September 15, 2009, 5:54 pm
Holiday stuffed animals can add a decorative touch to your holiday decor and can be a nice holiday gift as well.
Holiday themed stuffed animals come in a variety of animal types and designs and provide an alternative gift to the teddy bear that was once the only stuffed animal option. Specifically themed holiday stuffed animals are available for such holidays as Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas and contain either decorative elements or messages related to the holiday.
Holiday Stuffed Animals as Decorative Elements
Holiday stuffed animals can add a fun and decorative element to a room. Well placed reindeer at Christmas or bunnies at Easter can set the tone of the holiday and delight children and adults alike. You can also incorporate a stuffed animal into a decorative table centerpiece for an instant holiday theme, perhaps combined with flowers, plants, ribbon or other materials.
Holiday Stuffed Animals as Gifts
Holiday themed stuffed animals make great gifts for the holiday season. Stuffed animals are not only for children either. Valentine’s Day stuffed animals are very popular messengers of loving feelings on February 14th of each year, and Easter themed animals such as Easter bunnies, ducks or chicks make a great addition to an Easter basket. Plush animals can be a nice way to let others know that you are thinking about them.
September 3, 2009, 12:35 am
Many emergency agencies use stuffed animals for a very good purpose. They carry stuffed animals with them to give to children who are involved in emergencies or traumatic events.
A stuffed animal can help to calm the fears of a child whose world has just been torn apart. The stuffed animal becomes a real friend in the emergency situation by giving the child something else to focus on and to hold on to during the crisis.
Many fire departments, police departments, ambulance services, battered women’s shelters, etc. have such a program in place and regularly collect teddy bears and other types of stuffed animals for emergency use. If you are interested in donating stuffed animals to such a cause, you can contact these types of organizations in your local community. If such a program doesn’t exist, you might want to start one.
A stuffed animals for emergencies drive can be conducted throughout the community by publicizing it in the local newspaper and perhaps by leaving donation boxes at local businesses and schools. Clubs or schools may be interested in making this a project for the benefit of the community.
If you are able to donate a stuffed animal for emergency use or to start a program for collecting emergency stuffed animals, you will greatly assist a child in need.
August 25, 2009, 5:24 am
A stuffed animals party might be just the thing for your child’s next birthday. Stuffed animals are always popular and can be an especially popular attraction at birthday parties. There are stuffed animal party services available in several cities that will come to your party and allow each child to choose the materials and to stuff his own teddy bear or other stuffed animal and customize the plush animal and accessories.
If there isn’t a service available in your area, kits are sometimes available that will allow you to prepare your own stuffed animal party.
If you do not want to have a stuffed animal party where the children actually assemble the stuffed animal there, you might still purchase a stuffed animal for each child at the party and let the stuffed animals join right in with the party. A fun idea is to wrap each stuffed animal in brightly colored paper and let each child draw a number from a box to see who chooses his stuffed animal first. Then let the child choose a stuffed animal from the group of packages. Be sure to include a variety of kinds of stuffed animals.
