{"title":"Kids Blanket","description":"\u003cp\u003eKids blankets get judged on two things, and neither of them is the design on the front. Whether the child actually uses it, and whether it survives being used. Everything else on this page follows from those two questions and from nothing else. Kids blankets are bought on looks and kept on durability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe design decides the first. Size and washing decide the second. Most people spend all their time on the design and none on the other two. That is how kids blankets end up folded in a closet by March and stay there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAge Decides More Than Taste\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA blanket for a three year old and one for a ten year old are different products carrying the same description. The younger one is dragged, sat on and taken outside. The older one stays on a bed and gets judged by visiting friends, which is a harder test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat splits the catalog cleanly down the middle. Bright characters and simple shapes work up to about seven years old. After that a kids throw blanket has to look like something the child chose rather than something an adult bought for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuying ahead is the common mistake and it never works. A design aimed two years older gets rejected now and outgrown anyway. Buy a kids throw blanket for the age they are rather than the age they are heading toward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLoose Blankets and Babies\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorth stating plainly because it matters more than anything else on this page. Loose blankets are not safe for babies under one year old. Nothing here is bedding for a crib, and none of these kids blankets should ever be used as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a child over one, a throw is a throw and the rules relax. It goes on top of a bed, over a lap on a car journey, or across a chair in a playroom. None of that carries the same risk at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFour Designs Kids Actually Ask For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFour subjects account for most of what children pick when they are allowed to pick for themselves. They are not interchangeable, and each one carries a different age curve. Knowing the curve is the difference between two years of use and six.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/dinosaur-blanket\" title=\"dinosaur throw blankets\"\u003edinosaur throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e hold from about three to eight years old and are the most reliable of the four by some distance. Our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/unicorn-blanket\" title=\"unicorn designs\"\u003eunicorn designs\u003c\/a\u003e run a similar window and tend to fade slightly earlier, usually around six or seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/bear-blanket\" title=\"bear throw blankets\"\u003ebear throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e split in two on this axis, since a teddy reads as young and a grizzly reads as a cabin. Our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/heart-blanket\" title=\"heart designs\"\u003eheart designs\u003c\/a\u003e carry further than the other three, into the teenage years and well past them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Size Kids Throw Blanket for a Bed?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmaller than an adult would buy, and for a real reason rather than a cost one. A child who cannot carry a blanket by themselves stops carrying it. A blanket that stays wherever an adult last left it is a blanket that stops being used at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ccaption\u003eKids throw blanket sizes by style\u003c\/caption\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eStandard throw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eSherpa throw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eBest for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSmall\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 x 40\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e37 x 57\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eToddlers, car seats, a chair, carrying around\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 x 60\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 x 60\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA twin bed, school age, the usual choice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eLarge\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 80\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 80\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA full bed, teenagers, sharing on a sofa\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA standard twin mattress is 38 by 75 inches. A 50 x 60 laid across it overhangs six inches on each side, which is enough to tuck in. It is also not so much that it trails on the floor and gets stood on in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a toddler the 30 x 40 is the right answer rather than a compromise on price. A toddler throw blanket at that size can be carried, dragged and put back by the child who owns it. Our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/small-throw-blanket\" title=\"30x40 small throws\"\u003e30x40 small throws\u003c\/a\u003e cover it across every design in the catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Washing Question\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the part that decides whether you buy a second one. Kids blankets go through the machine several times more often than an adult one does, and along the way it meets things an adult blanket never has to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWash cold on a gentle cycle, tumble dry low, and skip the fabric softener. Buy the size that fits your machine without a fight, because the one that barely fits gets washed less often and then