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Soft Fun Play Book

Educational Toy
2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
VTech (maker)
Place of origin
China (manufactured)

The Soft Fun Play Book is made by Vtech. The company has primarily been involved in creating educational learning toys for children since 1976. The Soft Fun Play Book is aimed at children from three to eighteen months and has an interactive voice, as well as parts that light up, soft fabrics bright colours and patterns to appeal to this age group. It aims to introduce children to the world of books, sounds and interactive play.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Games
Object type
Educational toy
Titles
  • Soft Fun Play Book (manufacturer's title)
  • Smart Start (series title)
Materials and techniques
Stitched fabric, formed plastic, electronic components
Fabric
Plastic
Stitched
Brief description
Vtech soft fun play book; smart start series, 3-19 months. Electronic interactive book, 2004
Physical description
Boxed, soft padded fabric book made of brightly coloured printed fabric. The fabric has pictures of cartoon baby animals, flowers, musical notes, letters and numbers. The spine of the book is made of hard formed red plastic, housing the electronic components of the toy book. There is an orange plastic flower on the spine with a yellow light mounted inside the flower. There are 5 interactive buttons mounted on shapes (stars, hearts circles) on the soft pages of the book.
Dimensions
  • Boxed width: 25.5cm
  • Height: 19cm
  • Depth: 6cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • vtech Soft Fun Play Book tm
  • Smart Start series
  • 3-18 months
  • TRY ME/ I TALK / Slide the switch and press the button
  • Animals/ Shapes / Numbers / -smiling Light-up Sun! / 10 Cheerful Melodies! / Attaches to cot, pram or pushcahir
  • Human sung song
  • English speaking voice
  • 5 interactive buttons / On / Off switch and volume control
  • 5 pages of clear and colourful pictures
  • Baby's very own / first talking book! / This adorable soft book is filled / with things to suprise and / delight your little one. Clear, / bright pictures to investigate / and cute animal characters / welcome baby into the worls / of books, while the 5 / interactive shaped buttons add / a special touch of fun.
  • Parent-Friendly / Features/ -Automatic shut-off preserves / battery life/ -Volume control switch for / quieter playtime / -Durable design for long-lasting play.
  • Includes 2 "AAA"Batteries (For demo/ purposes only, not long-life batteries)
  • Smart Atart/ The Smart Start Series has/ been specially developled to / bring out the best in children / from birth, encouraging them / to play, learn and discover. All / Smart Start Series toys / combine hours of rewarding / play with lots of talking, / interaction, bright buttons, / flashing lights and much more. / Baby's senses and imagination / are stimulated through all this / plus the introdcution of age- / appropriate concepts such as / letters, numbers, shapes, / colours and objects. Smart/ Start toys will develop your / child's mental and physical / abilities as they invite, inspire, / engage and, of course , teach. / Give your baby the best start / with Smart Start.
  • Learn more about the and other / great VTech products at / www.vtechuk.com
Credit line
Given by VTech Electronics
Summary
The Soft Fun Play Book is made by Vtech. The company has primarily been involved in creating educational learning toys for children since 1976. The Soft Fun Play Book is aimed at children from three to eighteen months and has an interactive voice, as well as parts that light up, soft fabrics bright colours and patterns to appeal to this age group. It aims to introduce children to the world of books, sounds and interactive play.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.55-2009

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Record createdMarch 31, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O213560/soft-fun-play-book-educational-toy-vtech/
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