Every year, IKEA partners with UNICEF and Save the Children with their Soft Toys for Education-programme, to raise funds for schools, supplies, and other educational endeavours. Normally they design their own toys, but this year, they let kids design them, after which IKEA made real-world plush animals out of them.
The toys range from €3.00 (the bat) to €10.00 (the tiger, which is huge!), and for every purchased plush animal, IKEA donates € 1.00 to UNICEF and Save the Children. Through this programme, IKEA has gathered €77 million over the course of 12 years and has helped more than 11 million children in 46 countries get a better education.
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Source: IKEA. Click for a bigger version.
Without further ado: The 10 drawings and their real-world recreations! The animals can probably already be purchased in your local IKEA. If not, check out their website and see when you can expect them.
