Tips on Filling a Beanbag

Filling a bean bag with the polystyrene filling can sometimes be a real chore. Here are a few handy tips to help when filling a new one or topping up an old one:

– Have a friend to help you. Filling a bean bag can be really difficult on your own. If you’ve ever tried it, chances are you’ve got beans everywhere except inside the cover. Have a chum hold the bag open while you add the beans.

– Don’t overfill it. Unless you like your seating to be really stiff, leave a bit of air space in the cover. Once you’re done filling, give it a trial run and top up as necassary until its as firm or soft as you like it.

– For a child’s bean bag, if they are likely to jump around on it, use a re-usable liner inside the case. Although not quite as comfortable as sitting on one without the liner, they’ll have less chance of splitting the liner and getting the filling all over the place.

– Cover the floor. Before you start pouring filling into the cover, put down a sheet or bin liner on the floor to catch any strays. At least then if you do make any spillages you can pick them all up in the sheet and tip into the cover rather than them ending up all over the house (you’ll still be finding them in months).

– If you have spare filling left over, keep them safe. After a while, the ones inside will compress and the beanbag will seem emptier. Use the spare beans to top up as desired.

– Last but not least, make sure you fasten the zip before turning the bean bag the right way up otherwise you’ll have a mildly embarrasing and extremely messy incident on your hands. It’s happened to the best of us and it’s not funny when it happens to you.

– If you do make any spillages, sweep them up immediately as polystyrene beads can present a choking hazard to children and pets and on wooden floors can be very slippery underfoot (plus you’ll have walked them all over the house in no time if you don’t).

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