This product is pretty much a disgrace. It definitely does not look like the photo, and it look very cheap! I would say it looks like a bunch of Mardi Gras beads glued together. Speaking of glue, you can see the hot glue gun wads between every bead, and the strings hang out under the beads. Its too small for anyone over age 6, and it doesn't stretch. oh well. ill just have to make it work. Im probably going to send it back.