Plush Kids
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Gund Sesame Street 14-inch Bert
$9.95 The Gund Sesame Street 14-inch Bert is a soft and cuddly companion for your baby.... |
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Melissa & Doug Sports Throw Pillows Plush
$18.49 Kick-start some fun with these full-sized plush sports balls. Soft, washable and durable, they are the perfect size for throwing around or decorating any sporty child's room. Complete set includes basketball, soccer ball, football and softball in an easy-tote mesh sports bag.... |
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Animal Bag Oval
Too many stuffed animals? The Boon Animal Bag is a fun and practical solution for rounding-up all those soft critters andgetting them to do double duty.The Animal Bag is an oversized, plush bag that is covered with large, zippered windows made out of t... |
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Where The Wild Things Are: Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition with Poster)
Includes a 14" by 9½" Where The Wild Things Are poster on the back side of the CD booklet! Track listing: 1. Igloo 2. All Is Love 3. Capsize 4. Worried Shoes 5. Rumpus 6. Rumpus Reprise 7. Hideaway 8. Cliffs 9. Animal 10. Lost Fur (by Carter Burwell) 11. Heads Up 12. Building All Is Love 13. Food Is Still Hot 14. Sailing Home... |
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Show Dog Picture Book Package
$34.99 ... |
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Jingle Bell Baby with Plush Stocking [VHS]
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When I was five years old my older brother won a stuffed brown dog at the fireman’s bazaar, the annual fair in our small town. He gave me the dog, which I named Brownie. My older sister also won a dog that year, an identical dog actually, and gave it to me. I named this one Brown. Over 50 years later, Brown and Brownie still live with me, threadbare and worn as they are.
Stuffed animals are the best toys in the world. They stimulate the imagination, provide comfort, and encourage caring. Who knows how many children line their beds with their stuffed teddy bears, dogs, cats, and bunnies. And what parent has not encountered a child deep in conversation with a favorite stuffed friend?
For centuries, craftspeople and family members created homemade stuffed animals filled with cotton batting, rags, beans, or straw. The manufacture of stuffed animals started in Europe during the Industrial Revolution, over 150 years ago, and continues to this day. Today hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies manufacture stuffed animals for sale around the world, with the teddy bear and the sock monkey remaining the most popular stuffed animals. A website or store that sells quality stuffed animals might carry 50 or more different stuffed bears!
While the traditional stuffed toys remain popular, new critters are a big hit among lovers of plush stuffed animals. Consider the GIANT microbes, each fashioned after a real biological being, complete with Latin names. There’s Black Ant (Lasius niger), Brain Cell (neuron), and E. Coli (Escherichia coli). Children can safely catch the Common Cold with a seven-inch plush rhinovirus. And instead of swatting the House Fly (Musca domestica), children can take him to bed.
The San Diego Zoo has its own set of animals, manufactured for the zoo by Gund. There’s Audrey the Flamingo, Chips the Tortoise, and Kuball the Cheetah. Perhaps the most famous is Zhen Zhen the Panda bear cub, modeled after an actual Giant Panda born at the San Diego Zoo. Each member of the zoo collection carries a tag with a story about the real animal.
If you’re looking for a stuffed animal with a musical bent, look no further than the Cozy Cuzzles Bear by Russ that plays “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” If animal sounds are more appealing to your ear, check out the safari plush animals that make realistic jungle sounds or the meowing kittens.
Stuffed animals can also help children with career planning. Police Officer, Lifeguard, Nurse, Handyman, Firefighter, Doctor, Gardener, and Businessman Bears are dressed up in the clothes of their trades. Golfer and Biker Bears remind us that every bear needs to have fun.
Jellycat makes a line of adorable farm animals that oink, quack, moo, and baa on command. Luxuriously soft bunnies have extra long ears.
Even extinct species come alive through stuffed animals. Maybe a stegosaurus really did have multi-colored bumps on its back. And who’s to argue with the authenticity of the length of the tusks on a plush wooly mammoth?
As you have probably guessed by now, stuffed toys are not just for kids. Whatever your age or inclination, you can find just the right stuffed animal to delight or comfort you for years on end.
