Brainstorms > EcologyFebruary 17, 2003

Ideas for Refilling for Bean Bag Chairs

Looking for an alternative for refilling beanbag chairs. Tired of refilling with styrofoam which doesn't last and when old can't be taken to recycling.

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05/05/2009

Way, way, way back when, they used to stuff homemade mattresses with pine needles - free stuffing if you live around pine trees. I do a lot of quilting - I am stuffing and old air mattress with those bits and pieces of leftover batting that are too small for anything else - so free stuffing - look around and then think outside the box to see stuffing from things you would have never thought of before.

By Nancy (Guest Post) 11/05/2006

Let's face it putting beans or rice in a bean bag makes it way to heavy. Buying refill beans is also expensive. I have put the packing peanuts in mine but they got flat really fast. So I started putting the missing or mismatched socks from the laundry in my sons bean bag. But I like the idea of the plastic bags, should go well with my socks.
nancy AT nsher.com

By (Guest Post) 01/25/2006

Try www.polybeads.co.uk they are pretty good on price

By david jones (Guest Post) 09/23/2005

You could buy polystyrene beans like everyone else. You can bean bag refill online in the UK from http://www.bean-bag.co.uk

By
11/17/2004

How about dried beans? Then you really would have a "bean" bag chair!

By
04/17/2004

HEY TRY USING THE PLASTIC BAGS YOU GET WITH ALMOST EVERTHING THESE DAYS MOSTLY GROCERY BAGS. THEY ARE RE FLUFFABLE

By
06/27/2003

If you use a paper shredder the shredded paper works great for refilling bean bags also. When the paper gets flat recycle and fill again:)

By
02/19/2003

Use rice.

- l o r i

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