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

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.

Rave kandi, bead city! 10/10 recommend (Note: mine didn’t have much black or variety in shapes but lots of colorful pony beads) - I will buy again! I make hundreds of kandi jewelry and accessories for raves/festivals.

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.

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.

This is my second purchase of these beads - I feel like I can give it a well-rounded review after reviewing all of the beads in both purchases. You get a lot of beads first of all! The mix of colors is beautiful... There is a really nice variety. My first bag had way more of the blue and green colors and this second bag seems to have a better mix of everything. Overall I am incredibly happy with what I got.Also a thing to note is you may have to dust off some of the beads because they have small shrapnel of plastic bits and dust in the bag. Just a tad more micro plastics to add to our lives- No biggie!

I expected a lot of beads but I loved the variety of beads and they even have little animals in the mix that are super cute! I had a lot of fun making picky pads with these.

First two photo's are what was in the ad for the item TODAY. The day I placed the order the photo's showed different beads. I would not have purchased the box with these photo''s showing the representation as I did not want anypony beads or try beads for the project I ordered for. Photo 3 is the garbage and beads unable to be used for any purpose. Photo 4 is the bag I pulled out of the box. Photo 5 is all the pony beds (the majority of the beads in the bag). Photo's 6 and 7 are the other beads in the bags sorted by type. This was false advertising. I spent hours sorting. What a joke.