Edushape Glow In The Dark Sensory Ball Green/Blue

Our family has owned quite a few of these spikey balls and they are a never ending source of fun! When I saw this glow-in-the-dark one, I thought we just had to have it. It is the perfect size for my 15 month old as well as my 5 & 6 year olds (I think I need to order 2 more so there isn't anymore fighting!). As with all glow-in-the-dark products, you have to "charge" it by holding it up to a light source for a few seconds (the longer the better) for it to glow....but when you do, it surely is bbbbrrriiiiggghhhhttt!!!! And it stays that way for quite some time, long enough for my little one to fall asleep comfortably (I keep it next to his bed at night and it slowly dims as he falls asleep). It is super bouncy and has a valve for you to deflate or inflate as needed. My only gripe about it is how spikey the tips are on it...they are getting softer the more we play with it, but when we first got it...ouchy if it bumped your face!!

We ordered this item for our 15 month-old daughter. My problem is not so much with the toy itself, but the image used to advertise it. Initially we received a package with a ball inside that only filled up about 1/2 the packaging and was haphazardly taped around the outside, center of the box with clear packing tape. I immediately assumed someone returned the wrong size ball in the packaging to Amazon. I called and the people at Amazon were great. They did everything I could ask for including shipping out a new ball overnight and paying for the return shipping of the initial item. When the second ball arrived, it too was significantly smaller than the circular openings on the package. However, instead of a poor tape job holding the ball in, the entire package was placed in a generic zip-loc bag. I still feel that this is the wrong item it is clearly smaller than the ball shown in the image but my daughter won't know the difference at her age and she will probably enjoy the smaller ball even more. However, I will not buy another Edushape toy online again since I feel I will never really know what I'm going to get.

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I did read the reviews before purchasing this, so we did not expect it to be the size it is depicted. Yes, it did come in a ziploc bag and was fairly small, but ours was even smaller as it was mostly deflated when it arrived. I have no idea if it was deflated before they boxed, or if it was simply shoved in the very flat box it arrived in.

I was all ready to send this back when my husband suggested using a bike pump first. It worked like a charm. We were able to pump it up to the size it should have been to fit in the cardboard wrapper it arrived with. It still was not the size a child could sit on, but it seemed much more reasonable than what arrived. We ended up letting a bit of the air back out so it was spongier and easier to catch. In the 6 months we've had it, it has deflated somewhat again, but it seems to be the perfect kicking size for our toddler, so we've left it alone. Thankfully we know we can pump it up again when we need to.

It does glow in the dark for quite some time and if it weren't for the catching surface it could probably be used as a make shift night lite in bed for kids who just need it to fall asleep and not all night long. It might even work out of bed if it were close enough, as the glow is good but not so bright as to light from very far away.

I'm still not certain I could recommend this product, hence the three stars. Maybe if it was around seven or eight bucks it would be worth the hassle since the glow is fun and the nubbins on the outside make it so much easier for a toddler to catch.

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Bought this for my 15 month old for Christmas and when it came in the ball was shipped in a gallon sized ziplock along with the package. The package was MUCH larger than the ball. I am not sure if the ball is supposed to be that small or if the package wasn't complete. The pictures on the side of the package has a 2 year old sitting on the ball. The ball we recieved couldn't even tolerate my normal sized 15 month sitting on it. Needless to say, I was VERY disappointed.

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Cute ball and does what it says (glows). My 13 month old son likes to throw this ball around the house.

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