Sensory Activity Board Fidget Toy – Sensory Activity Ball Autism ADHD Toys for Kids – Anxiety Relief, Enhances Focus, Occupational Therapy, Quiet Toys with 16 Silicone Strips (Color Box Packing)

Very compelling and fun toy!
This sensory activity from HELOBELA is a fun and compelling sensory toy for all ages. The compactness of the device is an added bonus. It’s easy to get caught up in the fine motor sensory involvement, which is the goal, after all. It’s durable, colorful, and portable making it a perfect car fidget or even a classroom one. Recommended for parents and teachers alike.

Entertaining at first but may lack staying power. Creative idea for a toy.
This is a decent little fidget/craft toy. The kids were eager to play with it and I found it intriguing myself. I do wish it has a few more of the little colored sticks. When you put the sticks into the ball they definitely stay in place. I liked the fact that they are rubbery and you a stretch them around corners a bit and they tend to stay in place better when doing so.My caveat with this item is the staying power. The kids were entertained and so was I but briefly and then it seemed forgotten. This is a toy that will largely depend on the attention span of your child. This could capture someone’s attention and it may not. Time will tell if this ends up becoming a well played with toy or not and if it does I’ll update the review to say so.

Encourages Creativity and More Too
I really like this HeLoBela Sensory Activity Ball. This is designed as a Fidget and Sensory Activity Toy, for children and adults with autism or ADHD. It can also help to relief anxiety, enhance focus, for occupational therapy, and as a quiet toy. As an educator, I agree, and would add that it could be used to develop eye hand coordination, foster creativity, and to help teach the art concepts of line, color, and shape. The set comes with the ball and 16 colorful Silicone Strips – 2 each of yellow, lime green, blue, lilac, dark fuchsia, and orange. (I do wish the dark fuchsia was red instead, since it’s a primary color.) The ball has different groove pattens where the silicone strips can be inserted to create colorful designs. It’s easy to set them in, but pulling them out can be a little tricky sometimes. However, this is not a major issue. The ball can be pulled apart in half, to store the strips inside when not in use. It is made of BPA-free silicone and PP plastic, but the strips are small. Hence, the manufacturer recommended it only for children ages 3 and above. Taking all this into consideration, I’m giving this ball 4 stars.

Not great.
Bringing the sensory noodle board concept to a sphere seems like an interesting idea, but this product falls flat. There are numerous design flaws:- The ball is too hard to open and close, and there is very little visual indication that you have it lined up right.- The ball is made of hard plastic. Similar flat products are made from silicone which grips the noodles better. They tend to pop out of the channels on the hard plastic ball.- Most of the surface is just straight channels. There’s one little section with switchbacks and one section of grid, but it’s mostly boring straight lines.Self-storing the noodles is great, but there are too many other issues. You’re better off with a flat board and ziplock storage bag.