A stuffed toy is a doll made of flexible material that is filled inside a cloth exterior. Although they go by various names, including plush toys, plushies, stuffed animals, and stuffies, they are also sometimes referred to as soft toys or cuddly toys in Britain and Australia. The stuffed toy gained popularity when the teddy bear was invented in the United States in 1903, and it started with the German manufacturer Steiff in the late 1800s. Richard Steiff, a German toy maker, created a comparable bear around the same period. The first fictional character to be turned into a patented plush toy was Peter Rabbit in 1903. Christopher Robin’s stuffed animal, which his father had given him, s.