Squeeze Chubby Pal

Round, soft, and entirely without ambition.

A squishy character built on the one design principle that matters in this category: it has to be satisfying to squeeze and slow to recover. Press it flat and it takes its time deciding to be a shape again, which is the difference between a squishy and a stress ball and the reason people keep picking them up.

It sits on the counter with the rest of the squishy tray and sells the way all of them do - not because anybody came in for one, but because it is there and it is ten dollars.

Perfect for: A desk, a car console, or the bottom of a school bag where it will be found in eight months, still working.

Single squishy