Reasonably priced blankets for kids?

[lovemyfamily6]

My kids have had a fleece throw until now. They've been complaining about being cold at night. I'd like to get them each a blanket soon. I saw a sports one I like at Target, but it's $80 for the twin! That's way too much. My friend suggested a down alternative (we don't want down). I've never seen those. I don't have to have a sports theme, a solid color is fine. I just really would prefer not to spend $80 per blanket. Does anyone have any good suggestions for twin size blankets that are warm, can be cleaned at home, and reasonably priced and hold up well? Thanks!

[leximom]

We have a down alternative comforter from Ikea that I just love. It was very affordable compared to down and good quality. They are just plain white since it's made to have a duvet cover put on. Oh and i have always been able to wash mine at home.

[becoming]

Check Overstock.com. I got a queen-sized hypoallergenic down alternative comforter from there, and I think it was something like $35 with shipping.

[lovemyfamily6]

Wow! I've never heard of overstock.com. That's a cool site. Thanks! Is down alternative safe? It looks like the filling is the same as a regular comforter- polyester, is that right? I know that's not natural, but I'm okay with it because cost is a concern too, and I don't know that a 100% cotton blanket would be warm enough. Those down alternative blankets look really nice!

Thanks for the IKEA tip too. We live a couple hours away from one, but my friend is going there in two weeks.

[1growingsprout]

Target has a bunch of solid color blankets in the 20-30$ range

[staceychev]

I love our Ikea comforter. We like buying plain comforters, because then you can switch out/wash the duvet covers or quilts on top of them as our needs and decorating whims change.

[Rebecca]

My kids have darling inexpensive comforters from Target (I think), a cotton or fleece blanket and they sleep in blanket sleepers or fleece jammies in the winter. Marshall's/TJMaxx has beautiful cotton quilts that aren't too pricey. Dh and I just have that, a cotton blanket (or 2) and flannel sheets. We don't heat our upstairs and live in NH and this works for us just fine.

[FoxintheSnow]

My ds has an awesome quilt we got on the TP here years ago. Check craigslist!

[SquishyKitty]

DS has a down alternative, but his is German. It's nice, but he likes it without the duvet cover, which means it gets washed a lot more.

I like stuff that's soft, I can't sleep with itchy material, so a lot of those blankets they sell are out of the question for me, lol.

I highly recommend overstock.com, we got our King Sized comforter from there for about 1/4 of the original price.