Tiger Toy

A tiger toy can be soft enough to sleep beside, small enough to stand on a windowsill, or a box of loose pieces that slowly turns into a tiger on the table. This collection brings all three together: plush tigers and hand puppets, figurines of tigers and their cubs, and jigsaw puzzles built from photographs and paintings of tigers. Orange and white tigers appear throughout, in styles that run from lifelike to round and cartoonish.

Plush tigers, puppets and paws

The softest part of the range has its own home in our tiger plush collection. It holds lifelike tigers lying with their front paws stretched out, standing and seated cubs, round cartoon tigers with stitched smiles, hand puppets in orange or white fur, a pillow printed with a tiger's face, and furry paw mittens with black claws. The Cute Tiger Plush Big Hug shows the gentle side of the collection well: a seated tiger with a white, chevron-striped chest holds a small cub against it with both arms, and it comes in beige, orange or white.

Figurines of tigers and their cubs

Our tiger figurine collection gathers small, detailed tigers to hold, line up or set on a shelf. Most are lifelike: tigers walking, crouching or roaring, a blue-eyed white tiger on the prowl, and a prehistoric saber-toothed cat with long ivory fangs, a distant relative of the tiger rather than a tiger itself. Others take a different route, such as a chubby seated tiger with a sulky stare, a blocky tiger made from pale wood with painted stripes, a tiny brass-toned tiger with its jaws open, and a glossy tiger whose back is studded with small sparkling stones in gold and amber tones. Most figurines list their size in their options, from the brass-toned tiger at 3.4x1.7x2cm to a roaring tiger of 28x12cm.

Cubs turn up again and again. The Figurine Tigress and Her Cub shows a tigress in mid-stride with a striped cub dangling from her mouth, held by the scruff of the neck the way tigresses carry their young. Tiger Figurines with Cubs is a whole white tiger family with brown stripes: two adults, one with its mouth open, and two cubs, one lifting a paw as if to play.

Jigsaw puzzles, piece by piece

The pictures in our tiger puzzle collection range widely: a tiger leaping toward the camera through snow, a grid of tiger photographs, a woman in a kimono seated against a resting tiger under a red parasol, and a tiger pieced together from scraps of banknotes. In the Puzzle Cat & Tiger Reflection, a gray tabby kitten stands at the edge of a puddle and finds a white tiger looking back from the water. Tiger Puzzle Art Explosion goes the other way, toward pure color: a watercolor tiger head in purple and orange, spattered with white paint against a blaze of red and yellow.

Several designs draw on East Asian painting, where the tiger and the dragon are a traditional pair of rival forces. One puzzle shows that face-off directly, a tiger snarling down from a rocky ledge at a dragon rising beside a waterfall, and another follows a white tiger padding down through pine and bamboo in soft sepia tones. Most of the puzzles are 1000-piece designs, and the grid of photographs is a 1500-piece puzzle.

Tiger toys for kids and for collectors

Of all the tiger toys here, the plush tigers, puppets and paw mittens are the hands-on side, soft and made for cuddles, pretend play and bedtime stories. Figurines sit somewhere in between: the lifelike ones show stripes, jaws and claws in enough detail for a collector's shelf, and they are just as much at home in a jungle scene built on the floor. Puzzles are a slower pleasure, spread over several sittings, and a 1000-piece tiger can become a shared project for older children and adults alike.

From the den to the big screen

So many of these toys show cubs that the young animal deserves a closer look. In the wild, a cub is born with its eyes closed and stays with its mother for about two years. That early life is covered in depth in all you need to know about the tiger cub, from nursing in the den and play-fighting with littermates to learning to hunt beside the tigress and, finally, leaving to find a territory of its own.

Tigers have also been film favorites for generations, in animated jungle tales and live-action adventures alike. Our complete list of movies with tigers gathers them in one place, from several versions of The Jungle Book to Life of Pi, and a plush tiger makes good company on the sofa while watching them.

Beyond the toy box

The tiger does not have to stay on the toy shelf. Our tiger decor collection carries it onto rugs, including designs for children's rooms, along with cushion covers, blankets, lamps, wall stickers and canvas wall art. The tiger clothes range does the same for what people wear, with t-shirts, hoodies, caps and pajamas. Everything else in the store, from jewelry to mugs, is a click away on the Tiger-Universe home page.

Questions about tiger toys

Are there white tiger toys?

Yes, in all three groups. The Cute Tiger Plush Big Hug can be ordered in white, Tiger Figurines with Cubs is a white tiger family, and several puzzles picture white tigers, the kitten's reflection among them.

Do any puzzles come with fewer pieces?

Yes. Besides its 1000-piece version, Tiger Puzzle Art Explosion comes in a 300-piece and a 500-piece edition, which makes for a shorter build.

How big are the plush tigers?

Many of the plush toys list their sizes in their options. The smallest listed size is 12cm, the largest white tiger reaches 120 cm, and there are plenty of sizes in between.