disperse them through another large bowl. Running my fingers through these little beads is so amazingly therapeutic. I know they started out for my 6 year old, but I've played with them about 10x more than he has. I can definitely imagine soaking in a tub with these things... The only downfall is they take a while to grow. I would suggest presoaking for a while and then store until you want to use them. Edit. After soaking for a few hours, they started to overflow from the two bowls. I despersed then evenly between 3 popcorn bowls.. I added water to just above the top layer of beads in case they grow more. I added the jug to show I didn't add more beads. So yeah. Not really sure what I was actually expecting but this has far exceeded my non-existent expectations.