Description
Introducing Emotional Baggage™, a creative and educational plush toy set designed to help children explore and understand their feelings. This set includes eight plush emotions—happy, sad, angry, surprised, silly, anxious, loved, and tired—each carefully crafted to visually represent different emotions, making them a fantastic tool for emotional learning.
The set also comes with a sturdy canvas bag, perfect for storing the plush toys and serving as a fun, interactive game where children can toss the emotions into the bag. This simple activity helps develop key skills, including hand-eye coordination and emotional awareness.
Ideal for playtime, therapy sessions, or classroom activities, Emotional Baggage™ blends play with education, making it a valuable addition to any child’s collection.
Recommended by Dr Gummer’s Good Play Guide.
What our testers said
“This one is sneezing, this one is very angry, (makes an angry face) and this one looks like it’s not very well.” – Girl, aged 3
“Mummy I think this one is feeling embarrassed.” – Boy, aged 5
What our experts think
Beautifully designed, Emotional Baggage helps children to label different emotions and develop their communication skills to express how they are feeling. The balls are soft and easy to handle, good for children with small hands to grasp and manipulate. Some children enjoyed the squeezy texture of the balls, using them as a stress reliever when feeling frustrated. The children enjoyed looking at the faces on each one and deciding what emotions they represented and talking about times they felt sad/happy/angry etc.
They worked well for initiating conversations between child and carer about how they were feeling, and when they were upset or angry the children would find the ball that showed how they felt and gave themselves time to self regulate and calm down. The balls come in a fabric bag that doubles as a fun throwing game – challenging players to toss the balls into the bag. This activity helps develop gross motor skills and encourages perseverance when they miss the target.
Skills developed
– Helps children label emotions
– Encourages children to talk about their feelings
– Develops gross motor skills
