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Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Moon
$30.00 – $60.00Gorgeously textured with velvety craters, Jellycat Amuseable Moon is full of fun! A midnight matey for bedtime hugs, this pearly-white pal is curvy and cuddly. With squidgy cord booties, a weighted...
Jellycat Jellycat Maya Octopus
$18.00 – $130.00With eight soft jumbo corduroy tentacles and a wide embroidered smile Jellycat Maya Octopus is the perfect companion for giving the biggest of hugs. Her sil-like fur in a dusky...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Rainbow Birthday Cake
$32.50 – $60.00Celebrate in color with Jellycat Amuseable Rainbow Birthday Cake! This joyful cake has four soft layers in pink, purple, yellow and green, fluffy icing with chocolate flecks and a suedette...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Ramen
$40.00Jellycat Amuseable Ramen is full of kawaii charm, from the cream-and-red bowl to the suedette chopsticks. Filled with wavy cord noodles, suedette spring onions and fluffy boiled eggs, as well...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Taco
$33.00Jellycat Amuseable Taco is a bundle of fun with a very colorful hairdo! Fiesta-funky with foldy suedey lettuce and tomato, it's all about the green and scarlet! With a soft...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Sports Basketball
$50.00Appearing on the court in rich orange fur with black felt line shaping, Jellycat Amuseable Sports Basketball is a cheery three-point winner of a gift. With a joyful smile, fine cord...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Sports Tennis Ball
$27.50The perfect partner for any tennis enthusiast! Eye-catching on and off the court in zingy yellow velvet soft fur, Jellycat Amuseable Sport Tennis Ball is all set to play with a...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Sports American Fo...
$45.00With silky soft tan-hued fur, cream suede lacing detail, and soft stripes on either end of this classically shaped sports favorite, Jellycat Amuseable American Football is a captivating catch (and...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Doughnut
$30.00A treat for the eyes, Jellycat Amuseable Doughnut is a burst of kooky sweetness! With soft golden dough, berry-pink icing, stitch rainbow sprinkles and cordy fudge boots, this doughnut's weighted...
Bunnies By The Bay Avery The Aviator Snow Goose Plush Toy
$34.00Avery The Aviator Snow Goose is as fun and adventurous as they come! This stuffed plush animal is ready to fly right into your home, and heart, and encourages you to do...
Bunnies By The Bay Cubby Bear Plush Toy
$26.00Lots of pacifiers lost? Say no more, this cute silly buddy will be the solution to this problem. Floppy, sloppy, silly and soft, this playful pacifier holding silly buddies, tie...
Jellycat Jellycat Lavender Dragon
$32.50 – $120.00See that flash of lilac, high in the sky? Jellycat Lavender Dragon is about! Gliding to earth, this long, lopsy dragon makes such a fabulous entrance. With sparkly ears, wings,...
Jellycat Jellycat Vivacious Vegetables Tomato
$20.00TheJellycat Vivacious Vegetable Tomato pals are a giggly gang hanging out in the sun! Plump and stretchy in orangey-red, this tomato trio sit on a soft green vine. With soft...
Jellycat Jellycat Vivacious Vegetables Pumpkin
$20.00Every day is Halloween with Jellycat Vivacious Vegetable Pumpkin! Roly-poly and splendidly stretchy, with soft orange fur and stitchy ruched segments, this perky pumpkin has a kooky curly stem. Patch-perfect!...
Jellycat Jellycat Vivacious Vegetables Pea
$15.00Enjoy one of your 5-a-day with the Jellycat Vivacious Vegetable Pea! With a soft green velvety pod and a black stitch detail smile, this veggie will be your new favorite...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Pear
$14.00Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Pear has the funkiest freckles, all over that minty-green fur. This perky pear is stretchy-springy, with a velvety leaf and a cheeky, cheery smile. A funny, fresh...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Watermelon
$33.00Jellycat Amuseable Watermelon is pink, green and cuddly all over! A slice of sheer sillyness, full of Jellycat goodness, this fluffy fruit is full of fun. Buddies come in all...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Peach
$27.50Perfectly plump and peachy-keen. Jellycat Amuseable Peach is gorgeously squishy, with yummy, cozy, glowy fur. This loveable fruit has a funky toffee stalk and a green suedey leaf. An...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Cherries
$37.50These cheeky twins bring a bunch of mischief! The Jellycat Amuseable Cherries are scrumptiously bold in squishable fuchsia fur. Rich reddy-pink and ready to go, they have kicky cord boots,...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Slice Of Pizza
$33.00From Naples to New York, everyone loves Jellycat Amuseable Slice of Pizza! A wonderful wedge of yummy colors, this bold amico is a movie-night maestro! With a soft two-tone crust,...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Burger
$35.00The star of any barbecue bash, Jellycat Amuseable Burger is dressed to impress! From top to bottom, this burger's rocking a brilliant two-tone golden bun, cordy arms, a fluffy green gherkin,...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Pretzel
$25.00Freckly, friendly, and fresh from the bakery, Jellycat Amuseable Pretzel is knotty but nice! This squishy silly is golden brown, with cocoa cord boots and stitchy salt speckles! Huggy and hearty...
Jellycat Jellycat Amuseable Hot Dog
$28.00For summer fun, meet this silly sausage! Jellycat Amuseable Hot Dog loves a trip to the fairground, trotting along on cordy feet. With a fluffy bread bun in beige and white...
Jellycat Jellycat Birdling Swallow
$17.00Jellycat Birdling Swallow is a little tousled, but you would be too if you'd flown around the world! Beautifully bold in scarlet, white and navy, with a suedey grey beak...
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.