https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:34:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-507216 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:56:25 +0000 littlek 507216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was afraid of the foam tiles being unsafe so we got a large playmat that is soft similar to this. We put it on our carpet. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Love-834-003-Super-Mat/dp/B0034G61DC/ref=sr_1_6?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1358344565&#038;sr=1-6&#038;keywords=playmat" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Love-834-003-Super-Mat/dp/B0034G61DC/ref=sr_1_6?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1358344565&#038;sr=1-6&#038;keywords=playmat</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-507203 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:26:33 +0000 winniebee 507203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this thread for more opinions.</p> <p>Anyone done the skip hop mat? We have hard wood floors and LO has gotten some hard knocks since starting crawling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-339654 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:31:49 +0000 tysonja 339654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm not too into the colourful ones, but i've been thinking of maybe getting the charcoal/black coloured foam mats people buy for under thier exercise equipment, sort of like these: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thick-Multi-purpose-Interlocking-Black-Foam/dp/B003TUBQ0Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350167356&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=foam+tiles+for+exercise" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Thick-Multi-purpose-Interlocking-Black-Foam/dp/B003TUBQ0Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350167356&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=foam+tiles+for+exercise</a><br /> the colour appeals to me, as well as the fact that they are huge squares, so not so easy to jostle out of place/be picked up, etc. </p> <p>i wonder what the pros/cons would be for that? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-339629 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:29:06 +0000 SugarplumsMom 339629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been researching these (one of the downsides of living in a small town is I have to buy everything online) and wonder about how easy they are to clean. </p> <p>Is it easier to clean than an area rug? Sadly, they're about the same price here (if I buy a cheap Ikea rug). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-339538 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:40:54 +0000 cvbee 339538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I guess it's different having 1 or 2 kids use them vs a class of 20. I'm sure they are excellent for home use. Just turned-ff for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-338166 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:25:04 +0000 Mrsbells 338166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Thanks! I did go ahead and order a few tiles to make a 8 x 6ft mat which will be a play area for LO. I ordered the borders to go with it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-338110 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:05:43 +0000 banana 338110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.bells: no, just the regular borders. no issues whatsoever with the non-sloping borders. I bought the reversible ones that are brown on one side and black on the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337739 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:32:59 +0000 Mrsbells 337739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Glad to hear you like them, did you buy the border tiles that slope as well? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337447 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:36:03 +0000 banana 337447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought mine from Soft Tiles and they're great! I got them in brown so that they blend in with our hardwood floors. We have our entire living room covered. We bought 50 tiles. They're AWESOME. Best money spent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337142 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:41:49 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 337142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same ones as @Mrs. Wagon. We have 16- I needed 12 to cover the playroom floor and they come in sets of 8. I love having a "safe" place for LO to play since our floors are all tile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337130 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:37:35 +0000 Mrsbells 337130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: Really? Well the ones by soft tiles are supposed to be really sturdy and they look quite good to me </p> [attach=1326/12/mbrdyn.600x369.playroomB650.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337055 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:18:09 +0000 cvbee 337055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sorry to say, but years of working in various kindergarten classrooms have turned me off of these. </p> <p>I dislike the way that they wear down and the fact that they can be 'picked' at. I'm also a bit uncomfortable with wondering if they are unhealthy/toxic...they just seem so fake to me.</p> <p>I prefer an area rug. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-337043 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:14:34 +0000 Mrsbells 337043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone. Right now we have 6 tiles by sassy shown in the picture below but I'm not too happy with the quality and want to order the thicker ones by Soft tiles.<br /> OUr floors are hardwood and I just dont feel comfortable putting LO on the hard wood directly </p> [attach=1326/12/mbrcwa.300x300.51yQY-QJmsL._AA300_.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336952 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:52:24 +0000 mrs. wagon 336952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have about 1/3 of our living room covered in them. I ordered very thick ones from Amazon that were kind of expensive but totally worth it. They've cushioned a lot of really bad falls! Plus they make a GREAT backdrop for pictures :) </p> [attach=30/12/mbrbve.600x398._DSC7105.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336832 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:23:26 +0000 Sweet T 336832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some that are similar to @artbee's. Ours came with A-Z and 0-9. Put together, it makes a 6X6ft square. We bought ours at Toys R Us for $18.</p> <p><a href="http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2786146" rel="nofollow">http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2786146</a></p> <p>@Coco Bee: We have hardwood and use them in DS's play area. If we had carpet, we would have skipped them. </p> [attach=1576/12/mbraqc.358x600.IMAG1617.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336785 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:13:12 +0000 mamimami 336785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first we just had 4, to give him space to roll around a bit. Later we covered most of his floor.we have hardwood floors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336707 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:51:15 +0000 heffalump 336707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: we have tile floors so its nice to have in the living room, especially near the couches because lo cruises on them and still isn't very steady. Also they're just fun to play with. She loves to pull the letters out and play with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336676 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:41:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 336676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>just curious, what is the point of them??</p> <p>I guess if we had hard floors I might use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336675 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:41:15 +0000 prettylizy 336675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we just have a very small spot covered right now in the corner of the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-336662 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:38:33 +0000 chopsuey 336662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got A-Z and 1-10! Just covered a small area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-335909 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:01:49 +0000 heffalump 335909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have enough to cover our living room area, which isn't too huge. Ours are also from Ross. Here's a picture of LO and her Nanny playing on it. </p> [attach=1561/12/mbqyf2.600x400.IMG_1695.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-335883 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:55:37 +0000 Honeybee 335883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a foam puzzle for DD just like this one:</p> <p><a href="http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Edushape-Foam-Alphabet-Tiles/2898094/product.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Edushape-Foam-Alphabet-Tiles/2898094/product.html</a></p> <p>Ours is from Ross, and it only cost $13 for 30 tiles plus the edges. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/foam-tiles#post-335839 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:37:01 +0000 Mrsbells 335839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those of who that have foam tiles. How many tiles did you get? Did you get enough to cover the entire room? Or just a small area? If you dont mind sharing pictures that would be great too </p>