IMPRESA Products Original Monkey Foam - 5 Giant Blocks in 5 Great Colors - Excellent for Creative Play - Educational Classroom Pack Size - Never Dries Out!

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 2 year old played with this for about 15mins.(That's about half a day regular human time.)Can be left out of the box and still good when you find it laying around the house weeks later. (A win for the kid)Can't remember how much it costs but it's worth it because he still finds it around the house and has a good squeeze every now and then. All in all.... better than playdoh

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!

good stuff

These were just as pictured- colors are pretty vibrant and my almost 3 yr old kiddo has enjoyed the texture and putting it into his toy trains, etc. Main downsides are that it doesn't stick very well so making actual 3d shapes is difficult and also (and main issue) it has a very very strong chemical smell- almost paint thinner or gasoline or something like that) which makes me really doubt the non toxic label