Soft Toy and Mascot Cleaning in Qatar: Prices, Timing, and What Gets Checked Before Cleaning

Soft toys and mascot costumes look like opposite ends of the same service: one sits on a child's pillow, the other walks around a stadium concourse or a mall atrium. The cleaning problem is the same, though. Both have a fabric outside and a filling inside that holds sweat, saliva and dust, and both can be ruined by the wrong wash: a sound box that gets soaked, foam that collapses, fur that mats.

Quick answer: soft toys are QAR 55 small, QAR 70 medium and QAR 120 large, and they come back in 2 to 3 days. Mascot costumes are QAR 200 small, QAR 230 medium and QAR 250 large, plus QAR 30 per accessory such as gloves, feet, a cape or a sign, and they come back in 3 to 5 days. Size is judged from a photo, and the price is agreed before pickup.

Every price in this post comes from our Qatar price list as published in October 2026, and the turnarounds from our live Lusail soft toy and mascot cleaning pages. We do not give size bands in centimetres, because our price list does not use them.

How Is a Soft Toy Sized and Priced?

Soft toys are priced per toy, in three sizes: small QAR 55, medium QAR 70 and large QAR 120. There is no tape measure involved. You send a photo, ideally with something familiar next to the toy, and we tell you which size it is and what it costs. As a guide, our service pages give the example of a plush football about the size of a real one: that is a small toy at QAR 55. A giant bear is a large one, at QAR 120.

Because the price is per item and agreed from the photo, there are no surprises on collection. A single teddy is worth sending on its own, and a nursery or classroom toy box can be cleaned as one batch.

What Gets Checked Before a Toy Is Cleaned?

A soft toy is several materials sewn together, and each one reacts differently. That is why the check before cleaning matters more than the wash itself:

• Eyes, noses and small parts such as buttons, ribbons and felt pieces are tugged on arrival and again before return, and anything weak is reported. This matters most for toys that a toddler chews.
• Electronics: sound units, music boxes and battery packs are taken out where they are designed to come out, and refitted once the toy is dry. Where they are sewn in for good, they are sealed and kept dry. If a toy cannot be cleaned safely without damaging the mechanism, we say so first.
• Dye: the colour is tested on a hidden patch.
• Seams and old stains: anything already loose, or likely to stay stained, is reported before cleaning starts.

After that, each toy is washed by hand at a low temperature with a sanitiser made for fabric, and nothing perfumed. It is then dried without heat, all the way through to the middle of the stuffing, and brushed out by hand so the pile stands up again. The drying is the slow part, which is why the turnaround is 2 to 3 days rather than next day.

What Cleaning Cannot Fix on a Soft Toy

Honesty here saves disappointment, especially with a toy a child is attached to. Cleaning removes dust, saliva, sweat and most everyday marks. It does not restore faded colour or fur that has worn thin, and it does not mend: split seams are not repaired by us, and we tell you about them at pickup. Matted fur can be brushed up, but fur that has been melted by a hot dryer or felted by years of hugging stays as it is. A toy comes back the same shape it went, only clean.

How Is a Mascot Costume Cleaned?

A mascot is a much bigger job, and its prices reflect that: QAR 200 for a small costume, QAR 230 for a medium one and QAR 250 for a large or oversized one. Each price covers the full body and the head. Gloves, feet, capes, signs and other detachable pieces are QAR 30 each, and it is worth sending them with the costume so the colours still match from head to feet.

• Inspect and record. Every seam, glued joint and worn patch is checked and photographed before anything is cleaned, so the costume's existing condition is on record. Cracked shells are noted, not hidden.
• Cleaned by hand in sections. The fabric outside, the head and the accessories are each handled separately.
• Inside sanitised and deodorised. The inside of the head holds the most sweat, and the lining that touches the wearer is sanitised along with the insides of the gloves.
• Dried flat. Heads are dried flat so the foam keeps its shape. Drying takes most of the 3 to 5 days.

Two Worked Examples

These are our own examples, not customer orders.

A family clear-out: two small comfort toys and one large bear. That is 2 x QAR 55 + QAR 120 = QAR 230, back in 2 to 3 days.

A school or club mascot after an event: a medium costume with a cape and a sign. That is QAR 230 + 2 x QAR 30 = QAR 290, back in 3 to 5 days. If the costume has detachable gloves and feet as well, add QAR 30 for each piece; tell us how the set comes apart and we confirm the count from your photos.

How to Plan Around an Event

The most common mistake with mascots is booking too late. A costume worn on a hot day and stored damp in a bag can start to smell within days, and a mascot that is needed again next weekend has to be collected early in the week. Count back from the date you need it: 5 days for the longest turnaround, plus one spare day, means collection at least 6 days before. Tell us the event date when you book.

Three other mistakes are worth avoiding:

• Storing a costume damp. If it cannot be cleaned straight away, open it out and let the head and body air before bagging it.
• Washing a talking toy in the machine. Toys that sing, glow or talk are the ones most often ruined by a home wash. Send them, or at least take the battery out first.
• Spraying perfume or fabric freshener inside a mascot head. It masks the smell for a day and leaves residue in the foam. Sanitising the inside is what removes it.

For everyday stains on children's clothes, our guide on how to remove stains from clothes covers what to do before a mark sets.

Where We Collect: Lusail, The Pearl and Al Rayyan

Lusail is in Al Daayen municipality, north of Doha, and home to Lusail Stadium, Place Vendome and Lusail Plaza. Our Lusail laundry page covers the city, and the soft toy cleaning service in Lusail and mascot costume cleaning in Lusail pages set out the process in full.

The Pearl is part of Doha municipality, covered from our Doha laundry page; there we collect for teddy and soft toy cleaning on The Pearl and mascot cleaning on The Pearl.

Education City and Aspire Zone are both in Al Rayyan municipality, listed on our Al Rayyan laundry page. We collect for school mascot cleaning in Education City and classroom soft toy cleaning in Education City, for sports mascot cleaning in Aspire Zone, and for soft toy cleaning in Al Gharrafa. Prices and turnarounds are the same in every area.

To book, send a photo of each toy or the full costume, a close-up of any stain, loose part or sound box, and the date you need it back. We reply with the size, the price and a collection slot. Send your photos on WhatsApp.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does soft toy cleaning cost in Qatar?

Soft toys are priced per toy: QAR 55 small, QAR 70 medium and QAR 120 large. Size is judged from a photo, and the price is agreed before pickup. Toys come back in 2 to 3 days.

How much does it cost to clean a mascot costume?

A mascot costume is QAR 200 small, QAR 230 medium and QAR 250 large, covering the full body and head. Detachable accessories such as gloves, feet, capes and signs are QAR 30 per piece. Mascots come back in 3 to 5 days.

Can you clean soft toys with music boxes or batteries?

Mostly, yes. Sound units, music boxes and battery packs are removed where they are designed to come out and refitted once the toy is dry. Where they are sewn in, they are sealed and kept dry. If a toy cannot be cleaned safely, we say so before starting.

Can you repair a torn soft toy?

No. We clean soft toys but do not repair them. Split seams and weak parts are reported at pickup so you know before cleaning starts.