PARENTS are racing to a popular high street store to get their hands on Squishmallows for half-price in time for Christmas - here's how to get yours. The spongy products popularity skyrockets with more than £100million of the colourful creatures snapped up worldwide with sales rising by 11 per cent in the UK . The cuddly soft toys are now selling for half-price and can be bought online at Claire's website and their stores.

The half-price deal was shared on the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK , where members frequently post about great bargains. Prices for the popular discounted Squishmallows range between £4 and £8. These toys are the perfect Christmas gifts with several shoppers tagging their friends so they can snap up the half-priced items.

Read More on Money One user wrote: "Thank you so much for sharing this! "My LO is obsessed with the mooshake collection and already has them on her Xmas list." However, this shopper explained that the discounted toys are only available at Claire's bigger stores. "Went into Ipswich one, and she said bigger stores," they added.

Most read in Money The Squishmallows are also available from other major retailers, but they cost more than the prices at Claire's . Smyths has also halved the toys' price, but shoppers still need to pay £12.50, which is £6 more than the highest discounted Squishmallow at Claire's.

Similarly, fans of the product can buy the toys from Amazon, which are still about £2 more than the prices at th.