
SMNTY Classics: Why do kids love stuffed animals so much?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
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The History of Stuffed Animals
In the 19 forties plus, toys were scarce and mostly hand made. Glass eyes on toys were replaced by plastic which were held on with a newly developed locking system introduced by windy boston play safe toys. And moving forward, the 19 fifties is when american firms started contracting much of their stuffed animal work to tiwan, korea and china. So those old stuffed animal makers in the u k. sort of lost outnd,. so that gives you an early history of stuffed animals. I actually have a bunny right now. My mam gave it to me a couple o years ago when i was sick, and i was like, let's codly. So
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