Play Time
Jellycat Jellycat Book If I were a Whale
$13.50This adorable touch and feel book is perfect for babies or toddlers. The colorful pages feature various textures for your little one to feel throughout. Made of 100% paper board...
Jellycat Jellycat Book If I Were An Octopus
$13.50Jellycat’s exciting If I were an Octopus Book is colorful and sturdy enough for your child to grip by themselves, perfect for interactive play.Product Details: Suitable from birth. Features different...
Jellycat Jellycat Cecile Chicken
$32.50Jellycat Cecile Chicken is simply stunning, with tons of tussly texture! Plump and perfect, this barnyard boss has a round ginger tum, scruffle spice wings and suedey mustard feet. Rocking...
Jellycat Jellycat Chip Seagull
$32.00Chip Seagull is a top beach bird. In soft cream fur with dark grey wings, Chip has thin, suedette legs and a dark grey tuft. With a curved mustard suedette...
Jellycat Jellycat Chrissie Crab
$30.00Chrissie Crab is rockpool-ready, with a gorgeously soft tangerine shell. This chunky crustacean has a neat stitch mouth, marshmallow eyes with glossy pupils, and oceans of style. Chrissie has stunningly...
Jellycat Jellycat Clemmie Clam
$28.00Regal in the rock pools Suitable from birth. 30 degree Celsius wash only; do not tumble dry, dry clean or iron. Size: 6.5"
Jellycat Jellycat Cluny Cockerel
$35.00Proud and podgy, Jellycat Cluny Cockerel is just like a big soft pineapple! This dizzy dandy has a tufty cocoa tum, custard bib and wings, and sunny suedey claws. Not...
Jellycat Jellycat Clyde Capybara
$43.00Clyde Capybara is chill and charismatic with a chunky tum, purple-brown snout and chocolate two-tone fur. With delicate claws, suedette ears, dreamy eyes and podgy haunches, Clyde calms any storm....
Jellycat Jellycat Colin Chameleon
$29.00Colin Chameleon is such a charismatic critter! Soft as moss and jumbly-colored, he's way too cool for just one shade. This kooky dude's got the biggest bobble eyes, a groovy...
Jellycat Jellycat Cooper Doodle Dog
$33.00Slow down, Jellycat Cooper Doodle Dog! This ruffly, fleecy pup will sit still if you ask but is likely to be up and away the moment your back is turned. Hey,...
Jellycat Jellycat Crimson Santa
$27.50 – $50.00Crimson Santa is very busy, packing his sleigh with toys and treats! This merry-berry pal has a silky-soft beard, tied with a sparkly bow! His scarlet hat has a pompom...
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 Dainty Dessert Bunny Cupcake
$28.00The Dainty Dessert Bunny Cupcake is gorgeously mixed up. Inside that pink fine cord cake case a soft cream bunny is masquerading as a treat! This long-eared bunny has textured...
Jellycat Jellycat Dainty Dessert Bunny Macaron
$28.00Dainty Dessert Bunny Macaron is a patisserie sweetie, with tousled green ears, a fluffy cream bobtail, and a smiling embroidered face. This sweet bunny treat has suedette meringue frills and...
Jellycat Jellycat Delano Dorado Fish
$27.50Loud, proud and utterly adorable, it's Jellycat Delano Dorado Fish! Rocking an aqua dorsal fin, stitchy flippers and a punky crescent tail, this fabulous fish has a zesty lime tummy...
Jellycat Jellycat Dexter Dragon
$32.50 – $120.00Most dragons are fiery, but Dexter Dragon is flopsy! No scales for this scamp - just snuggle-soft fur in chalky blue and warm maroon red. Gorgeously detailed with soft horns,...
Jellycat Jellycat Evelyn Swan
$40.00Dreamy, creamy and utterly elegant, Jellycat Evelyn Swan drifts serenely down the stream! A mighty swan with a long, poised neck, suedey orange beak and a fluffy cream tutu, Evelyn...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Apple
$14.00Goodness me! It's Fabulous Fruit Apple! With short, stretchy fur in fresh orchard green, this friendly fruit is squishably soft. Sporting a sweet stalk and deep green leaf, our apple...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Banana
$14.00Fabulous Fruit Banana is so laid-back, lounging in stretchy golden fur! With a dapper brown stalk, stitchy peel and a splendid sunny smile, this bright banana might just hang out...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Cherry
$14.00The bubbly Fabulous Fruit Cherry buddies are stretchy-soft and squidgy in scarlet! These twins share a stalk in cocoa brown and a groovy green leaf with stitchy detail. Fuzzy, friendly,...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Grapes
$18.00Fabulous Fruit Grapes are a stretchy, bouncy bunch! In rich, velvety purple, with a soft, olive-green stalk, they're all plumped up and ready to roll – just so long as...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Peach
$14.00Tubby and fuzzy in cozy pink, it's Fabulous Fruit Peach! A stretchy-soft ball of scrumptious sweetness, this neat little fruit brightens up the bowl. Rocking a brown stalk and little...
Jellycat Jellycat Fabulous Fruit Strawberry
$14.00Bursting with scrumptious stitchy seeds, it's Fabulous Fruit Strawberry! Squishy and stretchy in rich red fur, this merry berry has a mop of soft green leaves! Pick this poppet for...
Jellycat Jellycat Featherful Swan
$75.00Featherful Swan is a very proud parent, protecting twin cygnets with their fluffy cream wings! This elegant swan has rich vanilla fur, set off by orange suedette feet and a...
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.