gets used less often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBright prints hold up better washed inside out and with like colors only. The surface flattens over time whatever you do about it. A print carrying strong contrast shows that flattening well before a solid color ever does, so a kids throw blanket in bright print ages visibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLet Them Choose It\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe single thing that decides whether a kids blanket gets used is whether the child picked it themselves. That sounds obvious and almost nobody does it, because the adult is the one holding the phone and the adult has an opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShow two or three options you can live with and let them take the last step. A kids throw blanket chosen by a six year old survives longer than a better one chosen for them, and it costs exactly the same amount of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere a Kids Blanket Ends Up\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a bed, in a car, on a sofa during a film, and on the floor of a bedroom being used as a den. A kids throw blanket gets dragged from room to room in a way nothing else in this catalog has to put up with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuy one that can take that rather than one that photographs well on a made bed. A childrens blanket living on a shelf because it is too nice to use is a purchase that returned nothing at all, and there is one in most houses.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"multicolor-striped-throw-blanket","title":"Multicolor Striped Throw Blanket","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThis multicolor striped throw blanket layers soft color across a plain couch.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVertical stripes run edge to edge in blush pink, pale aqua, butter yellow and soft sage. Band widths shift as they go, so the pattern never looks mechanical. \u003cstrong\u003eIt comes in three sizes: 30 x 40, 50 x 60 and 60 x 80 inches.\u003c\/strong\u003e The smallest suits a reading chair, and the largest reaches your shoulders when you stretch out on a sectional. \u003cstrong\u003eThe face stays smooth under your hand\u003c\/strong\u003e when you pull it across your knees. Cream separates every band, which keeps the multicolor striped throw blanket quiet on a gray sofa or a white bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Rainbow Striped Blanket in a Softer Palette\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost rainbow stripes run bright and high contrast. This one holds the same color sequence in pastel, at low saturation. From across the room the pattern reads as texture, then separates into individual colors once you get close. \u003cstrong\u003eFold it over the arm of a sofa\u003c\/strong\u003e and it picks up the pink in a rug without competing with it. The multicolor striped throw blanket layers across the foot of a bed the same way. In a nursery chair it agrees with most wood tones. The palette carries from spring through fall, so it earns a permanent spot on the couch. It also answers a baby shower or a housewarming when you want the gift to look considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick your size and add it to your cart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Throw Blankets","offers":[{"title":"30″×40″","offer_id":54783285363027,"sku":"8105355_22609","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50″×60″","offer_id":54783285395795,"sku":"8105355_10986","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60″×80″","offer_id":54783285428563,"sku":"8105355_13222","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/1096\/9683\/files\/multicolor-striped-throw-blanket-30-40-sublimation-517.webp?v=1788016750"},{"product_id":"polar-bear-sherpa-blanket","title":"Polar Bear Sherpa Blanket","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThis polar bear sherpa blanket puts white bears and dark pines across a soft gray background.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePush your hand into the cream sherpa reverse and it takes the whole print of your palm. On the smooth side, white bears walk between triangular pines in black, white and pale gray. Some bears travel alone, and some carry a cub against the flank, small enough to miss at first. \u003cstrong\u003eChoose 37 x 57, 50 x 60 or 60 x 80 inches.\u003c\/strong\u003e The 37 x 57 keeps the pattern dense on a chair, and the 60 x 80 spreads it across a sofa. The 50 x 60 sits between them and covers a single bed. \u003cstrong\u003eThe gray background reads as one flat tone until you get close.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere a Gray Polar Bear Sherpa Blanket Fits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pattern is drawn flat, with no shading, which keeps it graphic. That is why it sits in a living room as easily as in a bedroom. The gray does most of the work, holding the black and the white apart without adding a third color. \u003cstrong\u003eFold it over an armchair and two or three bears stay in view.\u003c\/strong\u003e The polar bear sherpa blanket works against oak, white walls and anything already gray. It also makes a gift for someone who likes animals without wanting a photograph of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick the 60 x 80 for a sofa and add it to your cart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Throw Blankets","offers":[{"title":"37″×57″","offer_id":54820970791251,"sku":"9234119_17483","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50″×60″","offer_id":54820970824019,"sku":"9234119_17482","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60″×80″","offer_id":54820970856787,"sku":"9234119_17449","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/1096\/9683\/files\/polar-bear-sherpa-blanket-37-57-sublimation-228.webp?v=1788279320"}],"url":"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/kids-blanket.oembed","provider":"Throw Blankets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}