Plush Soft Toys

Plush Soft Toys

Who the toy is for changes what to look for. For a new baby or a christening gift, a comforter set pairing a small plush animal with a matching blanket arrives as one present and gives the child something to hold and something to settle under, with 23cm to 25cm being the size a small hand can actually grip. Always check the age guidance printed on the individual product before giving any soft toy to an infant, as it varies by model rather than by brand. For children old enough to choose, a licensed character almost always lands better than a generic animal, because the appeal is the character rather than the plush. For collectors the logic is different again: collectable ranges are released as named individual characters rather than as species, so they are bought by name and traded by name, and the size and fabric matter less than which character it is. Beyond that it is scale. Small plush at 23cm to 25cm suits cots, car seats and travel, 28cm to 30cm is the standard cuddly size, and anything above 30cm becomes a display or bed piece rather than something carried around. Short pile fabric holds up better to washing than long pile, which mats.

TY covers the collectable range, with Beanie Boos including Daphne Dinosaur, Spitfire Dragon, Meadow Fox, Atlas Fox, Owlivia Owl, Gumdrop Cat, Trunkles Elephant, Ethel Cow and Cobaly the blue leopard, and Beanie Babies bringing in Disney Stitch, Bluey, Paddington Bear, Marvel Spiderman and Paw Patrol Chase and Marshall. Kirkwood supplies the Cuddles plush range at 23cm to 30cm, including mama and baby brown and beige bears, a puppy pair, a bunny pair and a 28cm pig. Cuddles makes the 25cm blanket sets as a bear, elephant, dog, monkey and capybara, and Bambino a large white plush bear at 31cm, with HTI adding a squeezy stress relief toy. For the full range see Toys and Games.