Ever Thought Of Making A Bean Bag At Home

Here is an interesting thread written by a bunch of work at home Mums who are looking for advice on how to make bean bags at home.

This is quite a long thread so I will probably continue it tomorrow.

I arrived at this forum with bean bag questions as well… my question is what is best to stuff them?

I was originally thinking about beans or lentils.The only issue I have with this though is that I want to be able to wash them in a machine.

Ideally I want to be able to get my hands on something cheap to use as the filling for the bean bags . Anyone who’s done this before please let me know.

I was thinking of doing some really small rectangles as well as some larger rectangles as wel as circles

I’ve had super luck stuffing them with much smaller beans as well as peas. I’ve also tried rice as well. I have tried larger beans as well and they work but they arent perfect. I prefer the feel of the smaller ones though. I  am fairly sure you can’t real bean bags that are stuffed with real beans. My children my kids have drenched them with water before yet I did manage to dry them in the sun.

The sort of fabric I have used are denim, canvas, regular old cotton, flannel,  and corduroy to name but a few. They’re so much fun, and my kids are just mad about them especially my 3 year old son.

If you don’t fancy making them at home then you could always get a bean bag from the www.fatboybeanbags.ie store