Weighted Stuffing Beads - Poly Beads - Were to buy?

[ExtraSlow]

Commonly used to stuff stuffed animals (like beanie babies) or to make weighted items for people with Autism or sensory processing disorders.
https://craftsplus.ca/poly-pellets/

Anyone know a cheap or local source for these? Looking for around 12-15 lbs for a few projects. Or cheap alternatives.

[ShermanEF9]

have you tried fabricland or michaels?

[ExtraSlow]

Fabric land doesn't carry, and the lady there told me Michael's doesn't either. She suggested online.

I'm cool with online, but I'm a cheapskate and best I've found is six pounds for $50 from Amazon.

Just wondering if there other options.

[EK 2.0]

This might sound REALLY odd...but maybe buy a toy or stuffed something from Amazon that is stuffed with them....and then dissect those to use the filler??....


Maybe a box of bulk stuffies might be cheaper hahaha....

[raceman6135]

SuperStore has the 18 kg (40 pound) bags of Rooster brand rice on sale for $26.88 right now. I've used rice in sewn-together tube socks for microwavable heating packs with pretty good success.

[z24_wheels]

I can probably get you a 20 L pail of polyethylene pellets.

[ExtraSlow]

Rice is an option. But not ideal for kids things since it absorbs liquids, and kids are always leaking something.

20L pail would be outstanding. Trade ya for beer or?

[pheoxs]

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I can probably get you a 20 L pail of polyethylene pellets.

Can you get Polypropylene? I use them for toptop injection molding machine and it sucks shipping them from the states

[z24_wheels]

No access to polypro, sorry.