IMPRESAMonkey Foam from Monkey Noodle 5 Giant Blocks, Squishy Sensory Toys for Kids with Unique Needs Fosters Creativity, Fun Play Foam, Great for Classrooms, Home, & Playtime Ages 3+

My kids for occupational therapy love the feel. It's great for my sensory bin

This stuff is awesome! Our 3 year old LOVES playdough, but it seems to dry out after only one or two uses, I despise the way it smells and makes my hands feel, and clean up is a nightmare in a mostly carpet house (even with a designated area to use it in).For us this was a godsend. Our daughter loves it and even I find it strangely calming to squish around on my own lol.I noticed a few concerns in other reviews that I wanted to address based on our experience:1) Yes, it’s pretty sticky but that’s expected in order to keep the foam “beads?” together so it’s definitely a different experience than working with playdough or clay. I haven’t had any trouble with my daughter “getting it all over” like some of the other reviews, but I stray beads DO get left behind, I just take a tight clump of foam to pick them up and they lift right up - I’m sure there’s a scientific way to describe it, but it seems like the beads are designed to “prefer” sticking to themselves rather than other surfaces.2) It does leaves a trace amount of a sticky residue on the counter, but it cleans up easily and I prefer it to the more oily residue left by playdough. I’m not worried about the residue damaging any surfaces, and it cleaned up with my mild everyday cleaner and a paper towel.3) Our blue brick was noticeably drier than the other colors so it didn’t stick together as well, but it seemed to get better the longer we worked with it. Plus all of the colors eventually got mixed together anyway so it didn’t really matter for our purposes.4) I gave my daughter the first brick straight out of the package but because it was so compacted for packaging, she had a hard time molding it. So I simply mashed it and spread it out from the original brick to get it started for her, and she had no further problems working with it.It’s a new family favorite in this house all around!

Great rainy day no mess fun

I should have read the reviews more carefully. Fortunately, I checked the product out before I gave it to my grandkids. It is very sticky. I had difficulty getting it off of my fingers. The colors are very pretty and it’s a fun concept, but not practical.

Oddly dry yet sticky. I thought this would be an alternative to the name brand version, but this feels nothing like it. The beads stick to hands, clothing, table, everything. Beads come apart easily and make a mess. Would not recommend.

Keeps hands clean. Fun sticky texture with the little styrofoam beads in there. We like mounding it up, using play dough tools with it, and recently we’ve been hiding small toys inside. My grandkids love this !

We love monkey foam - it is so fun to play with and way less messy than other kid activity things. It doesn’t dry out and can just be played with over and over again!

The packaging on this is superb, don't change a thing!! It let's you store each color of product in its own clear, plastic box. Which then goes back into the adorable cardboard box that the product is advertised in. It's a fun stress release activity for adults as well as a neat creative outlet, in the sense that you can mold it into whatever your imagination desires. Little fall out, I'm talking loose balls and after a good amount of play time in a few separate colors I only noticed a couple stragglers. Which was no big deal because they left no residue, no oil mess or stickiness!! I recommend them to a friend and she bought them on the spot.