Custom plush toys and mascot stuffed animals for attraction gift shops,
in your design

It depends on the design, the size, the fabric, what is embroidered or printed, any shirt or scarf, the labels and packing, how many you order of each design, the lab report, and the freight and customs entry. We do not publish a plush price. The quote puts each of those on its own line, and the landed cost calculator on this site adds them up.

Promotional suppliers sell stock plush animals from a catalogue, often with a logo printed on a shirt, which suits a shop that needs plush soon. A plush of your own mascot or animal is made to order, which suits a venue that plans its season ahead. We run that second route, with factories in China.

Send the artwork, with front, side and back views if you have them, and your colours as Pantone references. The factory turns it into a pattern and sews a first sample. You see it in photos or in hand and ask for changes, and a second sample follows if it needs one. Nothing goes into production until you sign the sample off.

Yes. US law treats a soft plush animal sold in a gift shop as a children's toy, for every age, including the very youngest. An age label on the tag does not change that, and neither does calling it a collectible. So every plush we quote is quoted as a children's toy and built for the youngest age group.

Whoever imports it. We import the plush and deliver it unless another plan is agreed with you, and that is settled before you order. The Children's Product Certificate from whoever imports it rests on the lab report from the production sample, and the broker files its details when the plush is entered. We arrange the lab, and the test paperwork for your order is discussed and agreed with you before you commit.

Three, all sewn in: a tracking label with where, when and in which batch it was made, a "Made in China" label, and the law label some states require, reading "All New Material" with the fill named. The tracking details go on the packaging too. Your own brand label or hang tag can go beside them.

Embroidered, by default. Loose eyes are one of the commonest reasons a plush is recalled, so the eyes and nose are stitched unless the lab's results on the production sample clear plastic safety eyes for your plush. Either way, the plush that ships has the eyes the lab saw.

Ship the plush the lab saw. The production sample goes to the lab before the run ships, nothing on the plush pulls off, and anything that changes after the report (the fabric, the fill, the eyes or the factory) sends it back to the lab. Before packing, the run is checked against the approved sample, with the eyes, nose and sewn-on parts pulled by hand.

Yes. Your logo can be embroidered or printed on a shirt or scarf that is sewn onto the plush rather than tied on, or embroidered on the plush itself. It goes on only with your written authorisation, kept with the order.

Yes, as a small plush on a clip or ring. It is still a plush, and still a children's toy. The clip or ring goes to the lab with it, and the attached parts follow the same rule as the rest of the plush, and the run is checked by pulling on them by hand. The customs broker confirms how the keychain is entered, on its final spec, before the first order, because the clip can change it.

Work back from the day the plush has to be on your shelves. The lab report and the law label's details have to exist before the plush ships, so the lab step sits well ahead of your season. Ask for the quote in spring and sign off the sample over the summer, and the quote shows the date the design has to be signed off.

Yes, as an option. Plush can travel in the same container as your lights, beanies, blankets or cups. Each design gets its own carton marks and packing list, so your stockroom can check it in.

Only if you hold the licence and the licensor approves the factory in writing. A purchase order is not a licence. The same goes for a team's or a sponsor's mark.