Build-A-Bear Workshop

I came here a few times with my son. We usually drop if if its on our way to another destination. He loves that he can make the bear to his liking. From the amount of cotton to the accessories. The prices are a bit high, but other than that, no issues. During the weekends there might be a line at the stuffing machine since the staff interact with each child before stuffing the bear. They take a small stuffed heart and ask the child to do a little ritual with it, then put it insiode the bear to seal it up.
After the bear is stuffed, the child can give it a «shower» on the table next to the machine. It’s basically a shower head that shoots air down to clean up the dust and fuzz on the bear. Afterwards, it’s time to dress it up! You can make the bear a football star, a ballerina, army general, a skater,…The list goes on and on.
After the child gets the bear dress, it’s time to give it a name and set up it’s birth certificate. This part can take a while since coming up with a name is no easy task. Some parents have 9 months and still have no clue what to name the child. These kids have a few minutes to do it. Overall it’s a good experience, but after all the accessories add up, you’re paying quite a bit for that bear.

I went here yesterday for the first time as part of a daddy-​daughter bonding day with my three year old daughter. Overall we had a great time spending over 2 hours here and had quite the experience.
We entered and and I must have had a deer in the headlights expression as an employee quickly came over to greet me and explain the process. It took me a while to get her on board with the program as we spent a while playing with the computers and checking out the clothing before we actually chose the animal of choice. She finally ran over to the wall and gravitated right to a panda bear.
Having her stuffed was a bit of a challenge as their was a party going on while we were there and the parents all congregated in front of the machines preventing others from getting by. The staff definitely should have done a better job of shuffling them into the back corner of the store with their kids instead of gumming up the works for everyone else.
While I didn’t find the price of the bears to be too bad, you must be care full with the accessories as the are pricey and quickly add up. Dr Panda was only $ 16, but her scrubs and medical bag quickly took me to a $ 40. checkout.
I suppose if you include the entertainment value it wasn’t a bad deal.
Give them credit though. This morning I already had an email from them and a $ 5.00 coupon for a return visit.

Went here today for the 1^st time. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by one of the people working, and he walked us through the process. There are bears/​animals ranging from $ 10-​$ 20+; you can choose a sound chip to put inside, and/​or a beating heart, clothes, etc. These items are optional add-​ons. My son chose a bear and a sound & another staff helped him stuff it, and kept him involved in powering the stuffing machine, picking a heart, asked him where inside the bear he wanted the sound chip, giving the bear «a bath» with air jets, etc… he had fun & loves his new bear. They give each bear a box and say thank you for coming in, with a smile. It’s kid-​friendly and reasonably priced. Totally worthwhile & my son asked to go again another time.

We had gone here over the past weekend! The new Christmas line up caught our eye!
Now to start they are now offering Rudolph and other characters from his movie. Its pretty cool! So we went in to take a look and we ended up picking up the Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster! It was alot of fun to do!
After picking him out we went ahead and got a few items to put on him. We got the reindeer antlers, and a beating heart to put inside of him. They did not have the bumble booties or a voice box for him sadly! The booties were sold out. They just didn’t offer a voice box at all.
After picking out our items we had him stuffed! The girl who stuffed him for us asked if we would like to have him soft, hard or somewhere in the middle. We went with the middle options. They make sure your happy with the stuffing before they seal him up!
After that you then get to go to the computer and print out and birth cert for the bear. This would be great for a gift! It was still very fun to do. It sorta lets your inner child out! So its a plus really! Even for adults!
While we where paying for the bumble we also got a free $ 10 gift card and a free stocking because we spent over $ 35 in the store. So that made a good plus! Not sure how long this is going for though.
So over all it was ALOT of fun! The only things I took stars off were for some minor things. One is not having our booties! I ended up giving this star back because of the free gift card. So they are pretty much free! The second one was for the addons just costing ALOT. So we only ended up getting the bear a few things. I mean $ 7 for a shirt for a bear? Come on! I know its where they make their money but I still cant believe how much some of the items cost. The third issue I had was when they asked who the bear was for they gave us a funny look. I think because we are adults. I mean come on even adults can enjoy the bears too! Though I let it slide cause it was sorta funny! So they got that one back too! Just be ready to spend money on clothes!
We will for sure be going back for the boots! Also if they offer cool bears every holiday we will for sure be back! Check them out! The store was alot of fun!
Solid ⁴⁄₅!

Besides the prices, this place is pretty good. They recently have a Xmas collection featuring Rudolph and its pretty neat with voice and all even singing the song. Pretty cool how you can choose a design and they stuff it and then you outfit it. The problem I see is that don’t believe the one price listed because in the end with outfits and accessories, you end up paying a lot more. Not bad, but give us a break. I mean you don’t walk out of here for less than $ 40 bucks!