Educational Insight's PLAY FOAM

by Educational Insights

Product Features

• Squish it, shape it, save it or smoosh it and start all over again. You've got hours of creative fun on your hands
• Unlike others colorful foam sculpting material won't crumble
• Include 6 PlayFoam bricks in six vibrant colors and an idea sheet
• Is very lightweight
• It won't stick to skin or surfaces and it never dries out, so you can use it over and over and over again

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 4.6 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EREGRM
• Item model number: 1805
• Our recommended age: 4 - 10 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,861 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #40 in Toys & Games > Arts & Crafts > Clay & Dough
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

Product Description

Size Name: 6 Pack

From the Manufacturer

Cross the texture of a crispy rice treat with the "mold-ability" of clay, and you've got PlayFoam, the lightweight foam sculpting beads that you can squish, stretch, and shape into hundreds of cool designs. It never dries out and won't stick to surfaces so use it over and over again. Plus, it's non-toxic. The classic PlayFoam six-pack includes 6 PlayFoam bricks in assorted colors. Bricks measure 2.75" W x 4" H x 1.25" D.

Product Description

Cross the texture of a crispy rice treat with the "mold-ability" of clay -- and you've got PlayFoam, the lightweight foam sculpting beads that you can squish, stretch and shape into hundreds of amazing designs. PlayFoam never dries out and won't stick to skin or other surfaces, so you can use it over and over again. Plus, it's nontoxic and non-allergenic.

The classic PlayFoam 6-Pack includes 6 PlayFoam bricks in yellow, blue, green, orange, pink and white. Bricks measure 2.75"W x 4"H x 1.25"D.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tactile Fun!!!, November 7, 2006

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K. Schwarz (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Educational Insights Playfoam (Toy)

My son and I just bought PlayFoam at Lakeshore Learning Store. He's gone to bed now, and I'm still playing with it- it really feels neat! Imagine when you're making rice crispies treats- the consistency when you press the stuff into the pan- that's what PlayFoam reminds me of- only NOT STICKY!!! We bought a SAMPLE (forty-nine cents) at the checkout, and I could actually let my four-year-old play with it in his car seat! I can't think of any other similar product I'd do that with!

Speaking of other products, I'd like to warn you off of Floam. We tried it- it smelled funny, it was too sticky/goopy, and in our experience the goop was a pretty good medium for growing mold. Yuck! Play Foam seems much cleaner- I'll update this review if we encounter problems down the road with it, but right now we LOVE IT!!!

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This stuff is amazing!, November 11, 2006

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Reading Mum "readingmum" (St. Louis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Educational Insights Playfoam (Toy)

This truly doesn't dry out, stink or stick to things you don't want it too! Much better than other foam bead modeling stuff we've had! If the kids mix the colors, you get a cool rainbow clump of play foam, rather than a lump of brown like you'd get with play dough or other foamy modeling compound. I think it is great! I have some for my own kids and my preschool students!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Easter Gift!!!!!!!!!!!!, March 6, 2007

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D. Ferrara "Motherof 2" (Scarsdale, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Educational Insights Playfoam (Toy)

This is a great product as long as your child will not put it in their mouth. It is a choking hazard. That said, it does not stick to anything even the carpet. If your kids can keep the colors separate it will work even better. But like playdough once the colors combined you have a multicolored ball that you cannot separate. Unlike play dough though it never hardens. I have a clump of foam just sitting on my coffee table waiting for my son to finish what he started when he comes home from school. I find that if you make little skinny peices, like a snake, you can bend them into letters and numbers. Which turned out to be good practice. My 4 yr old made his name. My five year old makes space ships and flies them around. We also play guess that shape with it.
And like another reviewer said, this product is great for long car rides and for when they are waiting in a restaurant for their food. This year all the kids in the family will be getting this product for Easter.

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