Are Webkinz washable? You bet! How do I wash my webkinz? According to the Webkinz.com FAQ's site "your Webkinz Plush pet should not be washed in a washing machine. If they are looking a little scruffy, and a bit of a wash seems like a good idea, please wipe it with a damp cloth with a little, teensy-tiny bit of baby shampoo. Next, wipe it again with a damp cloth, this time with no soap."

This is very true if a little dirty. Unfortunately our lion (who my daughter named Charmin) got very dirty. Sparing you the nitty gritty details, she was sick with the flu and Charmin got caught in the middle. No 'wipe' was going to clean him.

I put him in the washing machine with a couple of towels so the machine wouldn't get off balance, and a small amount of soap, set the temperature for a warm wash and put it on the gentle cycle. After the wash was done, Charmin looked great. I put him and the towels in the dryer with regular heat for about 20 minutes. He came out perfectly and smelling great! My daughter though he looked even shinier.

Now if you have to wash your webkinz, remember to use caution. The Webkinz site doesn't recommend it, but they are after all made of fabric and plastic pellets and their eyes and noses are embroidered on. There is nothing that will fall off or melt. Though I probably wouldn't wash them in a hot water wash, or keep them in the dryer too long - just in case they shrank or something!

But sometimes you do what you gotta do, it's better then running out in the middle of the night and buying a new one because your dog ate it, which happened to our poor lil'kinz pig named 'Pearl'!

by Jan

You can find all the Webkinz and Lil'kinz at Amazon and they can ship them pretty quick. On eBay you can get some Webkinz for a few cents, add on shipping, and they cost a fraction of the store price! Believe it or not, but I just got a black cat on eBay for 6 cents! after shipping it cost me $3.58. A lot of the bids start at one cents, the more popular Webkinz go up pretty fast, but sometimes you are lucky and catch the bidding just in time and get them for under a dollar.

If you don't have an eBay account click here register with eBay (eBay is free to join) to go to the registration page,

or click here Webkins on eBay to go to the beginning of the Webkinz pages on eBay