Thoughts on Bean Bag Chairs

If you have cats, get some cat be gone type spray. Foam doesn't have the same issues as the little beads. I'm not a fan b/c they are hard to wash. My SD had a love sac that the cats ignored, but she'd spilled something on it and I never felt it was clean.

Santa brought bean bags for my girls for Christmas and they couldn't have cared less! Santa should have saved her money...

I bought one when my (then) 20 month old son broke his leg and was in a full leg cast, thinking that would keep him comfy while elevating his casted leg.

Now... waste of money. It's in my girls room taking up space.

HOWEVER, my brother and I had SO MUCH FUN when we had those as kids... granted, we were climbing on top of the tallest piece of furniture we could find and jumping into the bean bags, but then again, some memories of stupid youth can not simply be recreated ;)

We loved our beanbag, until the cat peed in it. Can't really clean those things. Even the ones with removable covers. If liquids get inside you gotta throw it out!! But I would totally get another one, if we got rid of the cats.

Depends, some of those you can take the cover and watch them, other don't come with a cover over a cover, so it is just the tiny balls and the cover that one I hated just as much as my daughter loved, sigh
Then are the ones from Love Sac, not sure if you can clean them but I love how the big one felt at the mall, until I saw the price, lol.

My kids have always had them and love them. They are now on their second set. I don't care how they look! LOL! I care that my kids like to lay in them when they read or we watch movies!
But another suggestion for the unfurnished toyroom might be a nicer looking futon. We had one in our toyroom for a few years when the kids were smaller and they loved it. It provided a spot for extra guests to stay too. After about 3 years the mattress was junk (uncomfortable for guests) so I sold it on Craigslist. Then I bought a nice pillow top full size bed for in the toy room. I load it with pillows, so it's kinda like a couch, but is super comfy for guests or when one of the kids is sick and needs to lay around downstairs all day (other bedrooms are upstairs).

We have had bean bag chairs for over two years. Yes they are ugly, but we love ours. We keep them in a closet and my kids pull them out when they want to use them - reading time, movies, naps, etc. They get used a lot and when they aren't being used we tuck them away. Never had a mess or problem. We bought cloth chairs. The zipper is sewn shut, so the kids can't open it to get to the beans. And it takes some manipulating, but I can get it in my washer and wash it on the gentle cycle. We dry them on the back porch and just flip them around periodically, so it all gets dried. Yes they are ugly, but we love them. Your kids will love it too.

My kids have always loved bean bag chairs. I bought them each one when they were younger...then they decided to see what was inside of them. That's the point we banned bean bag chairs. Those stupid styrofoam balls all over the house are beyond annoying!!

Jane - sorry - mess waiting to happen!! i would've purchased one of those floor rocking/gaming chairs over a bean bag!!!

I don't really like them but we did have some once, lol! We only used them for when we had family over (we were all young and in our 20's at the time) and we needed more seating that was better than sitting on the floor. So, normally I don't like them either, but for a toy room, totally fine.

I just get flashbacks of foam pellets flying everywhere, punctured and torn primary colored vinyl, and my aunt in tears trying to contain it all after my cousins and the cul de sac kids they played with sliced them up with craft scissors for GP.

And then it happened again after a slumber party where everyone decided these (the replacement bags after the last incident) were much better for pillow fights, than pillows. They didn't last long. Once again, mini-sized foam balls were everywhere in the basement/family room, stuck to walls, fabric and carpeting because they are static magnets.

The last straw was when the unneutered cat went to town spraying and ripping and clawing up yet a third replacement. Disgusting to say the least. You get the idea, stinky, pellets, mess everywhere. Because of my aunt's plight, my mother wouldn't let me have one....even though I wanted one really bad because back then they were considered cool.

What do the kids think? I bet they love it and will fight over it.

I had one as a kid and thought it was really cool. But eventually the cat peed in it and it had to get thrown away.

I have one of the newer ones that has shredded couch cushion type foam in it. It's very comfortable for the kids and they love it. I have to wash the outside cover constantly since it gets drug all over the house. We bought one that's 4 feet across. So a lot of the daycare kids take turns sleeping in it. It was 165.00!

My girls enjoyed theirs until, like other posters have said, our cats peed on them. Hope you don't have cats!

The forecast will be sunny...and then all of a sudden.....it snows!!!!! Enough said!!!