Build A-Bear Workshop

Bears here are really cool. You get to choose your own bear you get to choose a style of clothing and a whole bunch of accessories. These build your own teddy bears are a great gift for your nieces and nephews or even a girlfriend. The store is located on the second floor of Fashion Valley Mall close to Bloomingdale’s

thank god I have a near location build a bear. This place rocks. The bears are high quality and perfect for all occasions. the workers are all very sweet.

We really enjoyed our time at Build-​a-​bear! As this was my first time building, the staff were incredibly helpful and walked us through the process. There were so many choices of bears to build with lots of clothes/​accessories.
We also had the option of adding voice messages and fragrances to be into the bear.
I highly recommend this location.

Just this Wednesday, I took my daughter to her very first Build-​A-​Bear experience. My daughter, Zoe, is two and she picked out a cute little monkey and named it George. The staff was super attentive and interactive with Zoe. At the end of the day, money was not an issue because we left that store with an extremely happy, little girl! :)

Gotten several bears (monkeys, and my little ponies) from here over the years. Great experience every time. Wished it was cheaper… but girls really love their stuffies from here.

I have come here on several occasions. I constantly get email updates, 5 to 10 $ off purchases and discounts. I’ve gone to several locations and staff is friendly, but most importantly it’s kid friendly and all about then and their interests. We do these bears occasionally and they have so much more of a personal touch over other stuffed animals. I appreciate it here.

Always clean and nice staff. Its only busy around holiday time. Kids love it… good incentive. Lol

My husband and I went here on a Saturday so it was quite busy. We had to get a gift for our baby friend Kyle and we chose the Captain America bear! Man is that thing cute. Shield, mask and cool outfit as well as star printed fur! The store has a number of different animals and so many different outfits to choose from. I can not wait to come back with an actual child, it will be VERY entertaining.

So for Valentines day I decided to come in to Build-​A-​Bear to have a special teddy bear made for my girlfriend and ended up having a great experience.
The girl that helped me customize my bear was awesome! Even though the process was kind of embarrassing she didn’t make things awkward even when my custom voice addition to the bear kept going off as she was shoving it into the bear! In fact we had a really good laugh about it while I tried not to be too humiliated. :)
I highly recommend this place because the whole staff was awesome and they made the experience very pleasant.

Great experience, came on a Friday morning. Not busy at all. In and out within 30 min. We went basic and didn’t get carried away, got out the door for $ 25 :)

Why didn’t someone create this company sooner than they did! I love going to Build-​A-​Bear Workshops all over the country, but the location here in Fashion Valley is one of the best. I have almost every bear they have ever come out with since they open and I love coming in to stuff a new bear for a present for someone or stuff a new bear to keep for myself. They have the best and most friendly staff at this location that go above and beyond what they need to do to be a good employee, they are GREAT employees! I will come back to this location again and again in the future to build more bears and animals! xx

What’s more adorable than an expensive bear with a heart? How about an expensive pony with a heart?! BE CAREFUL which animal you let your child choose, because the different stuffed animals start at different prices! Everything you choose for your child’s stuffed animal adds to the price. I paid around $ 50 for my granddaughter’s stuffed pony without any sound, and with the following items added: a strawberry scent, 1 pair of pony pants with a ruffle, and a package of pony hair extensions. We skipped the shoes because it would have cost $ 18 more to fit the pony’s 4 feet into shoes. Expect to spend $ 50 or more for 1 stuffed animal with all the trimmings at this store.
I took my granddaughter to get her first Build-​A-​Bear stuffed toy to this Fashion Valley store, and she was thrilled! Since it was her first visit, she wasn’t too demanding. It helps if you let your child know what to expect.
The staff are good with kids, and they make it fun. Try to go when it’s not too crowded. The one thing I hate about Build-​A-​Bear is that when they have a children’s bday party, they always have the children leave shouting, «Take Me Home! Take Me Home!» It’s super annoying, and not cute at all. They sound like demented robot children. 0-​:
My granddaughter wasn’t there with a party. We came on our own. It was a fun experience, and I don’t mean to sound negative, just realistic. For $ 50 we had a few minutes of fun. My granddaughter will probably grow tired of her new pony soon, as children do.

My daughter loves build a bear! We came while the new panda bear was out .I believe it was a harajuku? Not sure. but everything was fine till we went to pay. You were supposed to get a free panda coin purse with a purchase of the panda bear. they ran out when we got to the register… I think build a bear should order more of the gifts they advertise because even though it says while supplies last little kids dont understand and are expecting what they are «supposed» to get… overall we love build a bear and come often. all the clothes and shoes are super cute.. you can easily cone out of there paying $ 200 lol. we usually always go when there is a discount or coupon

This place is going to go down as on of the best experiences I have had in a long time.
When you have a little one who is into everything, this is the place to go to. We had the joy of selecting one of the many different kind of bears out there. We choose a the teddy bear, then we went down and added a little voice box in the hand.
They gave My little guy a heart to put into it. I thought that is a great way to bring the bear to life.
Z loved this place so much. I keep going here with him for all the same reasons I have listed. Plus the service is great!
Cheers.

