Nasco's Bucket O' Beads and Charms - 6,500 Beads & Charms - 1,350 ft of Nylon Cording

I wish that there would be brighter beads and not do many darker colored ones.

Duuuuuuuude... I LOVE this product! Bucket 'O Beads is probably my favorite thing on the planet right now. Seriously. I've bought 6 so far. My friends know that if I ever get obnoxious and they want to keep me busy, gimmie a Bucket O' Beads.The sturdy bucket is loaded with hundreds of beads. Big ones, tiny ones, all colors of the rainbow, AWESOME variety and suprisingly good quality. The best part of the Bucket O' Beads experience is the mystery of what you are getting. Its exciting and fun to sort through all the beads you end up recieving. This is fantastic for anyone that enjoys making jewelry. Bucket O' Beads makes up the bulk of my stash and I couldn't be happier.Just a heads up...1. Pony beads are mixed in. I hate em so I take em out and donate them to kids programs.2. There will be a few broken beads. Dont trip. That's to be expected.3. This product is no good for humans under 12.4. Some people mention a plasticky smell. Trust me, it's no biggie. It goes away quickly.Bottom line is DO IT. You won't be disappointed.

I'm would give this five stars because it is super cheap and it's a huge bucket of beads. A lot bigger than I would have expected. But I'm leaving a star off because it is so dirty! I'm sure when I wash these beads the paint will come off of most. But it's such a huge selection that I'm glad I bought it. I had to wash my hands because they were visibly dirty after just touching the top layer. And the bucket smells bad.Quite A few beads were broken but thats to be expected with such a large order of beads.

This has been a fantastic purchase. Our children craft extensively so I picked this up as a family Christmas present with only moderate hopes of bead variety. It has wildly surpassed my expectations. The mix of beads is fantastic. We find new beads each time we dig around. There is a wide assortment of sizes, colors, and shapes. Some of the beads are well detailed. The only possible negative would be that some bead holes aren’t totally drilled, making them difficult to use, but I have come across very few of those. It comes with two small rolls of cording. This was well worth the cost for this crafting family!

My daughter is a first grade teacher and I bought these beads for the arts & crafts table in her classroom. Some of the beads were so small, even I had a hard time handling them. I ended up using a colander to weed out the really small ones, which meant the bucket was only about 3/4 full. Even so, the kids had a nice assortment of beads to use.I guess it makes sense that in a bucket this size, you would need to have a bunch of small ones in order to make 6500 beads fit.The other issue was the chemical smell. I ended up taking off the lid to let it air out.

This is so great. I work in hospital based mental health with adults and these appealed to everyone across the board! It is very calming to sort through them and separate by shape, color, etc. These are great for those with anxiety and a great distraction technique for many other psychiatric disorders. Even the noise they make as you are sorting through them is soothing. I have a wide range of patients and I have seen many beautiful bracelets and necklaces made with these beads. The assortment is AMAZING. I highly recommend!

Daughter and her friends love this bucket of fun. Get some pipe cleaners and give them this. Hours of free time for parents. Hah. 3 years old and 5 years. Good buy. So many and varied beads. Not high end beads, but, their kids. Happy.

I got one of these before for Christmas a while back, and wanted to get another. This bucket this time around was a little disappointing. I know these buckets are random, but this one had very little variety to it. I figured there would be more than five-ish types of beads. Like maybe ten-15 different types. There were also bits of broken plastic and some weren't even beads.