Bright Creations Weighted Glass Beads - Weighted Beads for Stuffed Animals & Plushies - Glass Microbead Filler for Crafts & Doll Weighting - Blanket & Pillow Filler - 10 lb, Clear

I use this product to add weight to my handmade dolls. The beads have a great density, but since they're small, I don't pour them directly into the doll body. Instead, I pour them into old nylon stocking and then put the stocking piece inside the doll to keep the beads contained. I only used probably less than half a cup for one doll, so I expect this box will last me a long time. I think it's a good value for the price.

The picture shows the top of my DIY weighted blanket and my German Shepherd dog “Bailey,” who considers every quilt I make - hers.Well, since I added the picture last, I lost everything I wrote about how I DIY made a weighted blanket and it took 30 minutes to write! I wrote a lot with full directions too!The 2 complaints I’ve heard about weighted blankets is that they slide off the bed and they get hot! I solved both those problems by using only cotton fabric for the top and bottom and cotton batting for in the middle.Most weighted blankets use polyester for the top and bottom and any filling inside. Polyester gets hot and it’s slippery! Using plastic pellets is cheaper yet you end up with a lumpy blanket and it gets hot also. Glass beads will get warm when it’s close to your body, yet cools off rapidly when moved away.So I basically made a quilt, I’m a traditional hand quilter, and I only use cotton for everything! Cotton is harder to quilt through and it’s not slippery. I used a thin layer of cotton batting for the middle section and so the glass beads were kept away from my body. The bottom cotton layer and the cotton batting is very breathable so I stay cooler.I read several reviews from others who used glass beads from other sources and possibly this one also, saying that it’s like sand and fell out. When I filled my first few squares, I too thought it was coming out when I flipped the just started blanket over to look at the back. After I worked a few more squares, nothing came out. I think what happened was that I was a bit careless and while pouring the glass beads in the channels I made, the tablespoon briefly touched the edge of the fabric, without my knowledge, and that’s where the slight spill came from. A small spill looks like a lot when it ran all over my quilt table, which is an old country store countertop that’s 6 feet long and 3 feet wide and solid wood! They sort of bounced, and since they were so tiny I brushed them on the carpet and I knew they wouldn’t hurt our 2 dogs if they swallowed them. Our dogs have swallowed bigger stuff than these! They are small glass beads, yet no sharp edges and they worked perfectly for my project!!!I wish my first and very long reply stayed because I gave all the steps needed for making my DIY blanket ! ARG! 👿

As indicated.

Worked great for weighting my reborn doll.

Work great

Very happy with product

So they are not beads like I would of thought they are a bit larger that a big pice of sand - so you needs to make sure what ever you place them in they can not escape. They are round ish but not as smooth as I thought — sand is the best description-/ they totally work and they arrived fast and as depicted—- the bag they are in is not re sealable or sealed just closed and tied

Used as weight beads in crochet items. Mini (very tiny) beads, so I had to place inside a fabric pocket I sewed for this purpose. Works great.