On The Go Avocado

On the Go Avocado — it clips on, which is the entire point

A soft avocado with a clip, built to attach to a pram, a buggy or a car seat. Ribbon tags to tug, contrasting patterns to look at, mixed textures to find, a crinkle, a gentle rattle, and a textured teething ring. 16 x 12cm, suitable from birth.

🧷 The clip solves the actual problem

Anyone who has retrieved a toy from a puddle, a footwell or the wheel of a shopping trolley knows what the clip is for. A toy that cannot be dropped is a toy that is still there at the end of the walk — and a baby who cannot drop it keeps playing with it instead of looking for it.

🥑 The one nobody else will have

Of the three in this range, the avocado is the one that gets commented on. Fruit soft toys are a small genre and an avocado is the knowing choice within it — which matters if you are buying a gift for someone whose baby already has four rattles. The green is also the calmest of the three if a bright pram is not what you are after.

🦷 A teether where the baby already is

The textured ring means the thing clipped to the pram is also the thing they can chew when gums start aching mid-walk. One fewer item to carry, and one fewer thing to find in a bag at the wrong moment.

What we like about it

• A clip, so it cannot be dropped, lost or run over
• Ribbon tags — reliably the first thing a baby goes for
• A crinkle and a gentle rattle, so there is a reward for moving it
• A textured teething ring built in
• Contrasting patterns, which very new eyes find easier than pastels
• Compact at 16 x 12cm and light enough to hang off anything
• The least obvious of the three, if the gift needs to stand out

Specification

• Suitable from: birth
• Size: 16 x 12cm
• Features: clip for pram, buggy or car seat, ribbon tags, mixed textures, crinkle, gentle rattle, textured teething ring
• Range: Squish and Snugg by Make Believe Ideas
• Safety: UKCA and CE marked
• Care: surface wash only

❓ Frequently asked questions

What will it clip to?
A pram or buggy bar, a car seat handle, a changing bag strap, a play gym. Anything of roughly that thickness. It is a clip rather than a Velcro strap, so it needs something it can close around.

How do I clean it?
Surface wash only — a damp cloth and left to dry. With a rattle, a crinkle and a teething ring inside, there is no machine option. Worth knowing for a toy that lives on the outside of a pram.

Is the rattle loud?
No, it is gentle, and it only sounds when the toy moves. Which, clipped to a pram, means it provides a soft intermittent noise on a walk rather than a constant one.

Which of the three should I pick?
There is a comparison below. In short: the apple is the smallest, the watermelon has the boldest contrast, and this one is the one people remember.

Is there a bigger version?
Yes — the same three fruits come as large cuddly plushes, and the Cuddly Avocado is 32cm tall with two long contrasting legs to grab. Those are for hugging rather than clipping: no clip, no rattle and no teether, but far more to hold.

Is it a good gift?
A good second gift, or a good one for a family who already has the big things. It is also one of the few baby toys that genuinely gets used every single day, because it lives on the pram.

🍉 Which On the Go?

Three of them, all with the same clip, tags, crinkle, rattle and teething ring. They differ on size and colour:

• Avocado — this one. 16 x 12cm. The calmest colour and the one that gets noticed.
• Watermelon — 16 x 12cm. Red, white and green together, so the strongest contrast of the three for very new eyes.
• Apple — 13 x 12cm, the smallest of the three, so the one for a smaller pram or a fuller bag.

And if it is a cuddle you are after rather than something for the pram, all three come as much larger plushes: the Cuddly Avocado, Watermelon and Apple.

Safety information

Adult supervision recommended. Check the clip, the ribbon tags and the teething ring attachment regularly and stop using the toy if anything is damaged or coming loose. Never attach it anywhere it could reach a sleeping baby.

Our guides to why sensory play matters and when soft toys and comforters are safe to introduce go into more detail.

❤️ From our family to yours

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