Sensory Snuggable Cuddly Avocado

Sensory Snuggable Cuddly Avocado — tall, slim and easy to get hold of

A generous plush avocado from the Squish and Snugg range: 32cm tall, with a smiley face, ribbon tags to pull, two contrasting legs to grab and a different texture wherever small hands land.

The shape is most of the reason it works.

🥑 Slim, which is the useful part

At 32 x 17 x 14cm the avocado is the narrowest of the three cuddly fruits by a long way — 17cm across, against 25 for the watermelon. That sounds like a detail until you watch a baby try to pick up something wider than their own reach. A body a small pair of arms can actually close around is a toy that gets carried about rather than shuffled along the floor.

It is also the oddest-looking of the three, which is half the appeal. An avocado is not what anyone expects to be handed at a baby shower.

🦓 One leg is striped, and that is on purpose

Each of these has two different legs: one in the toy's own colour, the other in black and white stripes. Newborn vision is drawn to contrast long before it is drawn to colour, so the striped leg is usually the part a very young baby fixes on — and, once they start reaching, the part they go for first. Two legs that feel and look different also give them something to compare, which is the whole point of a sensory toy.

✋ What's on it

• Two long legs to grab, one in avocado green and one in black and white stripes
• Ribbon tags for pulling — very often the bit babies go for first
• Textured areas to find, so no two handfuls feel the same
• A smiley face, which does more for a baby than any pattern
• Light and soft enough to be fallen asleep on

📏 Details

• Size: 32 x 17 x 14cm
• Suitable from: birth+
• Range: Squish and Snugg by Make Believe Ideas
• Features: two contrasting legs, ribbon tags, textured areas, smiley face
• Care: surface wash only
• Safety: UKCA and CE marked

❓ Frequently asked questions

What age is it for?
From birth. Newborns take in the striped leg and the face; the grabbing and carrying start properly from around three or four months.

Is it too big for a newborn?
It is a big toy but a very light one. For the first few months it tends to sit beside the baby rather than in their hands, and the legs are what they reach for once they start reaching.

How do I clean it?
Surface wash only — a damp cloth and left to dry naturally. No machine and no soaking.

How does it compare to the other cuddly fruits?
It is the slimmest and the easiest to hold. The watermelon is the biggest armful at 33 x 25cm, and the apple is the smallest of the three.

Is there a smaller version?
Not of this one, but the On The Go avocado is a much smaller clip-on that attaches to a pram or a car seat, with a rattle and a teether in it — the two work well together.

Does it make a good gift?
A memorable one. It is big, it is soft, and it is the toy people comment on.

🧺 Which cuddly fruit?

All three have the ribbon tags, the two contrasting legs, the textured areas and the smiley face. They differ on size and shape:

• Avocado — this one. 32 x 17 x 14cm, the slimmest and the easiest for small arms to get round.
• Watermelon — 33 x 25 x 11cm, the biggest of the three and the broadest across, so the most to cuddle.
• Apple — 28 x 26 x 12cm, the smallest and the most evenly round.

If you would rather have something far smaller that clips onto a pram, the same three fruits come as On The Go avocado, watermelon and apple.

Safety information

Adult supervision recommended. Inspect the legs, the ribbon tags and the seams regularly and stop using the toy if anything is coming loose.

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

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