An article includes flexible and resilient outer and inner bodies, where theinner body isat least partially disposed within the outer body. In addition, an unsealedsound-producingmember surrounds at least a portion of the inner body and is disposed betweenthe inner andouter bodies, such that the sound-producing member produces sound when theouter body isdeformed. In one embodiment, the outer body includes an interior cavity and aplurality ofinwardly facing projections that project into the interior cavity to focusforce applied to the outerbody on the sound-producing member. In one embodiment, the inner body includesa sidewalldefining an interior cavity for holding items to be dispensed, and the articlehas one or moreopenings through the inner and outer bodies through which items can beinserted into anddispensed from the interior cavity of the inner body during use of thearticle.