To harness the power of Mumsnet to make a little girl's Christmas...

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Posting here for traffic because I am clearly not BU

My friend's DD has lost her beloved Floffel. Floffel is her seal cuddly toy from babyhood and will never be found again as Floffel was lost overseas.

Friend's DD has written to Father Christmas asking for Floffel back. Nothing else on the list - just Floffel.

They don't effing make Floffel anymore

Friend's DD as been through the wringer lately - can't go into details as would be outing but suffice to say she could really really do with a boost.

Please please please wonderful people of Mumsnet - if you happen to have an Aurora Naturally seal like the one in the photo hanging around your house (it's flannel not plush apparently and has the word 'naturally' on its bum) that you'd be willing to sell/give away it would truly honestly make this little girl's Christmas.

TIA

Even if Mr Seal does come home, perhaps he should bring friends as well, the little plush seals??

No not friends, he should come home with a GF and some baby seals.

That would be so cool.

I think I am getting too excited about this.

Any news?!

Oh I can’t wait til the morning to find out the outcome!! This is intense...

Fingers crossed the charity shop hasn’t sorted through yet!

This thread is why mumsnet is wonderful, that and the woolly hugs lot.

Fingers crossed for the morning ! Xx

Hope someone comes back with one for you OP, will check back tomorrow. 🤞 in the meantime.

Hurrah!!

I think you need to buy the little girl the book "Tatty Ratty"
www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/books/1004985/tatty-ratty/

It is the story of a toy rabbit who is lost. The little girl is heartbroken. They look everywhere- no luck. But the rabbit is coming home - a series of steps that make it look cleaner, buttons back on where they were missing, whiter fur ... etc etc... (as will happen as HER seal is used) ... then the rabbit is reunited with the little girl and we all cry (well I do when reading it).

Oh, my heart is in my stomach!

Reminds me of the lovely story of the little Maileg mouse in Classics. That one had a very happy ending and I hope it’s the same for this one!

Off to bed now to dream of floffel

Will post tomorrow as soon as there's any news (although have work Christmas do tomorrow so may be half cut by midday...)

Thank you thank you oh wonderful Mumsnetters - you are the best

You must let us know us soon as you know.

Everything crossed here. And I appear to have something in my eye

If you don’t have any joy I’ve found this similar sounding listing (no photo though) in a shop in NC, USA... unclebubbas.biz/bshop/index.cgi?code=3&cat=12 No idea how legit that website is mind.

This is both heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measures.
I hope it has a happy ending.

Now I'm invested! All crossed for a happy Floffel.

I really hope that you find it! I remember my father once wading through a pond to retrieve my favourite snugly when I was a child. Toys are like friends at that age.

Try contacting the uk distributor to see if they can locate one
shop.auroraworld.co.uk

I have one. It doesn't have the box or anything and may need a spin but it's definitely this one!

I need an address to send to!!

and for bonkerz. I love a happy ending.

Fabulous Bonkerz :)

Wooooow just read whole thread totally invested!! Wahoo bonkerz saver of floffel x

Weirdly we had a box of random tots out today and I spotted it and was telling my son that it was now 5 years old!

Yay! I can go to sleep now!

Oh Bonkerz you superstar! How lovely!

Oh this thread has me in tears!! I'm so glad someone has found a Floffel!

When my DD was little we lost her beloved puppy that she could not sleep without and I lamented on another forum I used at the time that there was no way I could find a replacement. Some wonderful poster had an identical puppy, which she sent to me, along with a postcard from her hometown where puppy had been on his holidays. And this was the face of the little girl who got her puppy back