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What materials are used to make the stuffed animals?

Feb 26, 2024

One of the key things that make stuffed animals so appealing is their softness. Coupled with their cute and exaggerated appearance, they are more suitable as comfort objects. The softness of a plush toy depends largely on the filling material. The outside of most stuffed animals is made of soft fabric that is gentle to the touch.

The plasticity of stuffed animals depends above all on the stuffing.

Cotton and wood wool were formerly the two most common types of fillers because they are soft, natural materials. Stuffed animals containing wool can bend thousands of times before starting to lose their shape. However, most stuffed animals filled with kapok cannot be machine washed or dried without losing their shape. And high-quality cotton is pre-shrunk before being used as filler, so cleaning cotton plush toys is easier.

So what are the internal fillings that are widely used now? The answer is polyester fiberfill, which is cheaper and more environmentally friendly without sacrificing softness.

It is understood that polyester is also the material of plastic bottles. So why not use discarded plastic bottles to create polyester fiber wadding? Yes, you read that right, this is recycling. By sterilizing and reprocessing waste plastic products, a cost-effective stuffing material for plush toys, namely PP cotton, is obtained. The survey found that many companies produce stuffed toy filling materials by recycling waste plastic bottles to achieve the goal of plushness. The purpose of toy stuffing materials. protect the Earth.

All in all, our ultimate goal is to let our children feel the softness and companionship of plush toys, whether his filling is PP cotton or natural materials, the child's love is our love!

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