How Do I Wash & Clean Jellycat Stuffed Animals?

Is your child’s toy covered in dust and dirt? Are food stains marring its usual colors and appearance? Is it ratty, scratched, beaten up, or just not in the same condition as when it was new? If so, then that toy may be your child’s favorite. You should clean it every once in a while so it can bring joy to your kid for longer.

Fortunately, parents can draw from many resources to find the best methods for cleaning just about anything. We at Sugar Babies want our blog to be one such resource and one that you can trust for the great information. Today, we will share advice on cleaning Jellycat stuffed animals, a beloved line of baby toys that may experience plenty of messes.

What are Jellycat Stuffed Animals?

We might be getting ahead of ourselves. Jellycat is a UK company founded at the height of the Beanie Baby craze in 1999. Taking a cue from their once-trendier competitor, they release a new collection of cuddly creations every January and July. Within the past twenty years, Jellycat’s toys have become staples of many nurseries and bedrooms.

Jellycat toys come in a variety of forms. They have a whole menagerie of animals to choose from, of course. On top of that, they have plenty of “amusable.” The goal of this line is apparently to slap a cute smile onto anything, from foods to plants to home decor. The results are charming, and they certainly stand out on the shelf.

What makes Jellycat stuffed animals stand out is impeccable attention to detail in their design. This does not mean that they look photorealistic — their critters are just as cute and quirky as any other plushies. Rather, they are made with top-notch techniques and high-quality fabrics that make them so soft and squishy, and squeezable.

How to Wash and Clean Jellycat Toys

Given that they are so well-made with luxurious materials, parents will want their child’s Jellycat toys to last. Unfortunately, infants cannot appreciate the quality of their playthings, at least not with that adult understanding. Anything you give to your child is bound to get dirty at some point. You may be able to restore it, but only with the proper techniques. Here is our advice on cleaning Jellycat stuffed animals.

Always Check the Label

Do you know how your clothing always comes with cleaning instructions, either inked onto the fabric or printed on a tag? Jellycat upholds the same practice with their creations. A quick inspection of any product from this brand should uncover a label sewn into the structure. Before your first cleaning attempt, read over it and follow the directions as much as your means permit.

We know that many people ignore labels entirely. This is fine, and you will not face legal punishment for handling clean-up your way. With that said, manufacturers know their products better than anyone. They would know the cleaning method that yields the best results and makes the product last longer. You would be wise to heed that advice.

Soap Up the Surface

We recommend reading the tags on Jellycat products because one’s cleaning instructions may be different than others. Despite this, the company does provide advice on their website that can apply to pretty much all their products. They recommend “a surface wash … with soap and rinsed with cool water.” In other words, doing it by hand is often the best way.

Place the toy under cold water and make sure it is wet all over. Then, lather plenty of soap all over its surface. Be careful to rub it into any nooks and crannies, especially the points where a limb or other feature meets the body. It may take a bit of time and elbow grease, but the toy should be perfectly clean after one last rinse.

Set the Machine to Delicate

Washing your child’s toys by hand may usually be the best solution in Jellycat’s eyes, but it may not be practical for various reasons. You might not have the time to spare, and the mess might be of the type you do not wish to touch. If you truly need an alternative to the recommended hand-washing, machine-washing is an available option.

Once you commit to this course, you must do it right. The temperature should be as cold as your settings permit. Next, give the soft toy some extra protection by stuffing it in a pillowcase or similar container. Set the wash cycle to delicates and you are good to go. Again, you should only use a washing machine if hand washing is not viable at the moment.

Use a Hair Dryer

How you choose to wash your Jellycat stuffed animals is ultimately up to you. However, you only have one viable option for drying them. Sticking them in a machine may damage their soft fur. Leaving them out to dry in the air is only slightly better and may leave the fur tangled. We urge you to break out the hairdryer and set it to high.

Run it over every part of the body: head, body, appendages, trunks, ears, manes, tails, and more. As you do this, wag your hand so the dryer gets every side of every hair. These plushies are small, so the process should take up little time. Once you finish, you may want to brush it back to normal.

Jellycat Stuffed Animals at SugarBabies

Jellycat toys are not exactly fragile, but the fabric and methods used to make them are high in quality. You will want to make them last as much as possible, so you should wash and clean them as advised in this article. Your child will be happy to have their fluffy friend around for a long time.

Here at SugarBabies, you can shop from several wonderful options for Jellycat stuffed animals. We even offer a couple of children’s books based on the characters. Visit the selection on our online shop and find your child’s new favorite plaything.

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