Build-A-Bear Workshop

My son loves this store, duh! What kid doesn’t. I hate the prices so I only go in with a coupon or special occasion. We went for his birthday and it was hell at the check out. I had a $ 12 off coupon for a bear and the lady only took off the $ 7 sound thing. So they had to refund then re scan then it didn’t work then it went on for like 25 – 30 minutes. All over experience was nice though. The ninja turtle bears are awesome!

My wife and I took my daughter to this Build A Bear location inside the Lynnhaven Mall for her birthday along with a couple of her friends. As this was our first experience we were pleasantly surprised with this place.
First of all, it would be easy to lose yourself inside the workshop with young children as there are many things available and lots to see and do. However the staff were extremely helpful and guided us painlessly through the process.
You begin by choosing the «skin» of the bear (or pony or Hello Kitty) that you want. Moving on you full your bear with stuffing, a heart and a scent if you want one and a sound for the inside. You can choose talking or a song etc. Then to the dressing area where you’ll choose specific outfit pieces for the animal. Finally, you create a birth certificate on their computers and then pay at which point they’ll dress your bears before putting them in the big boxes for you.
My daughter had a lot of fun. The only downside is this can get pretty expensive as you custom make your bear. My daughters came out to just over $ 50…for a stuffed animal. Oh well, happiness is bliss?

Build-​A-​Bear is sooo cute. I made my husband build me one of these when we first moved here and I had never had one made before. It’s such a cute experience to go in and pick your bear and their little clothes and shoes and accessories. When they stuff him/​her you get to rub their little heart and kiss it for love and dance to make it happy and fun and they put it inside the bear while they sew it up. it’s adorable to me and I’m 30! So I can only imagine how fantastic it must be for a little kid. It’s an adorable experience and I like to sometimes go in and look at the new bears you can build and pick out their outfits. If you build one not only do you get to stuff it and dress it and add it’s little heart you can make it a birth certificate where you name it.
They get specific outfits for the holidays. They have some costumes now for Halloween and they usually get some Valentine’s stuff, Christmas, Saint Patrick’s Day, Easter, etc. Pretty much any major holiday they have it. Right now they have My Little Pony and Hello Kitty as speciality stuff which is cute.
For Halloween they seem to have Star Wars and have a really freakin’ cute Yoda bear I saw and took some photos of. Too cute.
The gals working inside are very friendly and sweet for the most part.
Adorable for adults who like teddy bears and for probably every little kid on planet Earth.
They aren’t cheap — but they aren’t that expensive either. You can get a teddy bear for about $ 10 – 15 and the outfits are about $ 16 or so on average for the set. You can add little voice boxes and smells to their tummys and they are around $ 5 – 10 also. Depends on how in-​depth you want to go but probably for a really tricked out teddy you’re talking $ 50 which, for a custom gift for someone you love, I don’t think that’s too much.

Recently, I was at Build A Bear Shop to get my daughter a stuff animal. I was amazed only one of the three ladies working connected with my daughter. With that connection led me to buy not only a stuff animal, a dress, and bag too. I got up sold, but it was well worth it. My daughter was happy. I believe the other two ladies were just busy with stuff, not focusing on connecting with the customers. My daughter wants to go back on her birthday to get a bear. I will look for the same lady who connected with her.