HISTORY OF A SOFT TOY – THROUGH THE PRISM OF CENTURY TRADITIONS

Despite the fact that children’s toys date back more than one millennium from the day they were founded, not all of them appeared at the same time. The youngest is considered the story of soft toys, starting from the 19th century, when caring mothers began to sew funny figures of animals, birds and people to their children. Bright shreds of fabric then became materials for creativity, and the stuffing for all this splendor was straw, sawdust and other improvised means. On an industrial scale, soft toys began to appear a little later. Chronicles date their birth to the 20th century. Manufacturers used all the same sawdust, cotton wool as a filler. Later – synthetic hypoallergenic materials such as holofiber and synthetic winterizer. Continue reading →