Build-A-Bear Workshop

Although this place is a money pit my kid seemed to enjoy it a little. Cant help but feel like I could have gotten the same toy at toys r us for $ 20 while the one stuffed thingy we got was $ 71. As far as the «experience» of building a bear… not really existant. They stuff and sew it and then you pick out a bunch of cheaply made expensive accessories to go with it. So thats that I guess

This place is a lot of fun for the kids but not fun for your wallet. Be warned.
Most of the time when I have been here the staff is awesome and really seem to love their jobs! They are really good at making it a super fun experience and getting on your child’s «level».
That being said, You will drop $ 40+ on a stuffed animal… that your kid may or may not enjoy for more than 2 hours! YAY!
My son loves it, we do it, the rest is history.

Fun place to take the kids and make a fun friend to take home. If you go on a weekend be prepared to wait but on a Monday evening you have the run of the store. The staff are always pleasant and tonight I decided to make my first one at 32 years old! My kids have been here a handful of times and they cherish the friends they create. It’s a little pricey but the quality is what you would expect. We had one where the stitching came loose (very well loved) and they repaired free of charge. They put a Barcode in the animals so if it goes missing and someone turns it in they attempt to contact you to return the bear.

Has a blast making bears with my boyfriend.
The staff was super friendly.
It is a little expensive but we had alot of fun picking out clothes and dressing up our bears
I like how they remodeled too.

The last time I had been in one of these stores was over a decade ago. Today was more personal, as it was for my own kids, and the first time visit for them. Both of my kids had surgeries this week and I wish I had taken them here prior to their surgeries.
Immediately after walking in we were greeted and the process was explained. All of the people that worked there were happy and very friendly to our kids. They were helpful and made the process easy. They even fixed a «Birth Certificate» error that I had spotted that slipped by my wife.
The prices can range from reasonable to expensive, and a decent variety of dolls to make, and plenty of options for dressing that wasn’t as expensive as i was expecting.
I ended up spending less than I was anticipating going in there, I remembered this place being very expensive, but truthfully I spent less than I would have buying a Vermont Teddy Bear.
The kids were happy with their bears/​dolls, so it was certainly a hit.

I brought my daughter to this BABW 1x before, to create a My Little Pony plush, and found it terribly expensive. This is definitely a once-​in-​a-​while option, and not a regular time thing for us.
But then my 6-​year received a $ 20 gift card for Christmas, so here we are at BAB again. She perused the website to «view the merchandise», and had her sights set on a Rudolph plush. Since it’s after Christmas, I thought oh goodie, maybe they’ll be on sale. Umm, no.
The Rudolph naked plush cost $ 25. A little steep for a stuffed animal, albeit he does have nice light-​up nose. Unfortunately, the $ 20 gift card didn’t quite cover it, so I had to reach into my pocketbook to fulfill this gift request.
An overly-​enthusiastic young gentleman greeted my daughter and made the experience positively wonderful for her. Of course he talked her into adding sound, which added on another $ 7. Thanks, sir.
The lovely lady at the stuffing station entertained my daughter in dialog about her previous experience at BAB, and then recommended we dress Rudolph in a handsome ensemble. Thanks again; another $ 8 for his fair-​isle scarf and matching beanie.
All-​in-​all, Rudolph was adopted into our family for $ 40 + tax.
If my daughter receives future gift cards to BAB I may be confiscating them. This is a fun shopping excursion for kids — just be prepared that you won’t get out of the store without spending $ 30-​$ 50 per stuffed buddy.

Worst customer service EVER. Went there with my 2 girls and stood around for over 20 min without one person acknowledging us. Will NEVER go back!!!

Sooo expensive. But a great place to come for a special occasion. The joy this place brings my daughter is worth the coin I spend. They usually have sales during the end of each season. Today we got a stuffy for $ 7 off and summer outfits and accessories for buy one get one free. The people that work here are exactly like you would expect… Joyful, childlike, stuffy lovin’ folk. Build a Bear will even let you restuff a BABW stuffy at no cost. We discovered this when we had a mishap with a bear and a case of the flu. Yuk! We just unstuffed the bear, machine washed him, brought him back to the store, and lovingly remade him. Good as new! My daughter and I love BABW. But because of the cost once or twice a year at most.

