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Jellycat Amuseable Pickle
$28.00Pickles are meant to bring festive good luck, but Amuseable Pickle is a year-round star! Plump and green with embroidered freckles, nutty cord boots and a zingy smile, this gherkin’s...
Jellycat Amuseable Pink And White Marshmallows
$34.00Trouble comes in twos! Amuseable Pink and White Marshmallows have a lot in common, like praline cord boots, stitchy smiles and rosy blushes. Linked with a pink satin ribbon, these...
Jellycat Amuseable Pretzel
$30.00Freckly, 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 Amuseable Rainbow Birthday Cake
$39.00 – $66.00Celebrate in color with 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 stripe candle...
Jellycat Amuseable Slice Of Pizza
$38.00From 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 Amuseable Sports American Football
$60.00With 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 Amuseable Sports Basketball
$60.00Appearing on the court in rich orange fur with black felt line shaping, Amuseable Sports Basketball is a cheery three-point winner of a gift. With a joyful smile, fine cord...
Jellycat Amuseable Sports Soccer Ball
$60.00A goal-scoring triumph of a gift for any football fan! Amuseable Sports Soccer Ball is a stylish monochrome character created from tessellating soft fur panels, fine cord legs with knee-high...
Jellycat Amuseable Sports Tennis Ball
$33.00The perfect partner for any tennis enthusiast! Eye-catching on and off the court in zingy yellow velvet soft fur, Amuseable Sport Tennis Ball is all set to play with a matching...
Jellycat Amuseable Sun Musical Pull
$46.00Amuseable Sun Musical Pull will send little ones to a joyful dreamland. A tiny white cloud suspends from a bright yellow Amuseable Sun, all created from recycled fibres. Pull down...
Jellycat Amuseables Aruba Coconut
$35.00Amuseables Aruba Coconut is all about rest and relaxation wherever it can be found.From poolside to private beach, Aruba is all about fun in the sun and chasing those paradise...
Jellycat Amuseables Bagel
$38.00Amuseables Bagel is dressed for brunch, with soft golden bread stitched with sesame freckles, a dollop of suedette cream cheese and an orange layer of suedette salmon. With dark brown...
Jellycat Amuseables Baguette Bag Charm
$28.00For those who like to take their joy on the go, the Amuseables Baguette Bag Charm is the perfect companion. With its soft, golden crust and cheeky embroidered eyes, this...
Jellycat Amuseables Boiled Egg Bride
$30.00Amuseables Boiled Egg Bride is possibly the cheeriest bride you’ll ever meet. Veil floating and tiara gleaming, she’s beaming from cheek to cheek. She met her soon-to-be-humbug paddleboarding on the...
Jellycat Amuseables Boiled Egg Groom
$30.00Amuseables Boiled Egg Groom can't wait to say, ‘I do’! With super-soft fur in cream and yellow, and a suedette top hat with black satin band, this egg is skipping...
Jellycat Amuseables Brie
$26.00Amuseables Brie is the most sought-after masseur in Paris. Boasting a creamy cordy rind and a famously soft touch, his aromatherapy sessions are booked solid through the season. He’s something of...
Jellycat Amuseables Brigitte Brioche
$25.00Amuseables Brigitte Brioche is the perfect gift for the baker in your life. In soft textured brown and beige fur with stitched detail on the base, Brigitte has fine cord...
Jellycat Amuseables Camembert
$40.00Amuseables Camembert is here to spread cheesy joy. This cream suedette cheese has stitched rind detail and is topped with sprigs of suedette rosemary. Nestled in its fine cord container...
Jellycat Amuseables Cheri Cake
$38.00Reasons to celebrate come in all shapes and sizes, whether that’s a birthday, graduation – or just finally tackling the laundry pile. Whatever the occasion, as official taste-tester of the...
Jellycat Amuseables Cherries Bag Charm
$30.00Take two of your five a day on the road with Amuseables Cherries Bag Charm. A duo of soft cherries with stitched smiles and fine cord legs, this cheery pair...
Jellycat Amuseables Cherry
$30.00Amuseables Cherry is a scrumptious pal with magenta fur and a friendly stitch smile. With cocoa cord boots, a two-tone stalk and a green embroidered suedette leaf, this cheeky berry...
Jellycat Amuseables Cinnamon Bun
$30.00Amuseables Cinnamon Bun is the happiest sweet roll. Baked to perfection in golden brown fur, this cinnamon sweetie is rolled with a dark brown, textured filling, and drizzled with cream...
Jellycat Amuseables Cloud Musical Pull
$46.00This adorable little Amusable Cloud is not only soft and cuddly, but he is musical as well! Attached to the bottom of the cloud is a pull chord leading to...
Jellycat Amuseables Cloud Soother
$34.00The Amuseables Cloud Soother brings smiles whatever the weather, rolled up and presented in a Baby Jellycat grosgrain ribbon. Both cream cloud and blue soother are made with the softest...
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.