Stuffing

boxtops | 13:40 Sun 16th Dec 2012 | Hobbies & Interests

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If I start making knitted childrens toys, what is the accepted material for stuffing the toy with?

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gness

Boxy. When I made toys the stuffing already met the legal requirements when I bought it....if that's what you mean.
Google toy making regs for a more recent update.

woofgang

New purchased material will do it, no cut up tights, old pillows etcet.

boxtops

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Thank you both, I was thinking kapok?

tonyav

Doh, saw the title and the thread isn't about what I had in mind.

gness

Kapok will be lovely Boxy. Not used as much now because it is more expensive so it depends on how many you want to make.

Behave tony. x

gness

Though I am glad when...Stuffing Gness....disappears from latest posts. :-)

woofgang

please don't use kapok. It doesn't keep its loft and the tiny fibres can be inhaled by small children...its also a devil if you have breathing problems. It goes into a horrid claggy mess if wetted and is very hard to recover. I know that knitted toys are unlikely to be washed but accidents do happen with children's toys. Synthetic stuffing is more durable and cleaner to use, it will stand a wetting and is cheaper as well

boxtops

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any idea where I get it, woofgang? Sorry to be a dimbo but it's been 100 years since I last knitted toys, and I used to use cut-up tights :-)

boxtops

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