How do you clean small stuffed animals
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I have lingerie bags and use those for anything I don't want to come apart in the washer or dryer. I purchased a couple really good ones at Walmart that look like pillow cases with zippers. I use my bags for my dog's collars also. You still want to read directions if they're still available and legible.
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Be careful putting "stuffies" in the dryer. Some of the fake fur will become hard and brittle from being heated.
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I've seen on TV someone cleaning them with a child using a bowl of warm water soap and a tooth brush scrubbing them. Rinsing in another bowl and hanging up on the line to dry. The animals were never completely soaked.
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Ok, the Doggy on the left has been washed & dryed about 50 times (and he is the replacement of an identical doggie purchased several years earlier that was washed 100 times.....replacing an animal is harder than finding identical fabric years later.....anyway, I digress....) The Lamby on the right has been washed and dryied about 5 times. My kids dragged around animals rather than blankets when they were toddlers. This were my pre quilting days. The washer/dryer was hard on the long eyelashes of the Doggie, but everything else survived.
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