Definitely have a plan how to get the beans into the bean bag because it can get messy. I made a funnel out of brown paper. One person poured the beans in and another held the bean bag. I'm using this for a small child's bean bag and so far the beans are holding up. However, I stepped on a corner of the bean bag by accident and heard some beans pop/crush. So, I'm not sure how these beans would hold up in an adult bean bag. They're working for a kiddo, though.