Feeling lonely this Valentine's Day? Well you might need to hone your smooching skills for your next partner.

The Make-Out Practice Pillow is the invention of Emily King, a designer who created the quirky cushion to offer a solution to the inexperienced kisser.

The 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, told Orange.co.uk: 'When I was in middle school, everyone "joked" about making out with pillows for practice. I'm assuming that I was not the only one for whom the jokes had some truth. 

'There seems to have been little innovation in the make-out practice pillow department despite the rise in popularity of decorative "Let's Make Out" pillows and cuddle pillows, so it is time to step in and offer a new solution to the middle-schoolers or lonely hearts of the world: a pillow with a mouth.'

Emily was inspired by the appearance of CPR dummies and, after finding a source of removable mouths, she was able to create the $31 (£19) pillow.

She added: 'I have to admit that when I mentioned this idea to my friends, the reaction from anyone over the age of 25 tended to be variations on "that's really creepy," and anyone under the age of 25 thought it was hilarious and awesome: middle-school to college-age seemed to be the sweet spot of people who really liked the idea.

'I thought it was pretty hilarious myself until I actually made the things. They are super creepy. But I sort of love them for that.'