Build-A-Bear Stuffed Bear

Pros: Fun to make, "special" bear, find-a-bear ID system
Cons: Price, not in all malls

Friday night I decided to head over to the Build-A-Bear Workshop with my almost three year old son to make 2 bears. One for my son, and one for a gift for Grandma (for her birthday, as she collects teddy bears). Despite there being several malls wi ...

Pros: fun and exciting experience for a child
Cons: not enough locations

We discovered the Build-A-Bear Workshop a few months ago while we were visiting with good friends in the Orlando, Florida area. One hot afternoon during our visit my girlfriend and I trucked to the Florida Mall with all five kids in...

Pros: Entertaining, affordable, and adorable
Cons: none

I originally heard of the "Build A Bear Workshop" while my family and I was on vacation. A family we met on a dolphin watch had told us of this remarkable place. The problem was that the closest store to us was 5 hours away. Taking advantage of a recent...

Pros: you pick your animal, original concept, birth certificate, outfits
Cons: the store can be crowded on weekends

Sure, we have all had stuffed animals as friends. I'm in college, and every night I fall asleep with a menagerie of animals. I took my menagerie to camp with me this past summer, and my kids were always borrowing my animals. When I was a kid, I took...

Pros: inexpensive, fun, interactive
Cons: none

I first discovered the Build-A-Bear Workshop while walking through the area in front of Disneyland known as Downtown Disney. It is a shopping street and has many fun and interesting shops. The Build-A-Bear Workshop didn't jump out and get my attention as...

Pros: Excellent Assortment, Personal Selection, Quality, Unique Experience
Cons: Accessories can add a lot of $$$ to the total.

If your child likes stuffed animals, and you are searching for a unique experience, I highly recomme ...

Pros: Dolls may be for girls but bears are for everyone.
Cons: None.

Not just Bears. The week after Christmas, I was asked to go to the mall. The children had no school and they had gift cards to spend at Build-A-Bear. I thought it would be fun since I heard so much about it and so I went along. The mall did ...

Pros: A fun process to make your own stuffed animal
Cons: Can get expensive very quickly

We use a reward system at home. Most often the rewards are small but every once in a while we throw in something big. Recently we made our first trip to Build-A-Bear. What is Build-A-Bear Found in malls across the land, Build-A-Bear is a place ...

Pros: It's a fun way to create a very special friend.
Cons: schmaltz, and it isn't cheap

With three kids born within three and a half years, my kids have a lot of sharing to do, of toys and attention. We started a family tradition where on their birthdays, each child has a special day with just Mommy and Daddy; no siblings along, and ...

Pros: Entertaining For All Ages
Cons: Can Be Costly

Visiting the “Build-A-Bear Workshop” at the Emerald Square Mall on the second floor in Attleboro, Massachusetts was not on impulse. Joining in the fun wouldn’t have been possible if I had left home without my credit card but I’m glad I didn’t. My friend...

Pros: Fun experience, get your own unique bear (or unicorn).
Cons: Pricier than your average bear.

Laurana's grandmomz was in town babysitting, and me and my dear husband were out shopping for Christmas. We ran across the Build-A-Bear workshop (there are two of them in the Phoenix area). I had read about this place before on epinions.com, and dear ...

Pros: fun, nice memory of our vacation, good quality animals.
Cons: can get expensive.

This summer, while at the St. Louis Zoo on vacation, we went to the Build a Bear Workshop located at the zoo. I thought it would be a nice indoor activity to beat the heat, plus get something from St. Louis that we could keep forever. This ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: None

Do most toddlers have a security toy, blanket, pacifier or some “thing” that they must have with them when they are placed into bed at night to drift into celestial dreams of puppies, kittens, toys, candy, milkshakes, ice cream or whatever it ...

Pros: Cute idea: let kids make their own special friends and accessorize them too!
Cons: Overstimulating, Overpriced, Overboard on adorable.

This past weekend, we experienced the wonders of creating a very special teddy bear at the Build-A-Bear Workshop. As it was my son's fifth birthday, and with my daughters' third this week, we decided against two separate parties and took the kids ...

Pros: a totally unique experience for kids and adults alike
Cons: price, stores can be a madhouse

Recently a Build-a-Bear store came to our local Mall. One of my Aunt’s had been visiting one in Chicago for a couple of years and had told me all about the experience, and expense, of building a buddy for a favored child in your life.

The...