Calma Llama – Stretchy Llama Squishy Toy

Calma Llama is made of silicone rather than slow-rising foam, and it plays differently. A foam squishy sinks under a squeeze and slowly puffs back; this llama springs back the moment it is let go, and it stretches. A child can pull its legs, squash its body flat, twist it round and release it, and it returns to a llama every time. Silicone is also made to take rough handling, including the occasional throw across the room. If your child likes a toy to pull and stretch, this is the one in our squishy range to pick; if they prefer something soft and slow to squeeze, look at the slow-rising foam characters instead.

The llama measures about 5.5 inches tall, 3.9 inches wide and 2 inches deep, which is 14 by 9.9 by 5.1 centimeters. That makes it a hand-sized toy for a child of 6 or older: big enough to grab with both hands and stretch, small enough to carry in one. It stands upright on a shelf or a bedside table between games, and it fits in a backpack pocket, a coat pocket or a travel bag for car rides and waiting rooms. It is a cream-colored llama with a bumpy fleece texture, a pink blanket on its back and a sweet little face, so it reads as a cartoon llama rather than a plain blob. Measurements are approximate.

Calma Llama is recommended for kids ages 6 and up, and it is not suitable for children under 3 years. There is nothing to figure out and no right way to play: a child stretches it, squashes it, twists it and lets it spring back, so it suits a 6-year-old as well as it suits an older child, and it is just as happy standing on a shelf as a little llama figure as it is stuffed in a pocket. It makes a good first collectible for a child who loves charming characters, and an easy one to add to. If there is a younger sibling in the house, keep this one for the older child; the age warning is there for a reason.

You get one Calma Llama in its colorful cartoon gift packaging, and that is everything you need. There is nothing to assemble, nothing to charge and no batteries to buy: it is a silicone toy with no parts, ready to stretch the moment it comes out of the box. Because it arrives already packaged, it can go straight into a gift bag, a party-favor bag or a stocking as it is, and there are no small loose pieces to count or keep track of. If you are putting together party favors, each llama comes in its own packaging, so one per child is simple.

Yes. It is made of silicone, built to be stretched, squeezed and, yes, thrown across the room, and it keeps its smile through all of it. Pull it, squash it flat, twist it and let go, and it returns to shape every time, which is exactly what a child will do with it over and over. That makes it a good pick for a child who is hard on toys, and for the bottom of a backpack or the back seat of the car, where it will be squashed under everything else and still come out looking like a llama. Of the characters in our squishy range, the slow-rising foam ones are the soft and gentle kind; this one is the tough one.