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Soft Toys – Types of Soft Toy

Here are some of the most popular soft toys on the market that you might want to consider buying for your baby.

You can find some hints and tips on what to look for when choosing a soft toy on our How to Choose and Buy a Soft Toy page.

Tiny Love - Ozzie Orange

The Tiny Love “Ozzie Orange” baby toy is a fruit soft toy that can be peeled, divided and separated. It has a hidden judder toy, crackly bits, a teether and rattles.

The Tiny Love “Ozzie Orange” can be attached anywhere using its flexible ring. It is designed for babies around three months old and will help encourage babies to explore their world. Babies can practice their fine motor skills and learn about cause and effect.

Jellycat - Hoopy Loopy Giraffe

The “Hoopy Loopy Giraffe” baby toy is a design from Jellycat especially for the younger baby. The “Hoopy Loopy Giraffe” has crinkly feet and bundles of teething rings.

Jellycat's “Hoopy Loopy” range of baby toys consists of beautifully made soft toys but with the added intrigue of round hoops that make noises. The hoops are also a useful help to babies who are teething.

These colourful soft toys will prove to be loyal companions for your baby for some time. “Hoopy Loopy Giraffe” can be attached to a buggy or a cot using the Velcro strap.

Baby will enjoy the texture of the giraffe and exploring the plastic hoops with his mouth – a true multi-sensual experience.

Leapfrog - Hug & Learn Baby Tad Plush

The Leapfrog “Hug & Learn Baby Tad” baby toy is fun for babies over six months old. Baby Tad's big eyes and happy voice will mesmerise your baby.

Baby Tad has two emblems on his hands – a sun and a moon. When the sun is squeezed, six happy daytime songs play. Baby can select the song he wants by continuing to press the sun. As the songs play, the shapes on Baby Tad's chest light up and highlight the different shapes and colours.

At night time, parents can squeeze the moon emblem and Baby Tad will play up to six minutes of quiet classical music to help baby unwind.

Baby Tad night time music includes Adieux by Ludwig van Beethoven, Liebestraum by Franz Liszt, Romanze by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lullaby by Johannes Brahms.

Day time songs include: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, “If You're Happy And You Know It”, “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and “Where Has My Little Dog Gone?”

Babies will learn about numbers, colours and shapes and have a close companion in Baby Tad.

Whoozit

A Whoozit will prove to be an amazing friend to baby right from birth. This colourful, extremely strange looking character allows baby to experience vivid colours, squeaky noises, rattles and crackly paper surprises.

A Whoozit has lots of bits that extend from the main body allowing baby to experience different textures and shapes. Whoozits are made from soft fabric and attach to pushchairs, cots and car seats.

Disney - Tumble Time Tigger

Disney's “Tumble Time Tigger” has proved to be a popular addition to the baby toy world. “Tumble Time Tigger” sings while he cartwheels along the floor. He can even stop in a headstand.

Babies will learn that to keep Tigger cart-wheeling they have to clap and sing, so the house will be even noisier than normal. An ideal toy for aunts and uncles to buy their nieces and nephews!

Babies around 18 months will get the most out of Disney's “Tumble Time Tigger”.

Galt - Soft Blocks

The Galt “ Soft Blocks” are six soft fabric cubes covered with familiar and colourful objects on the sides. One of the blocks contains a jangly bell so baby will begin to recognise this and will choose the block to ring the bell.

Parents will see baby develop his intentions as he learns more and more about cause and effect.

The idea of the “Soft Block” is to encourage baby to start to match similar pictures and to create a picture sequence out of the teddy bears.

Lamaze - Puppytunes

Lamaze “Puppytunes” is a superb baby toy for introducing baby to making music and is also great for helping baby's exploration and motor skills to develop. Although Lamaze recommends “Puppytunes” from birth, it's quite big at nine inches so baby will probably love it more when they can sit up.

Each of the puppy's legs conceals a musical horn and each has a different timbre and note. Lamaze “Puppytunes” comes with a leaflet that teaches you to play tunes like ‘Old MacDonald had a farm', ‘Happy Birthday', ‘Three Blind Mice', and ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat' using a colour code system.

Lamaze “Puppytunes” is scented with a reassuring vanilla fragrance and has a plastic ring and crackly ears, so he's really stimulating all the senses.

Mothercare - My First Blankie

The “My First Blankie” baby toy from Mothercare is a lovely soft blanket held tightly by a small bear. It also has an integral teether so baby can gnaw away to relieve his sore gums. It comes in blue and pink for boy or girl.

To find out more about what to look out for when choosing and buying nursery toys visit our How to Choose and Buy a Baby Toy for Different Ages section and our How to Choose and Buy a Baby Toy for Helping to Develop Different Skills section.

To find out more about the different online baby and nursery toy shops and stores visit our Top Sites section.

To see what different nursery toy manufacturers offer visit our Brands section.

You can also find out more in our How to Play with Baby section.