Squishy Baff

Okay. So I am a consumer who happens to enjoy writing reviews on items that I have spent money on. Thankfully, this particular item was only $1 at my local Dollar Tree! Squishy Baff how I am in a love hate relationship with you right now.

I have seen this product before. At that first meeting, I picked it up intrigued, but not quite convinced to spend the $5-$10 that it was selling for. Recently, I was perusing my local Dollar Tree and found a whole row of this Squishy Baff stuff. So how could I now deny my curiosity and my son's expected fun times? I mean at the cost of only $1. I purchased the Green Squishy Baff.

He was okay with the bath part...until..........

One box holds two baths. The directions say to fill the bathtub with a particularly specific amount of water, sprinkle the first (Step 1) package evenly throughout the tub. Wait 5-10 minutes and the magic happens. What I expected based solely on the advertised photo and claim of the product: A thick gooey, squishy filled bathtub. What really happened: A bath filled with little tiny jello like particles that were thicker than the consistency of water but not in any means gooey and/or thick. I mean it was squishy but not thick. What I thought it would look like: I thought it was going to be a bright green color. What it really was: A bath that was green in color but when playing with the "Squishy Baff" it was clear with no color.

Starting to thicken but clear in color - Bath water is green but actual Squishy Baff crap is clear

I mean I can make his bath green with just a few drops of food coloring. The experience I thought Grayson would have: A fun one. Amazed at the "Magic" of the water changing from liquid to a thick, green, & squishy mush. I thought he would never want to get out of the tub. What really happened: He hated it! He did not like the feeling of it. I basically coaxed him into staying in the tub and he eventually was okay. Played a little bit with different beach toys, but all in all was not thrilled.

Playing. A brief period of time he enjoyed the Squishy Baff

Thick Squishy Jello pieces

When you are finished playing you are supposed to add the second package (step 2) into the water. Again, sprinkling evenly and allowing 5-10 minutes for the mixture to set. This step is supposed to dissolve the Squishy Baff back into liquid to drain. What I expected was for the product to do exactly what it states. Dissolve after adding Step 2. The directions also say to add additional salt if needed to help dissolve. I did that as well and still no dissolving. In all fairness I suppose there was a bit of dissolving...wee....little..bit! I still had to use Grayson's beach toy to use as a colander to separate the disgusting millions of pieces of Jello like goop that was still in the bath. This was a decent amount that I scooped out. A lot went down the drain. Also, the little jell-o pieces get everywhere! Think slushee consistency.

This is as thick as it got

Overall, this product did not work as indicated in advertisement or directions. I am Happy that I only paid $1. With that being said. Though, I personally will never purchase this product again. Not even for another dollar! Though, I feel it is highly falsely advertised! I would say that this product would be fun in an outdoor sensory table or even an outdoor kiddie pool. Maybe if you use less, much less water it will actually be as thick as advertised. Somewhere where no drains will be clogged, and all those millions of teeny tiny jell-o like pieces can just be rinsed away with a hose. Plus I learned that maybe I should have read the reviews prior to making my purchase, but only thing lost in the end was my $1 and my time. Time it took to clean up this mess!

Everything I scooped out. Just think what actually made it down the drain!

*** I purchased the Squishy Baff product as a consumer and chose to do this review myself. All opinions stated are my own. ***