Your experience reminds me of one I had. I loved the nativity card holder a few years ago and it was really cheap for 12 of them to put together. So I asked my daycare parents if it was okay with them if I did a Nativity activity. They were okay with it so I ordered them. I had about a million pieces all over my house. I still found some in a Christmas box this year. I wound up putting the people together and having the kids glue them onto the cardholder, then I went back later and used the hot glue gun. The whole activity was a disaster!
Never again will I order foam stuff for kids from them unless the pieces are really really big! I used them for a Cinco De Mayo party for all the home daycares in the area and it was awesome and cheap. Everyone thought I spent a fortune (well I did but I know it could have been more)
Jacqui