I know what you’re thinking. “Lisa, what’s that in the title, there? A what!? What the heck is a Smooshie?!”
Smooshies are a new toy that allow your child’s imagination to guide them into creating their own furry lovable monster. Or alien. Or likeness of their older, teenage sister when she gets out of bed in the morning. {giggle} Each body part sold has easy Velcro tabs that allow your child to place random body parts anywhere they want to on the body, so the possibilities are endless (and the likeness to your teenage-daughter in the morning is uncanny)!
Oh. My. Gosh. They are cute! And by cute I mean, furry little monsters you design however you want, slapping eyeballs and arms, legs, eyelashes and tails wherever you want. Maybe not exactly cute in an appealing way, like a Shia Laboeuf kind-of cute way, but they certainly aren’t scary monsters. In fact, my kids had a ball taking the pieces off, putting them back on, putting the parts in weird spots – legs for eyes, eyes for a butt (I know, my kids are weird). But yes, you can do that, because they velcro!
I will say, at times, the velcro was a little difficult to take on and off. We even ripped a velcro off of an eyeball, which we had to hot-glue back on. (My children may have had an extra bowl of Wheaties that morning, or something).
Overall, though they loved the Smooshie with extra parts we were given samples of to try at home (thank you One2One Network!) and I look forward to swinging by Joann’s in the near future to purchase a couple more body parts. And an extra body, because fighting over toys isn’t awesome. At all.
Want it?
Smooshies were just awarded 2009 Creative Child Preferred Choice Award and Dr. Toy Best Vacation Children’s Product for 2009! They can be purchased at Joann’s or online at Joann.com. The bodies sell for $6 and each body part/package of parts sells for $2.
Win it! – CLOSED
Want a Smooshie kit for yourself? (And by ‘yourself’ I mean, for your child. That is, if you let them play with it, and don’t hoard the fun.)
To enter:
- Check out Joann’s website, and leave a comment to tell me which Smooshie body would you choose? (for 1 entry)
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Open to US entrants only. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. Contest ends Sunday, August 23rd, at 10pm CST.
**EDIT** The winner is.. #13, who was: