Plush toys history

Plush Toys History

Toys, as the name suggests, are used for "playing". Toys are a tool to open the window of human wisdom. It can reveal our thinking and make us smart.

Chen Heqin, a well-known educator and children's education expert, once said that we should understand toys more widely. It is not limited to the items sold on the street for children. Anything a child can play with, seeable, hearable and touchable can be called a toy. Toys are not only suitable for children, they are also suitable for young and middle-aged and elderly people. They are actually suitable for all people aged from 0+.

The history of Chinese toys

Chinese toys also have a long history. It was found that there were small pottery pigs at the Dawenkou site of Ningyang, Shandong, which are about 5,500 years old. Among the Qijia Cultural Heritage, which is about 3800 years ago, there are also ceramic toys and bells. And kites and ball games can be traced back to the history of more than 2000. Empty bamboo, windmill, rolling ring, Qiqiao board, nine-serial ring, etc. can be said to be the earliest traditional folk toys in China.

Plush toy and its history

Plush toys can also be called cloth velvet toys. Plush toys refer to toys made of various chemical fiber, cotton and other materials, which are made of cutting, sewing, filling and other processes. Nowadays, plush toys are a major type of toys. They are beautiful and elegant, beautiful and stylish, realistic, soft, pressure -resistant, and decorative. Looking at the history of toys, in fact, plush toys are also one of the most valued toys in toys.

Long plush toys are usually called "plush toys". The English names include Plush Doll, Plush Toy. Its manufacturing technology is similar to cloth dolls. The difference is that long plush toys are made of long plush cloth.

Plush toys started in the early 19th century. It is a masterpiece of the owner of a grocery store in a small town in the United States. One day, he suddenly thought about it, found some broken sheepskin, and used his tailor technology to sew them up to make a very cute puppy bear. The surrounding neighbors liked it very much. He had a clever movement and felt that this was an excellent way to make money. So a lot of broken sheepskin was collected to create a batch of toy bears and sold it in the store. He also gave a beautiful name for this small toy bear- "Teddy Bear". Later, the development of the matter really made the owner unexpected, and the sales of toys were surprisingly good.

In 1902, Staiford began to specialize in the production of "Teddy Bear" plush toys, which opened the road of industrialization of plush toys. Although it has passed for a century and more and more new varieties of toys have been presented, our likes for plush toys have increased. Plush toys are still our favorite and we like it with the longest duration.

The Teddy Bear, according to the local says in United States, should be called "Roosevelt Bear". Strictly speaking, the plush bear toys that we usually see are not a real "teddy bear". Just as the car has a different appearance, specification, and label, the plush bears also have a variety of different brands, styles, appearances, and functions. There is no way to call all the toy bears  teddy bear. However, because the name of “teddy bear” is really too widely used, we are accustomed to call all the plush toy bears "Teddy Bear".

Teddy Bear was originally an independent proprietary term. The most accurate statement should be that during the time of President Old Roosevelt, the toy bear made from 1903 to 1912 was called "Teddy Bear".

The teddy bear during this period may be because of the favor of President Roosevelt's love for it, which was indeed popular at that time. Therefore, it can be said that it is now the originator of plush bear. It has a round and plump body and limbs, loose and gentle Angola wool, simple materials and embroidery threads, thick expressions, and 100 % handmade sewing and stuffing. Whether from the United States or Europe, the spirit initiated from the old time still exists to this day, and it is still loved by the love bear clan.

However, this real teddy bear, the so-called antique bears, is now difficult to find. Only in books or museums, or in the home of collectors, can we have the opportunity to see its cute and distinguished presence. However, these scenery of the Teddy bear, under the current retro trend of human beings and the emotions of historical remembers, as well as the concept of auction and collectors, have been resurrected again. They imitated with the style of original teddy bears from the old time, or they deliberately imitated the old version of the retro bears.

Despite more than a century, Teddy Bear, this historic toy, illustrates and carries the history of toy development, and flashes the civilization of human toy history. Let humans always remember it until forever.