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Jellycat Amuseables Coffee Bean Bag Charm
$28.00Compact, soft, and just the thing for busy mornings, Amuseables Coffee Bean Bag Charm is the definition of a mood boost in miniature. Long commute? School rush? Weekend plans? Much...
Jellycat Amuseables Coffee-To-Go Bag Charm
$28.00Trust the Amuseables Coffee-To-Go Bag Charm to perk up gloomy mornings. With biscotti fur, a frothy cream lid, a chunky cord holder and toffee cord boots, as well as a...
Jellycat Amuseables Collette Tarte Au Citron
$30.00Amuseables Collette Tarte Au Citron is sweet, zingy, and perfectly baked. A textured, golden pâte sucrée base is filled with a soft lemon custard. Decorated with a suedette and stitched...
Jellycat Amuseables Croissant 13
$35.00Bonjour, mes amis! Un petit dejeuner? Amuseables Croissant is a crusty cutie - all golden and bobbly with soft pastry knobbles. This scrummy scamp has a big sunny smile and...
Jellycat Amuseables Croissant Bag
$38.00Rock some cafe culture wherever you go with the Amuseables Croissant Bag! This cheery pastry is scrumptiously golden, with stitched sections, cocoa cord boots, a cotton lining and a cross-body...
Jellycat Amuseables Croissant Bag Charm
$28.00A miniature flourish for café-hoppers and pastry connoisseurs, the Amuseables Croissant Bag Charm brings a little Parisian joy to any accessory. Finished with fluffy golden layers, cord boots and clasp, this...
Jellycat Amuseables Dragon Fruit
$30.00With fiery fuchsia fur and green tufty fronds, Amuseables Dragon Fruit might look a little wild… but don’t be fooled, she’s the zennest yoga instructor you’ll ever meet.Beneath that bold,...
Jellycat Amuseables Eggetha Egg + Lance Soldier
$35.00Start every day right with Amuseables Eggetha Egg & Lance Soldier. A textured soft-boiled egg sits in a blue and white striped cotton egg cup with fine cord arms and...
Jellycat Amuseables Egglantine Egg on Toast
$35.00Amuseables Egglantine Egg on Toast is the breakfast of champion cuddlers. A fluffy egg fried sunny side up with bright, smiling yolk sits atop a perfectly toasted slice of bread...
Jellycat Amuseables Farfalle
$25.00Perky and pally, it's Amuseables Farfalle! This dapper pasta looks just like a bow tie, in snuggly stitch golden fur. With bright eyes, a big smile and kicky cord boots,...
Jellycat Amuseables Fleurette Tarte Aux Fraises
$30.00Amuseables Fleurette Tarte Aux Fraises is soft, sweet, and baked to perfection. A textured, golden pâte sucrée base is filled with a soft crème pâtissière. Decorated with a quartet of...
Jellycat Amuseables Ginger
$28.00A chef's best friend, Amuseables Ginger brings fiery fun to the table! Stunningly textured in soft golden fur, with chunky nodes of all shapes and sizes, this kooky root wears...
Jellycat Amuseables Gingerbread House
$50.00Amuseables Gingerbread House says, “a house is only a home if there are treats in every room.”A seasoned sweet smuggler with secret stashes everywhere, he makes sure that no-one is...
Jellycat Amuseables Goat Cheese
$25.00Originally from the pastures of Southern France, Amuseables Goat Cheese moved to London to pursue his dream: becoming a world-renowned perfumer. A bold ambition for a cheese, perhaps, but he...
Jellycat Amuseables Heart Bag Charm
$23.00Wherever you go, wear your heart on your bag! The Amuseables Heart Bag Charm is a gorgeous pop of berry red with dark-chocolate cord boots. With a silver claw clip...
Jellycat Amuseables Latte
$35.00Amuseables Latte opens the café doors at eight o’clock on the dot – and not a minute later! A brilliant barista, she runs the counter like clockwork – one eye...
Jellycat Amuseables Lemon Small
$28.00Amuseables Lemon is sweet, not sour, and full of lemon-grove groove! A squishy citrus with tussle fur in gentle yellow tufts, this loveable lemon is dressed in zest. You've got...
Jellycat Amuseables Lemonade
$33.00Amuseables Lemonade has a zest for life and is ready for the next adventure. From exploring tropical islands to going for long drives, this lemonade’s joie de vivre is contagious....
Jellycat Amuseables Marin Milkshake
$40.00Amuseables Marin Chocolate Milkshake brings all the cuddles to the diner. This suedette two-tone chocolate milkshake is topped with fluffy cream, stitched sprinkles and a velveteen cherry, with a stitched smile,...
Jellycat Amuseables Max Macaron
$25.00Amuseables Max Macaron is soft and sweet in green fur. With matching cordy feet, a big, stitched smile, and a velvety middle, Max has an embroidered Jellycat logo on the...
Jellycat Amuseables Mia Macaron
$25.00Amuseables Mia Macaron is a fruity, friendly treat in soft strawberry fur. With a velvety filling, matching cord feet, and stitched smile, Mia has an embroidered Jellycat logo on the...
Jellycat Amuseables Michelle Mussel
$35.00Ever since making her debut at the Jellycat Fish & Chips Experience, Amuseables Michelle Mussel has been the name on everyone’s lips. With her camera-ready shell and a natural gift for...
Jellycat Amuseables Milie Mille-Feuillie
$30.00Amuseables Milie Mille Feuille is layered for perfect cuddles. Fluffy crème pâtissière is layered between textured beige pastry, and topped with a thick layer of cream icing with stitched chocolate...
Jellycat Amuseables Mona Macaron
$25.00Amuseables Mona Macaron is deliciously soft in chocolate fur. With cordy cocoa feet, and a velvety filling, Mona has an embroidered Jellycat logo on the back for a truly luxurious...
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.