Ocean Dreams Whale Cotton Blanket

A blanket a child will actually keep on the bed.

Kids' bedding usually fails one of two ways. Either it's polyester fleece, which is warm for ten minutes and then clammy, holds static and smells of the room within a week — or it's a duvet with a themed cover that has to be wrestled back on every wash. This is neither. It's a cotton blanket with whales printed across it, light enough to sleep under in summer and to layer over a duvet in winter, and it goes in the machine as one piece with the sheets.

Cotton is what makes it work in both seasons

The whole reason a cotton blanket beats a synthetic one in a child's room is airflow. Cotton fibre lets warm air move through the weave instead of sealing it in, so a kid who runs hot doesn't wake up sweating at two in the morning and kick everything onto the floor. In winter the same blanket traps a useful layer of air over a duvet and adds warmth without adding weight. Cotton also absorbs rather than repels, which matters a great deal in the years where things get spilled, and it takes a hot-ish wash and a hundred cycles without pilling into those little grey balls that fleece grows. It softens as it goes. The blanket after a year is nicer than the blanket out of the packet, which is not true of anything made from plastic.

The whale print, and where it lands

• The pattern — whales scattered across a soft ground rather than a single cartoon character. It reads as a nautical bedroom, not as merchandise, which means it survives the child growing out of whatever they're currently obsessed with.
• In a kid's room — works with plain white or pale blue walls and does the decorating on its own. No need to match anything else.
• On a sofa — folded over an arm it's a coastal-looking throw rather than an obviously childish one, so it doesn't look out of place in the living room.
• Out of the house — light enough to roll into a bag for the beach, a picnic or the back of the car, and it washes the sand straight out.

What You're Getting

• One Ocean Dreams Whale Cotton Blanket in your chosen Size, ready to use after a first wash
• Cotton construction — breathable in summer, an insulating layer in winter, no clamminess either way
• Whale print across the face, in a colourway that suits a bedroom rather than a playroom
• Light enough to sleep under alone; layers over a duvet without adding bulk
• Machine washable on a gentle cycle, tumble dry low or line dry in shade
• Softens with every wash instead of pilling, the way synthetics do
• Folds down small enough for a beach bag or the boot of the car
• Three sizes, from a single bed up to a properly covered king
• No fabric softener, no chlorine bleach — that's the whole care list

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