Recently I have had several people (both parents and teachers) ask me about my Kidfetti (plastic pellets). If you are the parent of a toddler, preschooler, or have a child who may be either sensory-seeking or maybe even sensory avoidant, these things are the bomb and a must-have!

I really can’t say enough about how much I love Kidfetti. First and foremost, you can reuse them, wash and sanitize them. Yes, they are what you might consider a bit pricey, but unlike rice — water beads, beans, etc., the plastic pellets can be reused. They’re easy to clean and last forever.

I recently discovered that they do have multicolor Kidfetti. Yay!  I had no idea. I looked before and couldn’t find them, so I’m thrilled. The packaging says that it’s not recommended for children under 3 years. I have used them in my Mommy and Me toddler Yogalore class, which the children are all turning 2 soon. Moms were okay with it, but they were also supervising their kids along with me. Of course as with any activity, you should always closely supervise your children. I’ve been using the Kidfetti for about 8 months now and still love it just as much as I thought I would. It really is a great alternative to sand.

The plastic pellets were designed especially for sensory bins. They might tend to stick to little friends’ sweaty toes if they’re barefoot, but that hasn’t really caused many problems in my classes. I’ve washed and sanitized them several times and it’s been a pretty easy process to complete.

Overall, I really like this product, despite the cost. For someone like me, who travels from place to place and has to sanitize/replace a lot of things often, I’m happy to have something for my sensory bins that I don’t have to replace so soon. I also like that they’re a relatively unique product so a lot of my kiddos haven’t seen them before, so there’s novelty in that. I also like that they’re pretty easy to clean up. I still use my ball pits for my sensory bins most of the time to keep the mess in an enclosed space, but sometimes my little friends like to throw and dump the pellets outside the ball pit. If I am on carpet, I use a lid to one of my sensory bins and scrape along the carpet until I can use my little dustpan to clean up a little heap of the pellets.

I have been asked what I plan on doing with the Kidfetti when I am finished with it. I plan on teaching for quite a few years. It’s not like I have a child who will eventually outgrow the activity. I will use Kidfetti for years to come, but once I am retiring I suppose, I will probably donate my plastic pellets (along with most of my other sensory and yoga stuff I use for work) to several friends who teach preschool. I also thought about using them to fill my weighted sandbags that I sometimes use during class, or even making small beanbags and using the pellets to stuff the beanbags. I wont just toss them out.

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