Review and Giveaway! Zoocchini Stuffed Animals

I have a stuffed animal lover in my house. No, it is not me, it is my three year old. She loves them! Each day a different animal is chosen as the pet of the day and said pet gets to travel around on all of our fun adventures. You know, places like the grocery store, Target, and other "adventures". Recently, Ella the Elephant, a stuffed animal from a relatively new company called Zoocchini, has made several appearances as pet of the day. Click on Read More to read the full review of Ella!

Style: **** No creepy stuffed animals faces here! Ella, as you can see in the picture, is a happy elephant, which I truly appreciate. I have seen more than a few stuffed animals whose weird looking faces I simply would not like to see lurking around my room at night, and I am well beyond age three! But from what I can see, all of the Zoocchini animals are happy and fun-looking! Ella the Elephant is part of the Safari Collection which also includes a Giraffe, a Lion and a Monkey. Zoocchini also has Baby versions of each of the Safari animals as well as a Barnyard Collection and an Ocean Collection. While Lilly is quite partial to the elephant (which she refuses to call Ella, but refers to it only as "The Elephant Animal"), I am a huge fan of the packaging in which the elephant came. It is a super-cute decorated bucket in the style of a paint can. The company says that its goal is to ensure that animals arrive "clean and untouched by sticky fingers". While that it true, I also love that the bucket cab be used for other storage needs- Right now, ours is holding Easter Eggs!

Quality: **** As stuffed animals go, this is a top-quality one. Even my husband, who would ordinarily just pick up a toy a toss it when he wanted to sit down, made a comment about the amazingly soft feel of the this plush elephant (before tossing it aside to sit down). It really is as soft as you imagine it to be from the pictures.

Price: High End Stuffed Animal. I cannot tell a lie. I would not spend $30 on a stuffed animal, even one as cute and incredibly soft as Ella the Elephant. It is with this acknowledgment in mind, that I will refrain from using stars to rank either Price or Overall Rating. Each of the regular sized animals retail for about $30, while the smaller animals from the Safari line are about $14.95.
Overall: Again, I am going to refrain from an overall star rating, because my own bias about how much I would pay for a stuffed animal is going to come into play a little too much. I will tell you this: It is an awesome little stuffed animal and neither you nor the recipient of a Zoocchini stuffed animal will be disappointed!

We have an update to this post which is why you're seeing it again, and that's that we are now giving away a Zoocchini to one lucky Kid Buy Products reader! To enter, please visit the Zoocchini website and choose your favorite member of the Zoocchini family. Come back here and leave us a comment on this post telling us your favorite, and we'll enter you to win your choice of Zoocchini. All comments must be received by 11:59 CST on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Winners must be 18+ and residents of the United States to win. You can read our giveaway rules HERE. Thanks for reading and Good Luck!