I think it's fun...but there is no way I'd step in one on the weekends. They're a mad house!

I'd love a go!

A friend was trying to wean her 3 year old from the pacifier and so they went to Build a Bear and her daughter had it put inside a teddy. I thought that was a genius idea for getting rid of it, but still being able to know it's nearby when she sleeps with her teddy bear.

masonsmama, that is a brilliant idea! i'll have to remember that one!!!

i never heard of anyone not liking build-a-bear! 2 of my girls had birthday parties there when they were 4. it's cute!

I think it's great. I've never heard of anyone not liking Build-A-Bear either.

I adore Build a Bear. I've never heard of people not liking it either.

My son is obsessed with it. He's going through some medical issues now and his prize when he's done with the treatments is Build-a-Bear at Downtown Disney. He couldn't be more thrilled.

I even have two of my own and just bought one for my almost 8-month-old daughter.

i love build a bear hell i have two one a san antonio spur and one a dallas cowboy, my son has one and his name is tony parker and my daughter has one and her name is ashley, they are so much fun, masonmom that is an awesome idea

I also have never heard of parents not liking this! I love taking my nieces and nephews there! I also love the pacifier idea!

They are a little overpriced but the idea is uber cute! My boy cousin went to that store and loved it.

Why would parents not step foot in this store? My nephew loves this place and has built about 15 different animals.

I love this store. I am gonna go get another one when my daughter is born, We have 2 poodles and a bear.

I would love to know why someone would be against it (well other than it can get expensive). My son loves it and has way too many of them.

Me and my hubby took our niece there when she was 3 for her Christmas present. She had so much fun that a month later she had her birthday there! I think it was a blast for us to make the bear together.

its a fun place for kids. my neices have had their bday parties there.

wish this place had existed in my childhood lol.

Love it. I think it is a fun place for children.

I don't understand why anyone would dislike the shop?

I love it, too. Maybe it's the same kind of thing as with Chuck E. Cheese? You know, screaming kids, overcrowded, pricey...

never been there but i've never heard of people not liking it?!

never been there....kids went thru a phase of wanting one...but i couldn't see paying that kind of money for a stuffed animal

Wow, how can anyone not like a store filled with adorable fuzzy animals? I used to go in there all of the time before I had my son just for me! And I always wanted one, but never felt I could justify it for no reason. I'm definitely taking him when he's old enough to get it.

I love that place, and I dont think they are overpriced at all! I have one myself and i am 34.

I looooooove Build A Bear.....I can't imagine anyone not liking it.I've even gone there alone to stuff them as gifts for my nieces and nephews.I own 2 of them myself and my daughter has 22 bears.I bought her her first one when she was 6 months old.

It's such a fun place for kids.I just had a birthday party for my daughter there this past March for 8 of her girlfriends.The price was very reasonable and I had just as much fun as the girls did.

I love Build a Bear, all three of my kids have at least 2 of them. I also like the cute outfits they have for the bears. When my daughter was born my sons went and made a bear for her as a gift. It was their own idea and they loved making it just for her.

My daughter loves build a bear. She has about 12 bears and also does the interactive think online. Very cute. My daughter also made a bear for her little brother. And it is not terribly expensive. I mean you can get a bear for $10.

I think Pop must be in the wrong demographic to find people that don't like it, because I'm with everyone else on here. LOVE that place!

AND I LOVE the idea about the pacifier MASONSMAMA! Thanks for the hint! One of my friends is struggling with this herself right now, and I'm giving her this idea! THANKS!

i ♥ this place me and my bf made bears for each other one valentines day it was fun! My little sister (12 years younger than me) when she was little LOVED that place.
And off topic kinda...that picture of suri above is too cute!

what's not to like?

by the way, Suri is sooooo cute

I don't think they're overpriced either. I think it can be if you go with clothes, shoes, dresser, stroller, hats, roller skates, etc, all on one visit. But buying a bear and an outfit is reasonable, considering how personalized it is. If I went to an Angel game and bought an Angel bear in a uniform, it would cost the same but the clothes wouldn't come off. With a Build a Bear, new clothes come often.

I had planned to put off getting my daughter one, but then I saw the Amethyst bear, which is her birthstone. I couldn't resist. I didn't get any clothes, though. Much as I wanted to get a tiara.

I've never heard of anyone not liking it, but I'm personally in the middle...

I think it's cute, and a great idea, but I wouldn't get one for my kids because they're so mass produced and unoriginal. It probably helps that I can sew and they LOVE watching their items be created from literally nothing. They can pick out specific buttons for eyes, they rummage through my fabric scraps for clothing to make for them, and they sit on my lap and help push all the buttons, which makes them feel like they're really making it. Plus they get to stuff it.

So yeah... I'm neither If my kids went to a birthday party there or something I'm sure they'd have a blast and love what they made. Oh and the pacifier idea is just too great for words!!!

LiL, that's how my Mom was with us kids. Now, we didn't HAVE Build a bear back then, but I still have all the stuffed babies my Mom made because they have sentimental value. I do agree that the build a bears, while cute and personalized, aren't original. I would keep the ones Mom made, but I can see myself selling off build a bears if I ever needed to for some reason.

wow....i'm odd lady out i guess........just don't see the hype about it at all...but hey...if it floats your boat..go for it!

Jessie, we're looking for the people that said "I wouldn't set foot in a build-a-bear" and haven't found one, or is that you? LOL

I can see people not CARING about it one way or another, that makes sense, but I think the comment about "Wouldn't step foot in one" is off base. I think more likely than not it's people like Jessie who just don't get the hype.

My son loves his Snow Leopard and takes it everywhere. He calls it SuperCat.

I admit, I was hesitant at first since I have all boys and assumed this was a girl thing. But my youngest son liked stuffed animals so I took him and he loved it.

I wouldn't go more than once though...too expensive!

Cherry, my son has 3 of them. The first one he got in Disneyland, and the other two were gifts for different things. But yeah, to just go "just because", well, I guess Tom Cruise can afford that but I think the average family does it on special occasions only. LOL

We take my son a few times a year for new animals, a little more often to get a new hat or shirt for one of his existing animals. It's about $25 each time we go.

I think it may not be "original" but for those of us who can't sew, it creates a very personal animal for the child. It's much better (and cheaper) than buying a regular stuffed animals and trying to find baby clothes that fit it. Especially with the costumes or sports uniforms, you can't find those often in bear-sizes.

I love it. My son is too small now, but I think he'd have fun. Boy oh boy as it is now he has so many stuffed animals that he's not all that interested in. So maybe he won't like it who knows. But I know I want another one.