there were not beads in the package [SEP] i purchased these beads to use in my classroom for my students to make bracelets representing the water cycle the colors are perfect for what i need and the size is great my issue is that the description of the product says there are beads which is close to the number i need for each student to have enough for their bracelets but when we opened the package it did not look like beads and after counting them times we found that we had beads no where near what it says in the description and nowhere near enough for what i need for the students