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Toy Safety

Our Embroider Buddy range is tested and certified to meet the AS/NZS 8124 Toy Safety Standards. 

Embroider Buddy® products are manufactured to meet and exceed all applicable U.S., Canadian, Australian and European safety standards. Furthermore, every effort is made to safeguard any safety concern that is not covered by current regulations.

Production Safety Process

Our stuffed toys and other products are factory-inspected at all stages of production.

Toy Labeling

Every item to have affixed appropriate visible labelling.

Factory Statement

Our factory is ICTI (International Council of Toy Industries) certified. ICTI covers the health and safety of children throughout the world by promoting international toy safety standards.

ICTI ® Care

The International Council of Toy Industries consists of toy trade associations from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
To ensure factory conditions Creature Comforts Toys and/or its agents make regular and unannounced inspections.
We inspect for cleanliness, employee safety and underage labor. Creature Comforts Toys guarantees that its factories are clean, safe and do not use underage labor.

If you’re a small business operator, using certified toys is doubly important. Selling unsafe toys is not only unethical, but also illegal. If you sell a product that injures a small child, you could be just as liable as the original importer or manufacturer. Source trusted, certified toys like the Embroider Buddies protects you, your customers and your businesses.

Embroider Buddy Care

With the amount of love our Embroider Buddy stuffed animals get from toddlers and kids who take them everywhere from the bedroom to daycare, on holidays, road-trips and more it’s inevitable that they’ll need to be washed and freshened up from time to time. 

Embroider Buddy stuffed animals are made to be loved and so they are also easy to clean and also washing machine friendly. 

Here are some helpful tips and tricks to care for your Embroider Buddy:

Machine washing

Remove the pods from both the head and body of your Embroider Buddy. They are both safe in the washing machine, but for best results, wash them separately.
Place each piece in a mesh bag or a pillowcase with a zipper to protect them. This step is especially important if you are using a top-loader machine that has an agitator, as the bags will protect them from getting caught or snagged.
Wash them on delicate cycle in cold water.
Use the soap that you would use to care for your baby or toddlers clothes. We recommend something that is irritant free.
Like all of your stuffed animals, skip the dryer and hang to dry.

Hand washing

Spot clean with a damp cloth and/or for tough stains, try gentle scrubbing with a toothbrush.
Use cold water and gentle detergent, mild dish soap or baby shampoo.
We recently saw this life hack for hand-washing bras and think that it would work great for washing Embroider Buddy® stuffed animals too.
And perhaps the most important tip of all: Do not plan on washing your Embroider Buddy® at naptime or bedtime. This one, we know from personal experience.

This article was originally posted on the Embroider Buddy website (2015).