JA-RU Universal Specialties, Magic Grow Capsules 6 Pack, 72 Capsules Sea Creatures, Dinosaur, Animal Farm Toys. Water Growing Toys for Kids. Animal Party Favors Fidget Toy.305-6A

My mom got my 3-year-old son a little 9 pack of these safari animals from the dollar store or something, and he loved them. Unfortunately, there were 12 possible animals on the back of the package, and only 9 mystery capsules. For some reason, my kid latched on to the ostrich as THE ONE THAT HE JUST HAD TO HAVE, but of course, that's the one of the 3 he did not get. After weeks of listening to him ask for his ostrich, I finally just bought a 6-pack assortment to take another shot at the ostrich. Thankfully, these packs include 12 capsules, so the risk seemed minimal. Had a brief panic when one of the safari capsules turned into an unexpected manta ray, but in the end he got tiny sponge ostrich and his life was complete. Yay! Now we can all move on with our lives! My son plays with these in the tub, and I'm saving the rest of the capsule packs for when the safari ones get gross.I'm not sure why people are so angry about the quality or that they take too long to open. They are tiny, flimsy, sponge animals crammed into a <1-inch gelatin capsules--we should all know that going in and temper our expectations accordingly. They are cute and fun for little kids. The fastest way that I found to open them is to drop them in a cup that's wet, but has no water in it. Then pour hot water on top. They stick to the bottom of the cup, which fully submerges the capsule, and the sponge wants to float, so it will dislodge itself quicker. Some animals take longer to open than others. Maybe someone could do a 3rd grade science project on why that is.

Product as described, toddler loves them. Doesn’t feel very green to use them, but I’ll make up for that somewhere else in life.

Fun!

These things are so much fun.Most of the shapes come out pretty good and most of them look like the pictures on the back of the packing, though some of them varied slightly. They are fairly durable - the sponges have survived multiple baths and play.I did have a few of the sponges come out ripped, missing pieces, or with extra pieces where the sponge wasn't fully cut.My farm animal pack came out the best. I also have purchased this brand in the 18 piece pack available at the local grocery. The shapes were the same, but the depth of the colors and the textures of the sponges seemed a bit better quality. Still, both versions were plenty fun.Highly recommended if you have kids.

I used these for bath time. Kids love waiting for the capsule to dissolve to see what sponge animal, object, bug etc comes out. :) They can also be dissolved in a cup of water, swimming pool or water table. :)

I've ordered these more than once! So cheap and fun.

I don't remember waiting so long as a kid for these guys to pop out of it's capsule. Ultimately these things did their jobs and my daughter was pretty excited to see the animals hatch but I had to make the water hot in order to speed up the process. Warm water will NOT work. Very good party favors.

We got these in a goodie bag for kids one time, and the rest of my kids were obsessed. Got a multipack for everyone else for Christmas stockings, and it was all anyone wanted to do. Sent some to the niece and nephew, and it was all they wanted to play with on Christmas Day. Love it!