Jordanna is a typical little girl who loves her bags and also loves dressing up. Hug-Mi takes care if both of her loves by being the worlds first fully functioning huggable backpack. It combines 3 elements of being a useable bag, a hat and a fun costume. The bags come in lots of fun furry characters which include a panda, bear, ladybird, Dalmatian and pony as well as a few others. Each character bag had its own unique name which all end in “mi” such as pony-mi.
For Jordanna I chose the Leopard character which is called Leo-mi. Jordanna likes her animal prints and spots so I knew she would be happy with this particular one.
Leo-Mi has a very cute face I think with big droopy eyes. He is very soft and furry and so huggable.
The card you see in this photograph is not just a tag but rather his own passport to keep. It has Leo-Mi's details on along with his picture and space for Jordannas picture and info too.
The bag itself opens and closes with the zipper which can be clearly seen on the picture above.
The bag measures 34x18x48cm and on first inspection it didn't look like it would hold that much but it's quite deceptive. Jordanna decided she liked it so much and really wanted to take it school. She managed to fit 3 books inside plus her glasses and a water bottle. She goes to get fathers house at weekends too and easily fits her clothes and bits inside it. The bag even has a hidden plush pocket inside too which is perfect for small toys and secret sweets.
The Leopards face forms the hat/hood and the costume arms are carefully tucked away inside the bag. These are very easily pulled out and pushed back in for costume time. The sleeves have soft plush paws on the end and a strap to slip hands in. Both the arms and the bag strap have Velcro straps for the arms to hug the bag.
Jordanna seemed over the moon with the new backpack, wanting to carry and take it everywhere with her. It's very comfy on she tells me and even keeps her warmer. As well as being a role play costume the animal hood also doubles up as a hat to keep the head warm outside and it seems animal hats are the latest fashion at Jordannas school.
Role play is of course very important to a child’s development. It helps their imaginations to develop and whilst engaging in role play activities a child can become whoever they want to be. In Jordanna’s case this time it’s a Leopard which is more cute and cuddly than fierce..
A lot of Jordannas friends love her Hug-mi too and have asked where she got it from. Of course baby sister also loves it and I think she too wants one herself. She puts it on and makes funny Roar noises.
Charity Work
Hug-Mi is more than just a bag and more than just a fun role play costume. The characters have a little story to them in that they are all endangered species. Ani-Me continues to support these species by adopting the animals to match their character bags. By purchasing a character bag the buyer is supporting the charities and species.
More details on the Hug-Mi bags can be found at Ani-Me and also The Kickstarter project along with a video to watch here.
COMPETITION
Ani-Mi are giving away one of their Hug-Mi bags. I am unable to specify which character the winner will receive, it will be a surprise.
The competition is open to UK residents. As it's mid December there is no guarantee that the winners prize will arrive before Christmas.
Enter by ………………………….. RAFFLECOPTER …………………………………….
The competition will end on December 18th. Good Luck.
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I would like an elephant design, my boys would love to dress up and have the long trunk x
I would choose a reindeer as I would attach a red pom pom nose on for Christmas take it off again after Christmas! Every year when the Christmas markets come to our town, they bring along some real reindeer and they are adorable!
A panda, my kids are obsessed with them at the mo
I’d like a black and white cat. We’ve seen many friendly cats that are those colors, and I’m sure my daughter would like to pretend to be one.
I’d love a bunny rabbit design, very cute xx
My little cousin would adore the leopard one, she loves them, brilliant idea x
a fox would be perfect
I would have to choose a giraffe, my son loves them the most when we visit the zoo
I think I’d choose a cat, probably modelled on our own 🙂
Hedgehog
A cute panda
A bat one!
We love elephants so that is what we would choose.
Would love a pony one or even a dragon. 🙂
I’d love a dinosaur for my eldest son Jack who is 1, because he is Rawwwsome! 😀
Got to be a Basset Hound
We are planning to design a collection of dogs 🙂 The Hug-mi team
A dinosaur one!
I would design a butterfly one because it would be lovely bright colours
A dinosaur! my boy loves them.
A monkey for my cheeky monkey
I would choose a sloth because Sloth’s are cool
the leopard one, very cute
I think that a Dragon would be fantastic
Wow I’ve never seen these before! My little one has something like this but it’s just a House Coat with Ladybird head, This is so much Better though! She likes her H.Coat and pretends to be a bug in it too (But it is limited as the face is at the back of the head) But this would be super for her! One she could take outside and wear if it got chilly plus having the fun of dressing up! So glad I’ve seen this because its my girls BDay Jan 6th and this would be a great little gift! Cheers!
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an Owl – because it’s my daughters animal/character (my mother has decided each of her grandchildren are an animal and buys all gifts on the theme)
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A giraffe!
If you could design your own Hug-Mi backpack which animal would you choose?…………a fox with its lovely bushy tail
a cow would be good
A monkey
a dog I think
id choose a pug
A dog for me 🙂 happy Xmas ❄️⛄️❄️
I would have a horse!
a dinosaur would look great
My daughter would love a horse.
Definitely a Tiger!