The Bunchems. Some call them the hottest holiday toy for kids, while others refer to them as "craft balls from hell."
Whether your child already has and loves this trendy toy or you're considering buying them for the holidays, you need to be educated on a potential risk — them getting stuck in your child's hair — and how to remove them. While Bunchems have been nominated for activity toy of the year and come with a clear warning, many children are ending up with these little balls entangled in their hair, which means parents are spending hours fruitlessly struggling to get them out.
"[Bunchems] bring pain and misery, tears, fighting, broken and ripped hair, and questions of one's sanity in handling life in general," Ethan Benoit warned on Amazon. "I can't feel my arms now after attempting to pull this spawn from hell 'toy' that matted itself into her hair like nothing ever witnessed before."
If you find yourself in this situation, here are some helpful tips to remove the Bunchems as painlessly (and with as little damage) as possible.
But be warned, these tips do not guarantee that the balls won't get stuck. "The photo is her hair with conditioner coating the balls in what proved to be an almost fruitless effort to extract the evil," Benoit continued. "If you wish to proceed, good luck."