Play Time
Jellycat Jellycat Charley Cheetah
$32.50 – $70.00After a long day of speeding about, Charley Cheetah is snatching a snooze! This amber-eyed cat is divinely flopsy, with a long, mighty tail and chunky-soft paws. Cuddle up close...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Turtle
$18.00 – $28.00Splash! Bashful Turtle is here and flipping gorgeous! This gentle turtle has a soft grey-beigey shell and flopsy, minty, chunky flippers! A perfect companion for trips to the seaside, this...
Jellycat Jellycat Willow Owl
$23.50Swooping into land with a twit-twit-twoo, it's wonderful Willow Owl! (Well, it's sometimes more of a tumble than a landing.) A tufty treasure with cosy mocha fur, an oatmeal tummy,...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Bunny Dusky Blue
$28.00A gentle friend in soothing heather fur, Bashful Dusky Blue Bunny is here to hug. With squashable feet and long, snuggly ears, this sleepy sweetpea is dizzily dreamy. A soft-paw...
Jellycat Jellycat Willow Hedgehog
$23.50Willow Hedgehog is a snuffly truffle with a praline tummy and waggly legs. Snuggly, not spiky, with velvety spines, a heart-shaped face and a sweet snub nose, this hoglet's just...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Panda
$37.50Bashful Panda Cub is ready for his close up! This little cub is looking for a friend to share his bamboo with, and his silky soft black and white fur...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Bat
$25.00Bashful Bat loves to swoop and flutter, with wonderful wings in soft mushroom fur. This fancy bat gives excellent hugs and wraps up pals in a fuzzy embrace. We love...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Zebra
$28.00Looking very smart in black and cream stripes, it's beautiful Bashful Zebra. This zippy zebra loves to dash about flaunting a silky soft mane, a fancy tail with a tuft...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Terrier
$28.00Bashful Terrier is raring to go with floppy ears and cocoa patches! If you've got a stick, ball or frisbee to throw, they'll be off in flash. Who cares about...
Jellycat Jellycat Bashful Snow Tiger
$28.00Isn't Bashful Snow Tiger Medium majestic? Stalking through deep forests in grey and creamy stripes, this fierce-but-friendly wanderer isn't scared of anything! Nuzzle up to those big squishy paws, a...
Jellycat Jellycat Larry Lobster
$33.00Put your claws together for the one and only loveable Larry Lobster! This shimmying shellfish is a dance sensation in the undersea ballroom. Bright brick red with bobbly eyes, this...
Jellycat Jellycat Crispin Crab
$33.00Crispin Crab is the king of the beach, and loves to parade about - sideways, of course! This rusty rascal has big squidgy claws, bendy legs and a warm seaside...
Jellycat Jellycat Sheldon Shrimp
$24.00Sheldon Shrimp is just so adorkable, with big bobbly eyes and stretchy feelers. He's a fun-loving shellfish with a soft peachy head and a cordy textured tummy and tail. Sheldon...
Jellycat Jellycat Higgledy Piggledy Old Spot
$22.00Higgledy Piggledy Old Spot is one curious pig! In sweet peachy pink with cocoa splotches, all a-totter on tiny trotters, this barnyard dandy snouts about everywhere. And what a fine,...
Jellycat Jellycat Otto Sausage Dog
$22.00 – $30.00Tiny legs and a great big heart - that's Otto Sausage Dog! This intrepid pup is divinely dinky in dark chocolate fur with caramel patches. With waggly ears, a perky...
Jellycat Jellycat Huddles Elephant
$45.00Huddles Elephant baby is all worn out after a long day. Luckily, mom or dad is here to offer a lift back home! In tumbly cornflower blue fur, with matching...
Jellycat Jellycat Huddles Bunny
$45.00Huddles Bunny is a delightful baby-and-parent combo in tousled, coffee cream fur. Is baby trying to wriggle away to fit in some extra playtime before bed, or has the little...
Jellycat Jellycat Huddles Duck
$45.00It's bathtime for Huddles Duck – this little flapper can't wait to splash down but loves to be cared for and held. Lower that baby in, gently now! With scruffled...
Jellycat Jellycat Jollipop Giraffe
$23.50Jollipop Giraffe is all about those party games! This cocoa-custard chum never wants to stop playing, even after everyone else is tired out. With a soft chocolate mane, dinky horns,...
Jellycat Jellycat Jollipop Elephant
$23.50Jollipop Elephant has just finished blowing up the balloons! Having a trunk sure is handy! With a perky, pompommed party hat tied with satiny ribbon, this gentle, dove-grey buddy is...
Jellycat Jellycat Brigitte Rabbit
$27.50Brigtte Rabbit is such an elegant and beautiful companion that will capture your little one's heart. Scrumptiously soft with an embroidered eye detail and a large bow ribbon on her neck. Suitable...
NL Find Dancing Cactus Mimicking Toy
$30.00Dancing Cactus is always a hit for whoever you gift it to, plus it's completely unique! The dancing cactus singing plush toy can also be a room decoration. It...
Madame Alexander My First Powder Pink Medium Skin Doll
$40.00Dressed in pink plush, this baby is the perfect first doll for any little one. Cute and cuddly, this 12"newborn baby doll with a soft fabric body is ready to...
Bunnies By The Bay Sweet Nibble Bunny Plush Toy Grey
$38.00Sweet Nibble Bunny is sweet, tender, and oh-my-gosh unbelievably soft. This stuffed animal has a hand-embroidered face, pink cheeks, and a big fluffy tail. Features eggnog cream and warm white fur, with...
Play is essential for children because it contributes to their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. When children play, they exercise their creativity, develop their imagination, master their dexterity, improve their cognitive ability and build physical strength. Experts agree that the best kinds of play allow kids to set their own goals, negotiate challenges, develop and share ideas, and make their own rules.
But how can we make sure our kids are getting enough healthy, unstructured play time when they’re growing up in an overscheduled and stressful environment, when parents are overly focused on producing high academic achievers, and safety concerns prevent us from letting our kids roam around freely and unsupervised? Perhaps the best thing we can do for our kids is to make sure they have the right kinds of toys at home to make play time most rewarding.
First and foremost is safety. Safe toys for young children are sturdy, without sharp parts or splinters, free of pinching hazards, and easy to clean. If the toy will be used by an infant, it’s important that parts aren’t small enough to become a choking hazard.
Toys must be made from non-toxic materials and coated with lead-free paints. You should steer clear of antique toys, second-hand toys and homemade toys that have not been tested and approved by a certified testing lab, or may have been produced before the current regulations governing toy manufacturing were in effect.
In addition to being safe, a good toy will match the child’s appropriate stage of development and abilities.
The best baby activity toys for infants between 0-6 months are things they can reach, grasp, suck on, shake, and make noise with. Some age-appropriate toys for little babies are squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and board books.
Infants between 6-12 months are starting to crawl, sit up and pull themselves to a standing position. They are capable putting things in and out of containers and placing objects on top of each other. Some of the best baby activity toys for this age group are dolls, vehicles with wheels, bath toys, large beads, nesting toys, large soft blocks, wooden blocks, and push & pull toys.
As your child continues to grow, look for toys that will encourage them to explore, create, pretend, imagine, and learn from trial and error.