I was thinking of taking my daughter to the one in Covent Garden as a birthday treat. Has anyone been? Was it worth it? How expensive is it too? I know it depends on the type of bear, accessories etc, but ball park how much are we talking?

Thanks!

I rue the day I took dd into Build a Bear. I know its a treat and you are paying to 'make' the bear but they start at £10 iirc and go right up to about 20. Then they encourage you to put a sound or eartbeat in, which can be anything up to about a fiver, and then come the clothes <<shudder>>
It would be very very easy to spend £30 or £40 if not more in one go, which is very steep for what is essentially a stuffed toy. That said, dd loves going in to have a look, but I find the staff overly pushy, especially on the days I have said to dd, 'we are looking not buying' [mean mummy emoticon]

DH is going with her if they go and he is better when it comes to pushy sales peeps (I am a pushover!) I was thinking the decider would be that if she gets any birthday money (which she usually does from her GGrand-parents) she can use that. Isn't everything expensive when it comes to kids these days

How old is she lula? My dd is 4 and she does play with the bears she has from there but there are other toys she plkays with more that cost far less (we do the birthday money thing there too)

Our DCs were treated to this when they were 4 and 2.6 by an uncle.
The 4 yr old enjoyed making his cat and remembers it 1 yr on. He sometimes enjoys making it 'meow'.
The 2.6 chose an incredibly coordinated outfit for hers (I wish she would pick coordinate in the same way when deciding what to wear!) but lost interest within about 3 days.

It is very expensive and a waste of money IMO.

my ds has loved his monkey from there, they can use pocket money to buy bits too.

he has a judo/karate kit, a tracksuit and jeans and t shirt, which have been bought for monkey over the years.

i was in the covent garden storey today buying his christmas outfit!! ultra enthusiastic sales assistant in there today!

there are expensive bits, ie the themed high school musical bits etc, and some hannah montana.

My 8 year old had a birthday party there 6 children we had put a max of £18 on each girls bear and not once did the staff try to push them over this in fact several times I heard them say to the girls how about this instead as thats much nicer for your bear. all 6 girls still have their bears my dd sleeps with hers every night and utterly adores it as far as I am concerned it was money well spent and I dont actually think that £20 for that size of a stuffed toy is all that unusual

I would go it is a lovely fun thing to do then go and have some lunch as a birthday treat somewhere after as a family.