After reading reviews of different brands of "water balloons" I realized two things: They make a mess and drive kids crazy. I have a very active child who loves water. I chose this set because it looked like a fair amount of beads and had sea creatures in them. I used an 18 gallon clear **plastic box** about 1/3 full with water. First let me say that my little man knew something was up as soon as I had my bag in the kitchen. He used a kitchen spoon to stir the water before anything else was in the bag. (An hour later) I added pearls and he took the new "soup" as his own. I told him they need a day to swell before he can touch them. Of course he used that as an excuse to let his sea creatures touch him. (facepalm) The next morning I woke up, stirred the beads and drained the excess water. **Required, excess water forms a film** Took just under 14 hours to reach full capacity. **As shown in the photos, some beads are 3/4" to 1" in diameter. Most of the pearls were swollen and stayed between 1/2" and 3/4" **He wanted them in the tub so he could do "deep sea diving". He's been playing with them in the bathtub for about 3 hours now. ** He stayed in the pearl bath for a total of 4.5 hours. Completely filthy, many of the beads he was sitting or standing on broke, and slimy slime flowed from the pieces of the broken beads. Use a scoop to scoop the batter back into the storage bag. Rinse completely after playing with water balloons for a long time. **Will update **updates within the double stars** of the review as we cleanse, dehydrate and rehydrate as we do. **Never experienced dehydration or rehydration. The active child kept playing, squeezing and fumbling with beads. I threw away the survivors and broken beads on day 3 for lack of sustained child interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! if we do **Never experienced dehydration or rehydration. The active child kept playing, squeezing and fumbling with beads. I threw away the survivors and broken beads on day 3 for lack of sustained child interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! if we do **Never experienced dehydration or rehydration. The active child kept playing, squeezing and fumbling with beads. I threw away the survivors and broken beads on day 3 for lack of sustained child interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! because of the lack of sustained childlike interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! if we do **Never experienced dehydration or rehydration. The active child kept playing, squeezing and fumbling with beads. I threw away the survivors and broken beads on day 3 for lack of sustained child interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! because of the lack of sustained childlike interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! if we do **Never experienced dehydration or rehydration. The active child kept playing, squeezing and fumbling with beads. I threw away the survivors and broken beads on day 3 for lack of sustained child interest. The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase! The sea creatures in the playset still bathe regularly. ** Conclusion: Great purchase!
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