All articles tagged with #stuffed animals
The 37th Street Lights petting zoo in Austin offers stuffed animals in exchange for participants completing quirky tasks, promoting a community tradition of giving and repairing stuffed animals, while founder Wendy Mitchell aims to reduce overpopulation and revive the value of these toys through creative exchanges.
AI-powered plush toys like Grem from Curio are marketed as screen-free entertainment for children, but concerns arise about their potential to replace parental interaction and encourage screen dependency, with some parents opting to disable voice features to mitigate risks.
Campers at Camp Mystic in Texas lost their beloved stuffed animals, which are important to their comfort, and one group is seeking to replace them.
The War Childhood Museum in Bosnia is collecting toys, books, and other comfort items donated by children who survived the Russian-backed separatist war in Ukraine since 2014. The museum documents the experiences of children raised in war by cataloging and displaying their most personal memories and possessions. By preserving children’s mementos and memories of war, the project has been able to document the individual and shared experience of growing up in a conflict zone.