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JSchaaf
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 10:44am \| IP Logged

I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about the 10,000 Perler Beads my mother sent the girls.

They are having great fun with them-but they seem to multiply at night and invade all corners of the house.

Do your kids have Perler beads? How do you corral them (The beads, not the kids)?

Are they a CM "Handcraft" or just a plastic mess-making toy?

The good news is that seem to vacuum up easily.

Jennifer

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Posted: April 13 2007 at 11:39am \| IP Logged

I don't know if they are CM or not but my kids love them. My ten year old has made 80 of them in the last two months for an upcoming kids craft show.

We store them in a tupperware container. When they do the work, it is on a jellyroll pan (cookie sheet with sides) so they don't overtake the house. Those little buggers roll everywhere.

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Posted: April 14 2007 at 2:25pm \| IP Logged

My dds have gone through phases where these were favorites. We kept them corralled in a muffin tin, sorted into one color per cup. We also got a good, condescending scolding from an ER peditrician when one of our toddlers inserted a nice assortment into her nostril!

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Posted: April 14 2007 at 3:12pm \| IP Logged

Ok, I may get tomatoes thrown at me for this one, but I can't stand them for several reasons:
1. The beads themselves are a pain to keep up with.
2. The end product is (IMHO) plastic clutter that I will end up having to throw away sooner or later anyway when the child who painstakingly made it isn't looking.
3. Ecologically, who needs more plastic than necessary anyway?

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KC in TX
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Posted: April 14 2007 at 7:28pm \| IP Logged

I agree with you, Theresa, but it's such great fine motor skill work for my son. I'll put up with just about anything to help him in the areas he's lacking.

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Posted: April 15 2007 at 8:41am \| IP Logged

We have a had a great time in the past using these. You can talk about the color wheel with contrasting and complementary colors. We used them for creating simple patterns. As far as what to do with them- you can glue a magnet on them and put them on the refrigerator. Depending on the size and shape, they can become coasters. Use the heart shape and have your girls give them as Valentines. My girls also pretended they were decorated cookies when they play "restaurant".

The beads definitely teach patience for both mom & child. We almost always use them at the kitchen table with some sort of sorting pan that has been mentioned.

God Bless,

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Posted: April 15 2007 at 2:53pm \| IP Logged

LOL. We have them and my girls love them. Yes, we find them all over the place. I take comfort that they are so small that only the teeniest baby would choke on them if swallowed, and I have no remorse whatsoever about vacuuming or sweeping up the ones I find! I do confine their use to the craft room...the problem is they sometimes spill on the way to the laundry room (where my iron is). Still haven't worked out a way to fix that since I'm not willing to move my iron...

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