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®.

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.

With 400 stores, the company plans to trim 60 underperforming stores over two years. In 2015, a lawsuit sought damages for discriminating against blind people and lack of blind-accessible point-of-sale machines in Build-a-Bear shops.

The process alone is about 10-30 minutes (depending on how many animals you get and how much time you want to spend with each different step. That being said sometimes the stores can be really busy which will make it take much longer.

Originally conceived as a place for children to create their own special teddy bear with a step-by-step process including our now iconic Heart Ceremony, Build-A-Bear is now a multi-generational, multi-dimensional global brand appealing to diverse consumer demographics.

Our mission is a natural extension of the Build-A-Bear vision, which is to empower kids of all ages to express themselves in a safe, warm space through services, experiences and, of course, furry friends! Through our company's vision, our Guests rediscover - and celebrate - the heart of childhood.

Also, each of our animals is made with a unique bar code that is placed inside of it when it's made. We also give each animal a "birth certificate" with that number so it is tied to the purchaser. Found animals can be returned to the store where we can contact the person who lost it.

Our furry friends all have a base cost and the total cost to Build-A-Bear depends on the clothing and accessories you choose or don't choose to add to your stuffed animal.

Louis-based company is seeing a strong post-pandemic resurgence in demand for its create-your-own soft plush toys, and Build-A-Bear Workshop attributes that to shoppers 13 and older.

It's true that our furry friends appeal to kids of all ages. 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. You may check our product packaging as a guide for product safety and age-play appropriateness.

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!!

Each creation is genuinely one-of-a-kind - right down to a recorded Build-A-Sound message each Guest can record to add their own special message to their furry friend! And our furry friends aren't just for the little ones - they make heartfelt, thoughtful gifts for grown-ups, too.