Sick of boring teddy bears? Make your own custom cuddly friend at the Build-A-Bear Workshop! Here’s the 411.
Everybody loves a cuddly teddy bear, but what do you do when you can't find the perfect bear? You turn to a Build-A-Bear Workshop! These stores are teddy bear creation stations where you can go to make your very own custom-built teddy bear. You get to choose everything from the type of stuffed animal, to the color of its fur, what it wears and more. Here's how the teddy bear building goes on at a Build-A-Bear Workshop.
1. Pick the animal shape you want - bear, wolf, even a reindeer!
2. Choose a heart for your new friend.
3. Select a bark/woof/meow/etc sound box, or record a brand-new sound, for your stuffed buddy.
4. Fill your new friend with stuffing to make them nice and cuddly.
5. Decorate your creation with cool clothes - everything from camping gear to surfboards!
6. Feel like decorating? Grab a bed, tent or other furniture and toys for your creation.
7. Fill out their birth certificate with their name and yours.
8. Time to take them home!
The Build-A-Bear Workshop is a great place to go to make a special friend for yourself or someone else. They're expensive, but are high quality and customizing them really makes them special. What's also cool is that you can get Shrek, Happy Feet and Surf's Up critters and clothes!
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