My Daughter went for her B day but it Closed for construction told us wouldn’t be too long been a couple months now it
Ruined her birthday for her

As I was walking through the Alderwood Mall tonight after dinner with my younger cousin and my boyfriend, I offhandedly mentioned we should check out Build-​a-​Bear — they often have cute specials but I am able to play the «I’m an adult!» trick on myself and abstain from making unnecessary purchases. So I thought I’d be safe.
I was so wrong.
I glanced in. There it was — a dachshund in a hot dog costume… WITH A TINY DACHSHUND PUPPY ATTACHED TO ITS MOUTH VIA MAGNET! If you know me well, you know dachshunds are my kryptonite. Anything cute and dachshund is fair game. I love them. The love of my life is a sweet little miniature dachshund named Zelda Z. Link and I surround myself with reminders of her — so a dachshund at BAB? It can’t be passed up. I wander into the store, cousin and boyfriend in tow and immediately begin cuddling on a piece of fabric with a dachshund at the end. I have bonded. Boyfriend shoots me a look that says, «really?» but I have committed. This dachshund will be mine. I proceeded to snuggle with this ball of fauxfur and longface until it was my turn.
There were a handful of children in front of me in line and I’d be a heartless person if I didn’t acknowledge how pricelessly adorable it is to watch these children fill the hearts that will go in their plushie with strength, wisdom, ears to be a good listener and a wish. Watching this process actually prompted my ovaries to go into a rather disturbing «OMG MUST REPRODUCE AND MAKE ADORABLE CHILDREN I CAN BRING TO BUILD BEARS WITH!!» mode. Which is not to say BAB makes me horny, because that’s pretty sick, haha. But it definitely made me make romantic eyes at
my significant other.
As I watched a seven year old girl jump up and down seven times [her age] while making a wish for her new dachshund [kid has good taste!] I started to wonder if I should begin my jumping now, as 23 jumps takes quite awhile… but by the time my cousin and I got to the stuffer with our dachshunds [cousin picked one out too, yay they’re littermates — hers is Arffur, which is a name that good old Zachary Sam Z.‘s ideal dog would be named :) We heart ZSZ!] we were helped by Alana, who is easily the most helpful and friendly BAB employee I have encountered. I made my boyfriend give my new dachshund, Midna [another Zelda reference, if you didn’t catch it ;)] a heart with me, and it was funny seeing three people over the age kissing a small satin heart and rub it on our ears and bellies but you can’t really make a friend at BAB without going through the process! It’s not the same!
I rarely buy clothing but in lieu of buying a hot dog costume for little Midna, I gave her a puppy. She’s a good puppy mom and like my real dachshund will love protecting me from invaders, in spite of the fact I didn’t pay $ 4 for a barking noise inside her.
I can proudly tell you I have built upwards of ten plushies in my life time. I’ve made them for relatives or just for my own pleasure. This BAB gets high marks for staying organized, handling weekend crowds well and having incredibly friendly staff, particularly Alana — although I did encounter every employee that was on the floor at one point or another during my visit and they were all great. I would say the people at this store definitely seem like they enjoy their job a lot more than my local BAB [Bellevue Square] — so if you’re in the ‘hood and itching for a new cuddlebuddy and don’t want to look on Craigslist, I recommend building a bear — or a dachshund, for a limited time.

While on vacation in Vegas this summer, my 4yo daughter saw the Build A Bear store for the first time and REALLY wanted one. For many reasons, we said not now, but when we get home.
It took us a few months to get around to getting out to the BAB in Alderwood and apparently, the bear she wanted was a ‘special edition’ and no longer available.
After a short few moments of disappointment and suggestion by the staff that we find the missing one on Ebay, she picked another and off we went.
The staff were nice and friendly towards her, but I found one of them a bit odd overall. Another one explained something by saying ‘They make us…‘
Uh, way to tow the corporate line, sistah.
She picked a bear and added the speaker box in the arm, one outfit including shoes and total cost? $ 50
It was a special treat, so we were fine with the high cost but I just don’t think that we’ll be back more than once a year for her birthday or another special occasion based on that pricing.

We took my sons preschool class here for his birthday and they were great with the kids. The party for the 7 kids came to a bit over 300.00 and every kid got a bear and clothes. We had alot of fun and the staff didnt look annoyed or put out. It was a busy Saturday afternoon and we didnt wait in line. If I had a younger child I would do it again.

We love this place!
We love Build-​A-​Bears around the country so much that we seek them out wherever we go.
My daughter (monster) has a huge collection of these bears. A Kuala, Polar Bear (from their WWF collection), A lion, a couple of bears, a puppy, a frog, etc.
Two weeks ago, we went and she picked out their Valentine’s special, a white floppy-​eared puppy dog with red and pink hearts all over him/​her. She named him… Heart Puppy! How creative, don’t you think? Anyway, she refuses to go almost anywhere without him now.
The thing I like about this place is, you can go as simple as just a stuffed shell and a «birth certificate» and you can go as ornate as you like; clothes, accessories, a carrier like for one of those small dogs. If you have a parent in the Military (as the monster here does), you can dress them in your parent’s uniform. You can make a Fireman Bear, a Nurse, a Policebear. You can make a dancer, a ninja or just a cute hip and trendy bear. You can get them little friends. You can spend as little as $ 18 or you can spend as much as $ 100+. And every single Build-​A-​Bear is exactly the same, all over the country.

CUTE, with a capital C!
Kiddos had a wonderful time, staff is well versed in handling a party and keeping things moving.
Expensive? Can be, but you find the extras cheaper elsewhere!
4 stars for staff and fun times…