The Most Fun You'll Ever Make “The Most Fun You'll Ever Make” – that's the motto behind the iconic global retailer, Build-A-Bear Workshop, which offers guests the opportunity to make personalized stuffed animals, including adding smells, sounds and outfits.

She went to toy factories and children's retail stores looking for ideas. She drew up three plans, then presented them to a panel of children. The build-a-bear concept was selected from the three, as the children were excited about it, and the stuffed animals offered a high-profit margin.

Guests who visit a Build-A-Bear Workshop® store enter a recognizable and distinctive teddy bear themed environment consisting of eight stuffed animal-making stations: Choose Me, Hear Me, Stuff Me, Stitch Me, Fluff Me, Dress Me, Name Me and Take Me Home®.

Our associates can make minor repairs in stores; however, we are not able to accept bears requiring extensive repairs.

Although the bear safety rhyme “If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, goodnight” sounds like good advice, you have to know why a bear is attacking you before you can decide the best way to respond.

7. To grab the bear by the tail. Meaning: This phrase suggests that a person has to make an important or difficult decision. Example Sentence: "I know it has been difficult for John to make this decision, but he will simply have to grab the bear by its tail and get it done."

Ursavus elmensis However, it was only about 20 million years ago that the first identifiable bear, Ursavus elmensis, also known as the dawn bear roamed the earth. These bears had dog-like features and characteristics, and set the evolutionary path for modern day bears.

Cubs are born in the middle of the winter denning period, usually between mid-January and early February. Cubs are born tiny, helpless, and hairless, weighing less than half a pound. A mother bear will typically give birth to one to three cubs at a time.

Our Count Your Candles offer has become a birthday tradition since our Pay Your Age event! The age they're turning is how much their Birthday Treat Bear costs during their birthday month!

Love my manager, love my coworkers, and love having the chance to make the day of people of all ages. Not the best pay and don't get a lot of hours (I'm part time along with my other Bear Builder coworkers, so it's understandable) but every shift is so much fun! I use this as my “fun job” and I don't regret it at all!!

But please note that our stuffed animals are appropriate for kids ages 2 and up. Our clothing and accessories are appropriate for children ages 3 and up.

Don't buy products that come from bears. Campaign to end bear-baiting, dancing bears, bear farming and hunting of endangered populations. Take steps to reduce your impact on the planet; we need to reverse climate change to protect bears.