Where Do You Buy Mexican Jumping Beans?

The Mexican Jumping Bean is a novelty item that was very popular during the 1950s.

The beans appear to magically 'jump around' (cue the song by Latino hip-hop group, Cypress Hill).

Where can I get Mexican Jumping Beans?

Mexican Jumping Beans can be purchased from most novelty stores in the United States.

If you are living outside the US, you can buy them online from one of the following web-stores:

• jumpingbeansrus.com
• poppopboats.net
• amazingbeans.com
• beansthatjump.com

How do Mexican Jumping Beans jump?

Although they may be labelled 'magical', there's actually nothing supernatural about them at all!

The beans jump around (or at least wiggle about) because moth larvae live inside them.

When you hold a bean in the palm of your hand, the bean heats up and the larva inside reacts to this by trying to 'hop' away.

This is what causes the bean to jump!