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Your cart is empty.One of the best ways to relieve stress is relaxing sensory play. How do sensory toys help with stress-relief, emotion regulation, and mindfulness? As kids and adults engage in sensory play, it provides a grounding moment for them to feel present; this encourages them to release stress or tension, express emotions, and calm down when they’re feeling upset. This zen garden kit uses soothing sand and patterned spheres to engage kids, teens, and adults ages 5–105 in relaxing sensory play. It also uses a smoothing sphere to make it super satisfying to erase the patterns in the sand and reset the tray. Who is this set for? Kids, teens, and adults can benefit from sensory play. Whether you put this set in a calm-down corner in the classroom or on your desk for brain breaks between meetings, take a second to relax and release stress throughout the day. At Educational Insights we've been helping kids learn through play for 60 years. We work with experts in distinct fields to ensure that our products are the very best they can be. Our award-winning, best-selling toys and games—Kanoodle®, Design & Drill®, Playfoam®, GeoSafari®, and more—spark new interests, unleashing limitless possibilities.
Cargilper
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2025
Sure! Here's a friendlier version of your review:---I recently got the Playfoam Sand Sensory Kit, and overall, it’s a fun product with a few little quirks. The tub is a great size—big enough for one person, but it can easily fit two, which my kids love to do! There's just the right amount of playfoam sand for the tub. It’s not too deep, but it stays in place well and doesn’t spill. The sand has a similar feel to kinetic sand, though it’s a bit lighter and smoother, which makes it really fun to play with. The balls have cool grooves, and it’s surprisingly satisfying to press them into the sand and see the shapes it makes!I love that the tub has a good, secure lid to keep everything in place. However, one downside is that the balls don’t fit inside the tub, so I end up having to store them separately. It’s a little annoying, especially if you want to keep everything together. I keep the kit on a shelf with other sensory toys, but because of the loose balls, it can get a bit messy. I wish the design allowed the balls to fit inside the tub.The tub itself is a pretty purple color, and the sand is definitely calming to play with. My kids had fun with it, but they did move on to other things pretty quickly. My baby mostly loved playing with the balls. The kit only comes with 1lb of sand, which feels a little small for the price, especially if you’re looking for something that will last a bit longer.All in all, the kit works great for calming activities, but the storage issue is a bit of a hassle. If you’re looking for a fun sensory kit, it’s nice but a bit pricey for what you get. If calming is your goal, though, it definitely does the job! Just be prepared to store things separately.
CarolynJ
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2025
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reviewer2
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2025
This is perfect for kids with anxiety, ADHD, autism, and many other things. It is also just super fun to play with! My daughter has severe anxiety and ADHD. She has spent hours at our kitchen table playing with it. We added a few little toys to it from her playmobil sets. We added horses and people and some fence pieces. It’s larger than it looks. It is probably about the size of a dinner plate and my favorite thing is that it has a lid that snaps on! She has had so much fun! She goes to counseling to help her with several different things. Her counselor has a lot of different tools in her office for her patients to use when they are talking to her and as soon as I saw this I knew it would be perfect! I am ordering her one for her office! My daughter always opens up more when she has something to keep her hands busy and I can already tell this would be a great tool for her and her counselor to really have a great session! I think it could benefit a lot of her other patients too!
FSUmommy
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
Perfect calming corner tool or tool to be used for a therapy office. Definitely helps relieve some stress and anxiety so you can regulate a bit. This is nice quality so seems like it should hold up for a while. You can use the little balls to roll around and create patterns in the sand, similar to a zen garden. I am pleased with this one so far!
JR
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025
I like this playfoam sand sensory spheres kit. It is very fun for my toddler, who enjoys experimenting with the different sphere patterns. I do wish there was an easy way to lock the lid on with the spheres inside for easy storage, but some tape works fine for that. Also, FYI keep the sand away from furniture, if it wasn't already obvious! My toddler snuck some to our couch, so now our couch has lots of tough-to-remove blue spots embedded into the fabric. That's my mistake for lack of vigilance, so no star reduction for that, but something to be aware of. Finally, I think the current advertised price of $22.99 is too high. I can get much more sand for about $10, and I do not value the remaining pieces at $12.99. I think $15-18 would be reasonable for this product.
A.L.
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2025
My daughter enjoyed playing with this set. The three balls all provide different shapes and designs in the sand, and she was very creative with mix-and-matching them to create unique shapes.The shape is similar to kinetic sand, but slightly different. As with all sand toys, the one drawback is that is never stays in one place. This set is a bit different in that it has its own tray to hold the sand.I do with that the cover allowed for the balls to be held inside as well. Maybe some sort of divots in the lid to allow for the balls. I can see the balls getting misplaced when stored away for its next use.
K K OBrien
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2025
One of my favorite features of toys is if they are somewhat self containing or come with storage ability. Especially when it is something loose like sand! This is a fun play sand set that has a lot of play value and also some stress relieving benefits. Almost like a zen garden for kids, this set comes with everything you need BUT you can also incorporate other things in the sand zone to extend beyond just patterning and erasing.The balls offer endless designs as you can imprint and then smooth out and imprint all over again. Definitely lends to relaxation with the repetitive motions. Great that it is self contained with the lid for storage but I do wish that the balls fit inside of the container with it closed.Fun pops of color - my little loves to pretty the sand is water and bring a few little play boats and sea animals! He also likes to mold and shape the sand and then roll it back out flat. Truly endless creative ways you could use this set beyond what is intended!
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