I had a mini party here for my daughter this past Saturday. Leandra did our party. She was really energetic and fun with the girls. She made the party special. We thought she was awesome! :)
I opted for the party package for $ 20, the girls each got any animal $ 18 or under, with a shirt, but I would really recommend the package for $ 25 which inlcudes a bear for $ 18 and up and an outfit because there weren’t that many shirts to pick from.

was shopping here w my mommy and she bought me a bear ;) and i didnt even have to ask for one. my bear is naked though i didnt want all that crap on it cuz it wouldnt be very cuddly

I decided to check this place out while strolling through Fashion Valley Mall. Since Build A Bear Workshop stores usually have rotating and sometimes limited editions of animals you can choose from, I wanted to see what some of their current choices were.
They had the standard dogs, cats, bunnies, turtles, elephants, turtles, cheetahs, and other well known animals. I think I almost teared a little when I saw that lo and behold, they have a selection of DINOSAURS now! Argentinosaurus, Velociraptor, Parasaurolophus, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Pteranodon.
I quickly chose a Triceratops, since that’s my favorite dinosaur. But then decided the Ankylosaurus was too cute too pass up, so I got that one too. While I was getting both of them stuffed and deciding on what special dino outfits and accessories to give them, I was getting weird looks from parents seeing a grown woman smiling from ear to ear. But who cares? I got two new friends that day! I decided to name them Cera and Ank (you can figure out which belonged to which.)
This is the only store in California and among a handful of others in the country where they have dinosaurs. They are also available on their website.
Only recommendation when choosing any animal in the stores, carefully look over the one you are going to get before having it stuffed. I saw some with dried snot, dried ice cream (puke?), and other unknown crusties on some of the dinosaurs I was looking over.
Bring your hand sanitizer!

I don’t have kids, so I don’t claim to know the hottest new toys or things for them to do. I do however have a beautiful 2 year old god daughter that I would do anything for and that I love to death. At this point in her little life, I wanted to do something for her for Christmas that we could do together, and that she would sort of treasure in her little short term memory. So I thought it would be great to make a teddy bear together at the Build A Bear Workshop in Fashion Valley.
Great idea in theory, not as great in execution. So every bear in here is custom made. You walk in and start at the first station and then walk around from station to station making your bear. At the first station you choose your bear or animal shell. (the outside of the animal with nothing inside). Little Vendela went nuts here. I guess at 2, she would see one, then see another one that she liked more. In the end she decided on a pink bear, even though her step mother and I tried to convince her the pink bear wouldn’t look as cute in clothes. She was set on the pink bear though.
So we went on to the next station. Which was maybe 3 feet away. At this one we were supposed to pick a sound to put in the bear. This is where it got confusing. The sounds were demonstrated in a TV and then if you wanted that particular sound you got it out of a basket. If you wanted to record a custom sound you took the chip and there were instructions. It wasn’t clear though how to record it. Meanwhile our 2 year old saw the outfits to the left of us and ran off, with her shell of a pink bear picking things out for her to wear.
Once we sorted out how to record a greeting to little Vendela, we moved onto the next one, where we pick a heart (a little heart shaped patch pretty much) had the person at the station put it in the bear, and then with a foot operated control pedal, and the help of the staff member holding our bear for us, we filled up our bear with stuffing to be as full or not as we wanted it to be. This was also where the staff takes the sound chip and places it in the bear wherever we want to place it. This station scared Vendela and for a few minutes she just watched everyone else before putting her tiny little foot down on the pedal. In the end «Aunt D» had to help her. Once the bear was a full as she wanted it to be she grabbed it again and ran off.
Next was the station where they take a brush and comb and fluff the bear. Vendela loved this part. But then she had a little accident here, as she got too excited and forgot to go potty. So there we were with a 2 year old and a puddle on the floor, but she wouldn’t let go of her bear «Pink» and kept on brushing it while we had her father run down to the Gap to buy her diapers, undies and new jeans.
After fluffing the bear, you can view the main part of the room where all the freakin clothes and accessories are. These people sure think of everything they can make money on! I won’t list everything but I’ll tell you what «Pink» got, a skirt, shirt and tennis shoes, with a matching purse and had and sunglasses, a New Year’s Eve dress with fancy slippers, and purse, 2 piece pajamas with furry slippers, a bathing suit with sunglasses, flip flops, beach pail and cover up, a soccer out fit with ball and shoes, and a patent leather bag just because Vendela was worried «Pink» might need it.
After that we had to go and name the bear at a computer so that when we paid, we would get a certificate with it’s name and owner’s name. Little Vendela already knew the name of her bear so making «Pink’s» name official was easy but the computer of course asked so many questions about marketing us and if we wanted to get on email campaigns, I almost just didn’t want to name the bear anymore!
Then we took «Pink», her new wardrobe up to the cashier and paid for her, received her «condo» box to go home in, and her name certification. Vendela insisted on carrying her bear home all by herself in the new condo.
Maybe it was my fault for bringing her at such a young age, to the place, but I felt like the stations were too close together in space in the room, and there wasn’t enough staff to help answer questions. The only station with assigned staff was the one where they stuff the bear, and put the heart and sound chip in. Everything else was kind of figure it out on your own. Plus the clothing, which can send a child into a tizzy was next to the stations (great marketing) and got Vendela distracted at every step.
The actual bear might have costed about $ 20 to make, but her outfits and accessories cost me another $ 100. Completely worth it for my only god daughter but not what I expected.
I would bring her back again next year, as I would like to make this a yearly tradition with her until she gets tired of it… I hope next year she is more able to focus and not get as distracted as she did this time. Fun times though!