REVIEW - Bears n Buddies

From the website:

Introducing Bears n Buddies Canada - your one-stop do-it-yourself headquarters for teddy bears and other stuffed animals and accessories since 2005.


We offer you a wide selection of high quality unstuffed teddy bears & animal kits that you make at home. No more waiting at the mall in long line-ups to have stuffing blown into your new friend. And no sewing is required - close the zipper, cut the string, and seal the industrial-strength velcro & your Buddy is ready for you!

We specialize in Do-It-Yourself Birthday Parties!!

Review:

When the package arrived, Julien and I opened it together. I hadn't told him that we would be doing this, so he was quite confused when he pulled out an unstuffed bear.  I read the instructions and explained to him what needed to be done.

contents of the package

At first, he watched me and when I tried to get him to help, he didn't really want to. However, after watching me stuff the bears head, he decided to give it a try - and he did a pretty good job with it! I was actually surprised - based on his age - how well he did!

After we stuffed the head, arms and legs, we half stuffed the bear, he made a wish on his star and put it in the centre - and then we were able to finish.

making his wish on the star

adding the star to the tummy

With your animal kit, comes an adoption certificate - Julien decided that he wanted to name his bear "happy birthday bear".

his finished product, "happy birthday bear"

All in all, it took us about 20 minutes to make the bear - and he had a lot of fun in the process.

If your looking for a fun rainy day project, or need a craft idea for a group - check out Bears n Buddies!