Making Your Own Stuffed Bear - The Innovation 100 years late but we are sure glad its here now

Teddy bears are one of those things that were practically invented less than 100 years ago but ask anyone young or old and they will tell you it seems like the teddy bear has been around forever.

The teddy bear has evolved into many incarnations over the years and seems as if it has as many unique incarnations and qualities as we human beings do! The teddy bear seems to have taken on a life of its own to the point where now the teddy bear is no longer just a toy.

Most people, when they go looking for a teddy bear, are looking for a virtual custom teddy bear. The people making and marketing the vast majority of stuffed animals try to put out familiar concepts, things people will connect with. We can't help but buy a stuffed bear that reminds us of ourselves or someone we adore.

When we go looking for a stuffed bear, weather were out on purpose or see them while were out shopping for some other purpose we generally love to find something that mimics some perception that have have of the person we are giving it to.

If were shopping for something else and see a stuffed bear that reminds us of someone or if it's theme, clothes, etc.. triggers a memory or thought of something pleasant, we will get it while still filled with nostalgia and wanting to show it to someone, or give it to someone as a gift to show we "see" them and thought we'd share our insight.

In many ways this gift is about impressing upon the person receiving the bear how the giver perceives them. One of the laws of nature to being human is we feel wonderful when were acknowledged as the unique person we are. It has always been hard to find "just the right unique teddy bear" to personify someone, simply because rarely can you do this without creating it yourself!

When given to a child the teddy bear is often chosen based on some ideal such as it characterizing one or both of the parents, the child's idea of an imaginary friend, or their favorite character even.

The teddy bear has taken on the identity of being safe, and to do that effectively the child (or adult) has to bond with it- build a rapport of a sort. This happens quickly through mirroring something that person finds pleasant, safe, familiar, something that triggers a happy thought place, or event.

As cute as many teddy bears are, they aren't going to cut it for the reason many people give them to their sweethearts, or their friends.

Teddy bears are not just for kids, many people love them because they reflect back to them a time of innocence, a time when they were more purely liberated from stress, working their life away, and living in chaos of most households.

The teddy bear however must have some element of personalization to be effective to the gift recipient. For a child it simply has to be cute, but even later in life when someone gives you a teddy bear it will most likely if possible be something that resembles that bear you so dearly cherished that it fell apart at the seems. That will be the bear style that will be the most powerful to you.

For years the bear makers have been trying to figure out what people want in a teddy bear but because the very way people shop for them is as dynamic as life itself, there has always been a gap leading to the customer settling for something "close" to what they hoped to find- Not anymore.

Now you can assemble your own bear from stuffing to accessories, you can pick every aspect, every stitch of the bear out custom. When I say every stitch I mean you can pick the color of the thread, the shape of the bear, the type of stuffing it's filled with, eyes, nose, mouth, clothing, shoes, sandals, you can even fit him or her with boxers, t-shirts, hats, bandanas, watches, pagers, and much more. Their are entire stores filled to the brim with just teddy bear stuff.

The beauty of this is now you CAN build a bear for ANYONE that is so personal they will bond with it instantly and remember you forever just for going to the trouble (they don't know you had a blast building the bear)! It is the most flattering gift ever. I read an interesting site that talks more about collectable - custom -stuffed bears here:

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Happy bear shopping!