A is for Animals. Animals - (not real ones of course) are really popular in the shoeboxes under the category of 'something to love' . We have seen teenage boys crumble into gooey smiles when they find a cuddly teddy in their boxes - so its good to find some sort of cuddly animal to put into your shoebox. One thing that we wouldn't recommend however, are realistic looking snakes or spiders - they could really frighten a small child in Africa - (they frighten me.... )
A cause of some debate last year was how far this should be taken - does this include plastic lions and tigers? Perhaps not advisable for the hot countries, but I would'nt extend that to exclude cartoon elephants or Baloo the bear type toys - if it does'nt look like its wild counterpart - put it in.
Hi Ruth
ReplyDeleteThanks for this clarification. It sounds as if it will be ok to put the cuddly knitted snakes into boxes for Africa after all, if I interprete this post correctly. They are certainly not very lifelike. I think you may have already seen them, but there are some pictures on my blog if you haven't.
Incidentally, out of all the hits on my blog, the Cuddly Snake pattern gets by far the highest number, so somebody out there must be making them!
best wishes
Janet (The Puppet Lady)