Pillow Pets. Any of your dc have them and love them or are they a gimmick?

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Just that really. Keep looking at them as an option for 5yo DD1.

My 2 dds have these and love them -much older than 5 though!

Dd (2) has one and loves it - it goes away with us everywhere.

I'm thinking of getting one each for the boys too but not seen where to get them yet - dd's was a present last year from someone else.

DD (7) loves hers.

My two almost 8 and 6 have had them the last two years and love them. Especially things like camping and staying out at friends houses as they have their own pillow with them.

Sounding good so far :) Amazon have some for about a tenner.

My DCs (1, 5 and 7) got them for Xmas last year and love them.
The only warning I have is don't buy fake ones - I got one fake one and the seams came apart and all the stuffing came out. This didn't happen with the real ones.

Mine love them but not as an actual pillow (fairly unconfortable shape!) but love to cuddle.

How can you tell the fake one apart from the genuine one? What should I look out for?

My 6 yo has the unicorn one, they're about £8 in Sainsbury's. It is much loved.

I think that Pillow Pets is their trademarked name, but I might be wrong!

My dds aged 8,10 & 11 all love theirs!

Mine love their fake ones.

Thanks all. Sounds like a winner :) Now, dog, ladybird or unicorn?

My two girls have a lion and a rabbit from Debenhams last year in the sale. I don't think they're actual pillow pets but they are much loved & go all over with the girls

Both my dds love theirs. One has a pig the other a unicorn. They are very much loved and they won't sleep without them.

DD (6) and DS (2) got one each last christmas and still have them in their beds. DD's is a ladybird and DS has a bumble bee.

DD 5yrs loves hers and uses it as a pillow on top of her normal pillow.

Ds (4) has one of the light up ones tha projects stars onto the ceiling. He adores it and if he wakes in the night and is scared he puts his pillow pet light on (stays on for 20 mins) instead of shouting for me!

DD has a penguin. It goes everywhere with us. Loves it so much that when we go away by plane and have to leave it at home, she sends it a postcard.

My 5 year old has the panda one (his nickname is panda) and he loves it. Uses it in bed every night.

I've bought the elephant for my soon to be 9 year old ds's birthday as he was very envious of his brothers. Sainsburys had some £10.

Dad has one, she got it 2 years ago and still loves it ( she's almost 10 ), she has asked for another one this year or a cuddleupit.

I'm thinking of getting them for DS and DD for Christmas

Ours is a pillow pal and its the same as the pillow pets, so e of the cheaper ones are a bit smaller though, I would buy them in sainsburys as they have them for £10 ( they had quite a few different ones when I went in last week including the elephant and unicorn ).

Sorry to hijack but the light up ones...doesn't the plastic stop them from being able to be used as a pillow? Looks like it would be uncomfortable.

Have them, love them!