Making Your Own Stuffed BearKids of all ages seem to love the "making your own stuffed bear" opportunities that are available now. There are a few different options for doing this that don't require any sewing skills. The first option for making your own stuffed bear is to go to the mall to a Build A Bear Workshop store where the kind employees help kids through the process of choosing an animal, putting a heart inside, and watching the employee use the stuffing machine and sew up the animal. Then the kids choose outfits and accessories and make a birth certificate for their bear or other animal on the computer. The other option for making your own stuffed bear is to either have or attend a bear making party. The Noah's Ark company is the most well known for this. They will come to your house with the selected animals and outfits and help you and your guests through the process. These animals have a wishing star to put inside and come with a birth certificate as well. You can purchase sound chips to put inside with the stuffing and a variety of outfits for your bears or other animal creations. You can also order these online, so you can do your making your own stuffed bear project at home. There are a wide variety of other websites on the internet that sell similar kits for making your own stuffed bear or other animal at home. If you are interested in doing this, check around as many of the websites have the exact same animals and outfits, but have different prices and shipping costs. Some of these kits include the stuffing and some do not, so be sure to verify this before ordering so you know whether or not you need to go purchase stuffing at the craft store ahead of time. The prices are pretty reasonable for making your own stuffed bear. The animals usually cost between $10 and $20. The sound chips, if desired, are usually less than $5, except for the recordable chip which is around $7. The outfits run between $8 and $15. The price for the completed animal is actually pretty comparable to the price you would pay to buy a similar stuffed animal in a toy store, and this way the kids have fun helping to create their animal. Making your own stuffed bear gives you a new stuffed friend that you will be able to play with for years to come. Kids don't tend to become as bored with these animals as they might with other animals since they helped to make it and can buy new outfits for it to make it a bit different whenever they choose.
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