Build A Bear

I love the people that work there the bears are at the high standard I think build a bear is wicked

This place is heaving during the merry season. However, I can see why the kids love it.
As the name suggests, you can build your bear from scratch. This is great for those of us who aren’t talented in knitting and crafts (or simply don’t have the time) and can be a great individual gift for the big or small kids you may know.

Build-​a-​bear is a great gift shop for children and adults of all ages, who can resist a cuddly teddy bear? If I’m honest, I’m not that fussed but that’s probably due to the fact that my mum loves teddies and has them dotted all over the house.
At Build-​a-​bear you can create your own bear from scratch, adding your own personal touches along the way, including picking the stuffing, the cuddlyness and you can even put your own voice inside the bear with a recorded voice box. I find the latter a little creepy.
Once your creation is sewn up you can even choose some clothes for them, I saw the funniest ever scuba diving outfit complete with a snorkel and flippers — hilarious!
Great for gifts, particularly for children but also anyone who likes cuddly toys really.

Despite being responsible for a comically tragic story that happened to a pal of mine a few years ago, I’ve never really been to enamoured with Build-​a-​Bear. They’re very good at what they do, but since much of a teddy’s charm comes from the fact it’s very young owner often seems it as a living, breathing friend, involving them in the manufacturing process just seems a bit weird to me.
It does crack me up though that you can select the creature’s cuddliness, and the range of styles, outfits and accessories for your choice is almost mind-​boggling. I must agree with Eleanor about putting your own voice in the bear though. That’s horror movie territory.

Aaah, build a bear.
Aimed at kids, but secretly, its pretty pleasing for adults too.
Staff are possibly the friendliest, happiest people on earth. They are always eager to help, or have a chat and a joke — but I guess that type of happiness comes from working with teddybears and children all day.
There are a huge amount of bears to choose here — everything from traditional bears to girraffes and everything inbetween, and also some cartoon characters such as Hello Kitty etc.
Once you choose your bear you can choose to put a heart in it (not before making a wish!!) and then the fun bit — a bit, whirling, tumbling machine full of bear guts! Well, ok — its stuffing for your bear, but they let you fill your bear up and its possibly the most fun thing ever!
Once you have gotten your bear, you have the choice of dressing it in a huge selection of clothing — and I mean a huge selection. Thankfully, at this point my girlfriend took over and she dressed her bear, but obviously I had done the fun part.
A decent bear with all the trimmings comes to around £30, but I think its worth it — especially as a gift for a child.

If only I knew about this place when I was younger!
I came here recently with some family friends and their kids, I was told ‘this will shut them up for a while’. Screw the kids, I was the quietest I’d been in months! They have the most amazing selection of bears, quite literally anything you could possible want, they can make. I chose a beautiful toffee bear with curly fur. I then had to choose what sort of heart I would like it to have — yeah, they have a heard! You can even get a motor put in so you can listen to its heartbeat. How friggin cool is that!
They also offer sounds and music you can record yourself to put in the bear, so when you squeeze it your tune bellows out. The bear then goes into this machine where they bring it to life — you can choose how soft you want it to be — and then it’s all yours!
It’s such a brilliant experience, I only hope that the recession hasn’t hit this place when I have kids.
the bear cost me £28, but it was thoroughly worth it.

My daughter adores this place. Great selection of cuddly bears to choose from. They have a nice range of accessories to go with them.
With the royal yacht Britannia next to it — a great day out.

Build a bear is a fantastic fun shop.
Basically you go in and choose a bear– you name the bear give it a heart– the Sales assistant then sews the bear for you and gives you it’s birth certificate, then, you get to pick outfits and accessories for your bear and dress it up! they have all sorts skirts, dresses, wands, suitcases, bear passports and then they have special occasion stuff like Easter bunny ears or Santa suits.
Bears cost approx £10+ and outfits £3 upwards (average)
They also do kiddies parties which are very noisy but look like a whole lot of fun with the big bear character and his bunny friend as special guests!

This is a great little shop for kids to build a bear of their choice. They also get to stuff it and select its clothes. Its also great for kids parties and keeps kids occupied.

Very nice little shop. I even know some of the people who work here. Even though there not very friendly to me they are definatly friendly to the customers. Easy to pick and chose a bear, from fluff to innner coating to the cloths the wear. This place is a good place for a Xmas pressie or quick experience.

What child would not adore this shop!!! As an adult I was fascinated watching a member of staff build a bear from scratch. You pick an outer layer, stuff it, put a heart in it (and even a voice is you want one). Then you find clothes for your bear — from pants, bra, boxers to kilt, football strips, ball gowns. You can purchase beads, glasses, handbags — the list really in endless.
The staff and helpful and happy, happy happy — they all seems a little like big kids to me.
My niece loves this place so much that she has about 8 different bears and is still no bored with this shop (or the bears — thank goodness).

This shop is fantastic, you build a bear from scratch, put the stuffing into it, a heart, and pick clothes for it and you get it in a nice box to take away. The staff are really friendly and help you out very much.