There was excitement in the house when a large box from Small World Toys was delivered. I was in the middle of a project and we waited over an hour before I could open the box. When I did open it there were 6 adorable stuffed animals in the box! Two larger 8″ tall animals and 4 4″ mini-animals. My 13 year old son, and stuffed animal collector, started emptying the box.
At first we were a bit confused as there was white ribbon connecting the head and tail each to the body. I read the tag on one of the animals and it said to remove the fasteners that are used for packaging before giving the toy to your child. We chose to cut the fasteners off of the 2 larger animals. The tag told us they were Vappu the Goldfish and Hokon the Dragon and they were Plaja Pets-Magnetically Mixable Plush.
These animals are so cute. The head and tail are attached to the body with magnets which are sewn into the animal. The magnets are strong enough to hold the animal together but weak enough to allow even a small child to separate the pieces from each other. When we started playing and mixing and matching the animals I was impressed at how long these toys kept the attention of my teenage boys.
I brought Vappu and Hokon with me to church so that my little toy tester Miss A. could check them out for me. Miss A. is 19 months old. I only had to show her once how the pieces come apart and go back together. She played with them for 45 minutes. Mr J., a 7 month old friend of mine cuddled and played with Hokon for quite a while. Even the 17 year old nursery worker had a lot of fun playing with these toys.
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| From Plaja Pets |
The Plaja Pets are soft, colorful and have a Dr Seuss-like characteristic to them. Children from ages 7 mos to 17 years enjoyed playing with them. The only thing I would change with this product would be to make it easier to find where the magnets are. Maybe a colored dot or something, it would especially help the younger children enjoy playing with the toy. The 8″ Plaja Pets retail for $15.99 and the mini pets retail for $7.99.
Since the Plaja pets are mixable, the more you collect the more fun you can have mixing the pieces together. The Plaja Pets website has activities and downloads for your children to have fun with.
These mini Plaja Pets are Tashi the Pig, Yongi the Tiger, Zoco the Parrot and Pingguo the Panda.
You can buy these and other Plaja Pets at Small World Toys
or you can win them here!
This giveaway is open only to residents of the continental US. The prize is the 4 mini Plaja Pets with a retail value of $31.96. This winner will be picked Friday, January 16th at 9:00pm EST.
How to Enter:
1 Entry for visiting the Small World Toys website and then leave me a comment here telling me which Plaja Pet is your favorite. Please leave a valid e-mail address in your comment so that I can reach you if you win.
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Good Luck!
I love the mini elephant!!! I teach 3 year Sunday School. They would love these!!
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There’s just something about the Mini Plaja Pets-Platypus. Maybe it’s just that I’d like to visit Australia someday. That would be my pick. Thanks for the giveaway. pvilletoygirl at gmail dot com
I love that dragon. It is darling. The panda is cute too.
My son would love Yongi the Tiger most because his best pal now is also a soft tiger and there would be endless stories about them being brothers. Personally, I’m fond of the Parrot. Thanks for introducing me to these and the Small World Toys site. I ran into you thru @poweredbyfeel and I’ve just started following your blog.