Have something to add to our guide, or just want to say hi? Sometimes stuffed toys just need a good bath. Luckily, stuffed toys can easily be cleaned, so long as a few precautions are taken. If a toy makes light, sound, or movement, it can only be spot-cleaned. You can use your regular laundry soap, though we recommend using something made for sensitive skin and free of fragrance.
Laundry detergents are fine for clothing, but the skin on the face is more sensitive. Many stuffed toys, especially the ones regularly taken to bed, tend to get a lot of face-time.
This will help to keep any parts from being ripped off. Pillowcases with zip-closures are great, but a regular pillowcase can be held closed with a twist-tie, a zip-tie, a rubber band, a hair-tie, or a simple knot. This is especially important when washing toys in a top-loading washer. This motion can be rough on toys, especially ones that have floppy parts like long ears, tails, arms, or legs.
Is it possible the toy will be fine if washed without being in a bag? But why take the chance that someone may lose an eye or limb? The toy has to dry completely in order to keep mold from growing inside the batting. If the toy feels damp at all, just send it through another round of drying. For toys with plastic parts, using a medium heat over a longer period of time is usually best.
When washing the toy in a washing machine seems a little excessive, spot-cleaning can take care of small oopsies. Start by making sure you have brushed off as much of any visible dirt as you can. Very light colored fabrics may best be cleaned in a washing machine because they are more prone to staining. When the toy seems clean, use a clean cloth and plain water to rinse away any soap. Hanging the toy up someplace like a clothes-line or a shower is a good option. Children sometimes forget to take chewing gum out of their mouth before chewing on their stuffed toys.
Chewing gum sometimes ends up stuck on stuffed toys. You can also hold a few ice cubes to the gum. Refreeze it. This may be the best method for any toy that cannot be washed. These little beads of gum can then be picked up carefully. Peanut butter can leave a stain on fabric, so make sure the toy can be washed before using this method. Just rub a small amount of the oil into the gum then pick the pieces out. Also just like the peanut butter, oils can leave a stain on fabrics, so make sure the toy can be washed before using this method.
Our diligently created grading score lets you know what we think of a toy at just a glance. You can think of this score as measuring how likely we would be to recommend this toy to our family and friends. The Overall score is not an average of the other scores. If a toy really impresses us, we may give it a high Overall score even if it could be a little better in one of the other categories. That is what can happen with our Overall score.
We take into account things like how long children typically play with the toy, and whether or not they seek the toy out themselves or need adult coaxing to play with it. Toys get more points in this category if they are likely to be played with children of varying ages, meaning that a growing child will still enjoy it as they get a little older, or that siblings can play together. Do the stitches hold together? Does the toy break easily, or can it survive heavy use?
Is this a toy that can be passed down from one sibling to another, or is it only really good for a few years? Will it last through one birthday party or longer? Looking at how age appropriate these challenges are, how hard a child has to think in order to use the toy, and how much room a toy gives a child to think creatively, we come up with a number indicating just how much thinking a child is likely to engage in with this toy.
Toys will high scores will be fun and challenging, while also helping a child learn new ways of problem-solving. Some toys are meant for gross motor function, such as a ball, while others are good at helping fine motor skills, such as sewing.
Either way, we give higher scores to toys that can help children develop physically. Just like toys that help with Cognitive and Motor skills, Social toys teach children how to function as they grow into adults.
These toys may help their communication skills, encourage sharing or negotiating, or even help children learn how to lose a game with grace. For some toys, having fun with others is more important than just winning. Want to suggest a toy for us to review? That would be nice. We would like that. No amount of chemical will clean a toy unless the surface debris has been removed. Each cleaning method is divided between toys with batteries, and those without. Just be sure to avoid using hydrogen peroxide or alcohol on painted areas, as these chemicals may act as a paint remover.
If the toy has batteries, never use a hair dryer to help get rid of any stray moisture, as this could fry internal components. Let it air dry for a few days before using again. With a little care, wooden toys will last years. Make sure to keep them out of standing water, and let them dry fully after getting wet. Additionally, make sure to let metal toys fully dry after getting wet so they don't rust.
Our blog tells you how to keep that from happening. Unless a toy has been exposed to a person who is currently ill or recovering from a very recent illness, soap and water is perfectly adequate in general cleaning. Hand soap and dish soap both work fine. Scrub away any visible debris, rinse, then let the toy dry. Let the toys soak if dried debris needs softening. You can let the toy soak anywhere from minutes. Be sure to do a spot test on toys that have painted areas, as alcohol is a pretty effective paint remover.
Spray down toys, then let them sit for a minute. Rinse off, and let dry. Remove all batteries or unplug toy. Though not as likely to remove paint as alcohol, H2O2 may affect painted areas on toys.
Wait until the liquid stops bubbling, then rinse off toys, and let dry. This can be useful when a toy has been dropped into something stinky, or been in an area where cigarette smoke may have left a mild scent on the toy. In the case of strong cigarette odors, we recommend using an enzyme cleaner designed to combat stale smoke.
Using cold water will help keep the smell of vinegar from wafting through the whole room. Toys can soak anywhere from minutes. Rinse, then let air dry. The vinegar smell will dissipate as the toy dries. However, the true magic lies in the pen, specifically, the magnetic tip. The field of the magnetic pen is strong enough to infiltrate the plastic and pull the particles through the thick liquid.
When you want to start over and create something new, the magnetic eraser comes in handy. The magnetic eraser consists of a bar magnet in a plastic frame. The magnetic eraser. Business Customers Our Blog Videos. The magnetic pen is ergonomically styled so that anyone, especially little children, can grip it comfortably. The pen is usually tied to the Magna Doodle by an attached string.
Some Magna Doodles also come with "shape stampers," which are simply magnets in shapes like diamonds, triangles and circles. Writing is but one use of the Magna Doodle. You must also be able to erase it, so let's look at the eraser.
The magnetic eraser sits in the back of the Magna Doodle behind the display, and it can't be seen from the front. The eraser fits in a groove on the case that allows it to slide freely from one side to the other. Let's slide the magnetic eraser across the Magna Doodle and start with a clean display. The front of the display is blank white , and the back has all the particles. They were pulled to the back by the magnetic eraser. If you look closer at each cell, you will see that the magnetic eraser has aligned the particles to one side!
Now, if you move the magnetic pen along the display, the magnet on the pen pulls the tiny particles away from the back side to the front side, forming a line.
Note that the magnet pulls particles from adjacent cells and aligns them in the direction of motion in this case, to the right. Because the particles are light and the liquid dispersion medium is thick, gravity will not pull the particles forming the lines back to the other side. What is written will remain undisturbed. To erase the display, slide the magnetic eraser across the back of the display. As this is done, the magnetic eraser pulls the particles forming the lines from the front side to the back side and aligns them in the direction of the motion.
The thickness of the liquid dispersion medium prevents them from floating to the surface, so the front side remains clean. The Magna Doodle is a wonderful toy that allows children of all ages to draw and re-draw pictures and words without wasting paper or creating chalk dust.
When traveling in a car on a long trip, one can draw for hours without creating lots of trash or having to sharpen pencils. Magna Doodles have been used by teachers to help students practice writing and learn words.
Magna Doodles have been used in some unexpected places, too:.
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