Build-a-Bear Workshop
David entering his puppy's information at the Build-a-Bear Workshop.
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While we were in Texas, we visited the Build-a-Bear Workshop (BABW). Jessica's mother-in-law, Linda, wanted to help David make his own animal. It is amazing all the different animals they have to choose from. Here I thought that all they had was bears. Oh, no! They have giraffes, dogs, Elmo, and many more. There is also a whole process you go through. First, the child selects the animal. Next, they can choose a sound if they want to. David picked a dog bark for his puppy. Then you make a wish on a heart and kiss the heart. Now you get to the BABW worker who stuffs the animal. Before they put in the stuffing, they put in the heart, any sound (if chosen), as well as the animal's identification number (it is a barcode that is unique to the animal, so if David ever loses it, the dog can find its way back to him). Next, the animal is stuffed. After the animal is stuffed, you give it a bath (with air and a brush to fluff it up). Finally, you can purchase clothes for the animal. After this is all done, you still aren't ready to pay for it. You have to input the animal's information as well as your own or the gift recipients's into a computer like David is doing in the picture. Now --- you can pay for it!!!
If you have ever wanted to go, but didn't have the money, you may be able to go now and build a bear for the children who survived Katrina. I know that they were doing this at the mall in Houston. Call your local BABW and ask if they are participating in this program. At the Baybrook Mall, they let you build the bear for the children and then gave you something like 20% off of clothes and accessories if you wanted to add those. What a great gift to those children and a comfort to them who have lost so much!
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While we were in Texas, we visited the Build-a-Bear Workshop (BABW). Jessica's mother-in-law, Linda, wanted to help David make his own animal. It is amazing all the different animals they have to choose from. Here I thought that all they had was bears. Oh, no! They have giraffes, dogs, Elmo, and many more. There is also a whole process you go through. First, the child selects the animal. Next, they can choose a sound if they want to. David picked a dog bark for his puppy. Then you make a wish on a heart and kiss the heart. Now you get to the BABW worker who stuffs the animal. Before they put in the stuffing, they put in the heart, any sound (if chosen), as well as the animal's identification number (it is a barcode that is unique to the animal, so if David ever loses it, the dog can find its way back to him). Next, the animal is stuffed. After the animal is stuffed, you give it a bath (with air and a brush to fluff it up). Finally, you can purchase clothes for the animal. After this is all done, you still aren't ready to pay for it. You have to input the animal's information as well as your own or the gift recipients's into a computer like David is doing in the picture. Now --- you can pay for it!!!
If you have ever wanted to go, but didn't have the money, you may be able to go now and build a bear for the children who survived Katrina. I know that they were doing this at the mall in Houston. Call your local BABW and ask if they are participating in this program. At the Baybrook Mall, they let you build the bear for the children and then gave you something like 20% off of clothes and accessories if you wanted to add those. What a great gift to those children and a comfort to them who have lost so much!
posted by Steph @ 9/08/2005 09:08:00 AM
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