Once you have completed your bears you write a wish on a little heart card and pop it into the heart case. This then goes into your bear in the hope your wish comes true. So cute! You also get to fill out an official build a bear certificate for each bear.

When I opened it up, I was really pleased (and surprised) to see that their were 2 bears for us to make. Quite often with things like this, you only get 1. This was a great start and it also meant the girls could make one each. Following the instructions, stuffing the bears was really easy to do. At first I was worried Lamb would need a lot of assistance, but he actually managed to do most of it himself.We had our own stuffing station, which is like a smaller version of what they have at the workshops. Holly went first and filled the station with the stuffing. It said to use 1 whole bag for each bear, it looked a lot, but it did all fit in the bear. You attached the bear on one end and then turn the handle and the stuffing goes into the bear. You do have to use your fingers to push the stuffing into the arms and legs.

The boys were recently sent a new toy to review. The Build A Bear Stuffing Station. Bear is a little young to play with this so it was down to Lamb to test it out. I think we were quite late to the party with Build-A-Bear, I know children that have several of them. But the girls only got their first Build-A-Bear for their’s birthday’s in August this year. They both got given a gift voucher and we went along to the workshop and they made their bears. They loved it and that was the start of their love of build-a-bear. If you’ve got a child who LOVES teddy bears, and you’re happy to pay a few quid to buy new bears every now and then, then this toy is perfect for your kid. ~A~It’s not very often where we receive a toy that the girls absolutely loved doing, it did everything that it was meant to do, is great quality and will be used again in the future. I was genuinely impressed with it.