The Beadery Bonanza 5LB of Mixed Craft Beads, Sizes, Plastic, Round, Multicolor

When I ordered this, I didn't comprehend the volume of beads that would be delivered to my door. I am both horrified and delighted.I have a 10 year old daughter who needs extra help following instructions and making good choices and well... I want to say these are for her, but deep down in my little goblin heart I know that I got these for the little goblin girl inside of me.So, when I opened the amazon box and saw a smaller box inside I was intrigued. When I lifted the small box I was more like "oof this is heavier than I expected." It was full. Very full. To the top. It arrived in a very nice and satisfactorily puncture resistant bag that was very well sealed. I pulled it out of the bag upside down in fact, which was fine because it was packaged very securely. And that's when my daughter saw what it was. She also has an inner goblin and it is full of glee.I cut open the bag and poured them into a large bowl of unspecified volume capacity. The chapstick was not included and was used to show scale. It's so much. I am having a hard time processing the magnitude of beadage I have acquired. The assortment is varied and I can't even begin to start identifying individual shapes. I am overwhelmed. It all looks so good and I want to touch all of it at once and feel them and it's so much.Yall. I almost bought 2. I didn't think 1 was going to be enough, so I debated buying a second one. I almost drowned myself in plastic shiny delightfulness and I'm not sure if I should be sad or relieved--whether it was a mistake or a narrow escape. My partner will be home in 3 and a half hours and he has no idea. I like to imagine him opening the front door and there just being a hiss and rush of plastic shininess flowing out of the house like water as he, in a panic, wades through the ever deepening madness, desperate to get to the car before he is overwhelmed. There is no escape. The tires spin and tiny plastic gemlike rainbow pellets scatter everywhere, but the car does not move. The outpour continues. There are no survivors.10/10, I like the idea of buying again, but it's finna be a hot minute before I need more. Excellent value for money. Would be PERFECT for an art teacher or for sensory play. Does not fit in a gallon ziplock bag. Does not fit in a gallon ice cream pail. Might fit in 2 gallon ziplock bags, or in 2 gallon ice cream pails, or a 2 gallon bucket. It is a lot of beads yall. I cannot stress this enough.

2nd time purchasing. Many pony, but still Good variety of plastic beads. Only broken beads were star type. They’re just too delicate to be included in this bead assortment.

First I’d like to address one other review because I hesitated to buy this based on that one. Most beads are useful, if there’s a small bead inside of another bead, you can literally poke them right out. I was actually worried most wouldn’t be usable, I’ve found 3 with little beads inside of them and they poked right out.Not sure why people gave this bulk bead buy poor ratings. They’re great, they’re beads, they’re assorted in color and sizes as well as shapes. Just to be sure I bought a second set, again, they’re fantastic. Each set has a few other beads the other doesn’t. The first I got a few paddle beads, a lot were broken but that was negligible in the grand scheme of things. The second I received some nicely sized coin beads. Both sets are well worth it. No clue where someone would buy a better buy. I calculated the approximate cost per bead (I bought the beads for about $13 each set) and the cost per bead is about $.003 per bead. Anyone knocking the rating based on a few beads not being “usable” must not have or know how to gather this information. Now if the company wants to send me more beads for another positive review, I will gladly accept because there is no doubt in my mind that this is the best bulk buy of plastic beads.

I get this for my classroom, it's the best buy!!!! The kids absolutely love it. There is a hug variety of beads, varying sizes. The best find! You CAN'T beat the price either

Well worth the price! Yes, there are a lot of pony beads, but there are a good deal of other interesting beads as well. My box had animal shaped beads, heart beads, letter beads, patterned beads, etc. Like any large bag you need to pick through for what you want.

I finally made my purchase even after reading some of the reviews that weren’t stellar. I received the package, that came in one bag, and began sorting the beads. Beads were alright. Nothing that really impressed me like some of the other pictures on the reviews. After sorting all of the beads, majority of them were just pony beads. Was disappointed but what could I do. Wasn’t about to return after devoting hours to sorting them. Maybe I’ll order again and get a better batch. Maybe I won’t. Still on the fence about it.

This is a shocking amount of beads. We’re almost a year out since purchasing and we’ve had multiple sleepovers with teens making bracelets and we STILL have so many beads. You get a variety of everything, all sizes, some of them have glitter or other finishes. This is an excellent deal for the cost.

DO NOT BUY if you don’t want mostly pony beads. The photo on here is NOT what you get. You get mostly pony beads. If you’re getting this for your kiddos to make bracelets and such, maybe you’re ok with mostly pony beads. I can’t make polished bracelets for adults with pony beads - such a waste.