Build-A-Bear

WOW was this place overwhelming! Mari and Xavier went there yesterday to celebrate their cousin Isabel's 9th birthday! I could not get over all of the STUFF they had. Mari had a good time picking out clothes for her "monkey"; however, Xavier could of cared less and was happy pulling all the clothes off the shelf!

First off they get you by making you choose from over 25+ animals to make. This process took us a good 20 minutes. Mari decided on a Monkey and Xavier decided on all the animals, but narrowed it down to an elephant.

Once you have picked out an animal you pick a sound and special heart and then you stuff it. Before stuffing you have to kiss the heart and close your eyes and make a wish and put the heart inside your animal. Once it is stuffed the staff asks you to jump up and down, turn around, and then hug your animal. Here are pictures of them hugging their animals:

Mari and her Monkey

Xavier with his Elephant

Now it was time to pick out what your animal would wear. They had everything from, Halloween costumes, princess costumes, sport themed costumes and vast assortment of boys and girls clothes. You name it they had it. However, you could not just stop at the clothes, you needed a hat, shoes, glasses, purse, cell phone, wands, swords, etc. It was unbelievable.

After about 1 1/2 hours looking for that magical outfit and $80.00 later, here are the end results:

Mari, Xavier, Isabel and Aranza

It was a lot of fun, but hopefully Mari won't want to go back anytime soon!