Tonies Sleepy Friends gifted for review
Whilst we’re a fairly tech friendly family in this house, we’re also huge advocates for screen-free fun, particularly when it come’s to relaxing and unwinding before bed. Having also experienced more than our fair share of sleep challenges in this household, I’m a big fan of anything that helps us all get a better night’s sleep – something which often feels easier said than done.
Tonies – the largest interactive audio platform for kids in the world – have recently announced the brand new launch of their first ever own range of licensed Tonies characters called Sleepy Friends. These super cute hand-painted audio characters are designed to become a supportive part of your child’s bedtime routine – whatever form that may take. The collection includes three adorable characters who are blissfully asleep in their super cute slumber – Sleepy Bear, Sleepy Sheep and Sleepy Rabbit (coming 20th May) and they retail at £14.99 each.
Toniebox Sleepy Friends Collection
Recent research by Tonies found that an impressive 87% of tonies customers found the Toniebox made their bedtime routines easier, with Toniebox being used most often by families as a way to instil a quiet, calm and peaceful environment for their children before bed. These three new Tonies Sleepy Friends characters want to take that ability one step further, introducing a choice of three holistic and comforting characters to enhance and improve the bedtime routine. Here’s what you need to know.
Tonies Sleepy Friends – Sleepy Bear
Sleepy Bear is ideal for relaxation, with a ‘feel-
good’ story about bedtime routines narrated with a gentle, warm tone to help children feel sleepy.
Balanced beautifully with calming music and
songs, Sleepy Bear provides the perfect foundation for children to use their imagination and drift off to a night filled with sweet dreams.
Tonies Sleepy Sheep
Sleepy Sheep Tonie is packed full of sleep inducing nature melodies – perfect for children to cuddle up with to get calm and cosy before bed.
Sleepy Sheep is loaded with 11 tracks, totalling 140 minutes, and is the perfect sleep companion to help little ones drift off without a fuss.
Sleep Rabbit
Last but by no means least is Sleepy Rabbit (expected to join the Tonies Sleepy Friends range from 20th May). This adorable floppy eared bunny will play warm, classical music; proven to calm both children and parents. With soothing harps, pianos and violins, the 90 minute Tonie includes 14-tracks with classics from composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
COMING SOON! 🙂
Our Verdict of the Tonies Sleepy Friends Range
We road tested the Tonies Sleepy Friends range with my two daughters who are aged 9 and 6. Whilst I would say they are possibly slightly older than the target age group, we were still really impressed with the calming, sleep-inducing sounds and music included in these adorable characters.
First up, there’s no doubt that these hand painted Sleepy Friends characters are some of the cutest tonies we have seen. The girls loved the figures even before they realised they were tonies – loving their relaxed ‘floppy’ body stance and the fact that they were clearly content and fast asleep.
Neve (6) loved Sleepy Bear, mostly due to the story time element that was combined with some sleepy songs and compositions – she usually asks me each night ‘ what shall I dream about’ but when Sleepy Bear is playing, we have found that she naturally drifts off to the story, even if she’s heard it multiple times. There is something about the music that is incredibly hypnotic, which I can only assume clears her mind and stops her overactive mind from whirring when its time to go to sleep.
Erin is older and at 9, the Sleepy Sheep was her favourite, with some really subtle ‘white noise’ style nature sounds that made a discreet but calming backdrop to her bedtime routine. She found them to not only be relaxing to listen to at bedtime, but whilst she was colouring in or making friendship bracelets in her bedroom during the hour before bed too. As a parent, I often worry about the impact of blue screen and try and limit tv and tablet use before bed, so listening to her tonie Sleepy Sheep instead was a great alternative.
Overall, we love the Tonie Sleepy Friends range and are excited to see the Bunny join the collection later in the year.
