Originally Posted by
Prism99
it consists of is a very thick starch.
Actually this isn't true anymore. According to the MSDS sheets for Elmer's school glue, it's now made of polyvinyl acetate.
Wasn't there some sort of children's toy that had cheap foam pellets? A Nerf gun, maybe? Seems to me I read somewhere that this was an inexpensive alternative to the Pinmoors.
If you can't order them on the internet, maybe your friend could simply find them at a Joann's store nearby.