living toys
Sentient stuffed friends
Living toys are toys imagined or depicted as having consciousness, feelings, and autonomous life—a common premise in children's stories and animated films where dolls, action figures, or stuffed animals think, speak, and move on their own when humans aren't watching.
The concept taps into childhood fantasy and the emotional bonds children form with toys: The movie follows living toys who go on adventures after bedtime.
The phrase also describes toys with mechanical or electronic features that simulate lifelike behavior.
- PinocchioLying wooden puppet
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
- sentientAble to perceive, experience
- dollsToy human figures
- teddy bearSoft ursine plaything
magic · enchanted · make believe · playtime · childhood · imaginary friends · imagination · Chucky · creepy dolls · moving · breathing · awakened · possessed · plushies · rag doll · marionette · nutcracker · come to life
- toysteddy bear, doll, dolls, stuffed animal, puzzles
living toysstuffed animals
Soft sewn toy creatures
broken toys · action figures · toy soldiers · plush toys · wooden blocks
living toyspuppets
Figures manipulated for performance
marionettes · wind-up toys · mechanical toys · tools · props
living, live, lived, lives, liver, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive