Build-A-Bear Workshop

My boyfriend and I were getting his niece a bear for her birthday! The actual animal is priced decently. Majority of the animals range from $ 16-​$ 25. What makes Build a Bear pricey are all of the neat accessories. They have accessories like shoes, bows, tutu, and little outfits. Even the outfits are themed! They have out fits for careers (military, police officers, doctors, ect), Frozen themed, sports themed, birthday themed, and so much more!
The experience makes the price worth it though!!! We had Cheyanne help make our bear. Even though we were two grown adults with no children with us at the store, she made our experience so sweet and memorable. She suggested her favorite scent and asked if our bear was firm enough. My favorite part was that she asked both me and my boyfriend to grab a little heart and both make a birthday wish for his niece. Once we were done with our «birthday wish» she put both hearts in the bear and sewed the bear right up! She sent us to get a birth certificate for the bear. Her being so sweet makes me feel comfortable bringing my boyfriends niece here, knowing she will be treated kindly.
This part will was also worth the money. By having a birth certificate, if the bear «runs away from home», just bring your certificate back to the store and more than likely your «run away bear» will be back at the store «waiting» for you. Which I thought was great and a great way to present it in front of children— if you catch what I’m saying.
Over all, we spent $ 50.00 on the bear, tutu shirt, shoes, a birthday cupcake, and birth certificate. Personally I think it was a great deal for a birthday gift. I hope we can make it a tradition and bring my boyfriends niece and her bear back next year to pick a new outfit or friend to add to her new collection!

We had a good time here. The staff was very friendly and fun, and made the experience enjoyable for my daughter. The prices are outrageous considering its all stuff made by Chinese slave laborers but I guess you’re really paying for the experience… and the girl who stuffs the bear for you. They should just import a Chinese girl and pay her $ 12 a month or whatever they earn in their homeland to cut down on the cost. No seriously, this is ‘murica baby land of free and home of the save… on the backs of third world factory workers. Y’know the sad part is I’m probably being generous with that monthly wage estimation. Sorry, I know. I’m ridiculous. Anyway, fun place to go for the grandparents to spoil the kids or maybe a birthday treat for the kids. Your kid gets to build the bear everything from picking a little voice box to go in there, picking a scent and a picking out an outfit. They get to name it, «bathe» it and print out a birth certificate. Its adorbs.

We love Tony and his staff. … this is the place to come!

The staff at the North Star location is always friendly. My daughter’s GS troop had a party there and it was well-​organized. The fellow who ran the party, as well as the shop manager, were helpful and enthusiastic. This shop is kept clean and well stocked.
Although BABW can get pricey after you factor in the costs of outfits and accessories, the bears hold up well and the company sends several coupons during the year.

One of coolest stores for kids in North Star Mall is Build-​A-​Bear Workshop. Build-​A-​Bear always makes my boys happy, and makes them kids again. To see their own stuffed animals specially made for them excites them.
I have bought about 4 different stuffed toys from Build-​A-​Bear over the past years. When I first took my kids to Build-​A-​Bear I remember spending well over $ 50 for two bears one with clothes one without. I remember the lower priced stuffed animals really look like lower priced, cheap, sad stuffed animals. Forward some years to last week; I was glad to see the lower priced stuffed animals looking like something my boys may want. As a matter of fact, that’s exactly what my boys picked by themselves two stuffed dogs going for $ 12 each. I was glad to see Build-​A-​Bear offered a good product for that price. In addition to the price; all stuffed animals were hypoallergenic.
But, on the bad side Build-​A-​Bear can still get really expensive, and become a parents nightmare. I would suggest never go during peak shopping seasons, cause forget it you will end up paying well over what you wanted to spend with all the clothes, and accessories they have. For this reason I gave them 4 stars.