BuddyTops Gives Childrens Hats Personality

Now that we’ve entered December, parents are starting to break out their children’s coats for another winter– if they haven’t already. With the coats comes the extra essentials, hats and gloves. For some lucky kids, this means they get to wear their favorite animal on their head.

BuddyTops, founded by Luis Kain and Nacer Hamai, is giving children the chance to use their imagination while keeping their little heads warm. Each animal hat they offer comes with a lesson, from sharing to individuality, that will inspire young minds.

Tell us a little about your business.

Buddytops.com was founded by Luis Kain and Nacer Hamai with the purpose of designing and manufacturing plush animal hats for children of all ages. Our hats are both warm and comfortable and intended for daily wear. Each pet design also comes with a distinct personality and ethical lesson such as honesty, perseverance, etc.

What inspired you to launch a business around kids hats?

Luis’ family manufactures plush toys and accessories and one day during a playtime house party, the children started putting on various stuffed animals on their heads and started running around taking on the personality of their toys. For example, the boy with the wolf toy started chasing the girl with the sheep on, then another boy with a tiger came in to rescue her!

We immediately noticed how adorable the plush toys looked on their heads and thought that if these children took on the personality of these animals during playtime, we can infuse them with short life lessons that they would take on as well.

How many different animals do you have available in your BuddyTops collection of hats? What are they?

We currently have 8 designs.

Milton the wolf teaches sharing

Ah Wah the panda inspires adventure

Benny the bunny instills perseverance

Stewart the white tiger is courageous

Chip the chick encourages belief in oneself

Darby the piggy is the most honest in farm

Lilly the Dalmatian accepts others for their uniqueness

And Mitch the tiger cub is all about listening to parents

What is your top selling hat?

For girls, the bunny and the panda.

For boys, the tiger cub and dalmation.

Will we see any new animals in the collection any time soon?

We already have many designs in the work including a monkey, polar bear, lion, penguin, but this is TOP SECRET!

Might we see an expansion into other outerwear products or baby/child products in the future?

We may. Keep in mind that we ARE the manufacturers and have already made numerous products for other companies. However, we respect, both ethically and legally, the products that have already been designed and will not infringe nor compete with them.

We have several original and practical products in development, but would like to focus 100% of our energy and resources into buddytops first. We want to put one of these hats on every child!

What goals do you still hope to accomplish with BuddyTops?

We need to get more word out and hype on the product and establish a more reliable distribution and wholesale network.

What are some of the lessons you have learned from your business?

We loved interacting with a new industry, from retailers to wholesalers to mom bloggers who absolutely love our product.

Do you have any pieces of advice that you’d like to offer any aspiring entrepreneurs reading this?

Find reliable manufactuers, and make sure you have a big budget for marketing!!

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