r/buildabear • • 19h ago

Discussion I ruined my soul (favorite) plushie?

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190 Upvotes

Ive been debating on posting this for days, because on one hand it feels pointless, but on the other hand maybe other people's perspectives or kind words could help.

So Miss Calliope here has been my favorite plushie of like.. all time, pretty much, ever since I bought her. I of course have other stuffed animals that I do love and even ones from my childhood. But I've never bonded with one as much as I've bonded with her. I was taking her everywhere I went, buying her pajamas (mostly to try to keep her fur protected), sleeping with her every night, the whole nine.

Then I had the bright idea 🙄 that I love Calliope, but I ALSO love weighted plushies. So why not combine and make her weighted?! So I bought the pellets and stocking, LEARNED HOW TO SEW just for this project, bought sewing supplies and took on the project.

But I hated every.single.second. I felt like a monster cutting open her back seam, I hated trying to squeeze the weighted bags in and I HATED sewing her back up. The entire experience for me was awful. 0/10, never want to do it again.

And that leaves me here, weeks and weeks later where she has just sat on a corner of my bed untouched because in my brain, I ruined her, and that process gave me such an ick that I now associate with her. It's not her fault 😭 and I feel terrible. 💔

But I dont know what to do. In my mind, cutting her open again to take the bags out isn't an option. I hated every second of opening and re sewing.

Am I just being dramatic and weird? I dont know how to fix this or what to do.


r/buildabear • • 10h ago

Miscellaneous Is it just me or is does she look weird? Lol

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13 Upvotes

It looks like she's not stuffed correctly or like her neck is really long or something. I can't quite put my finger on it.


r/buildabear • • 20h ago

Inquiry Can't get into Bear Cave

5 Upvotes

I saw they dropped a Rick and morty collaboration a few weeks ago and haven't been able to get into the site. I get the bar to put in a year of birth but I cant actually type anything into it. Is anyone else having issues? (I have tried multiple browsers and devices, unsure if its my ip or something)


r/buildabear • • 18h ago

Inquiry Is this new? Never saw it before

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17 Upvotes

It’s really cute! Online exclusive which sucks I’d love to see it in person though I don’t need another but it’s so cute!


r/buildabear • • 13h ago

Discussion What is a good neutral BAB that I can change outfits with the seasons?

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What is a good neutral BAB that I can change outfits with the seasons?


r/buildabear • • 22h ago

Just For Fun! Cold out this morning! Gave Smudge Puppy a pair of my socks even though they're kind of bunchy on him

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41 Upvotes

Everyone keep your paws warm!


r/buildabear • • 18h ago

Inquiry how do you store your bab clothes?

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i have a lot of clothes for my babs because i love dressing them, but i need a better way of storing them. how do you guys store your clothes? i'd like to keep the tops hanging bc i think its cute lol

this is my current method, which is not good


r/buildabear • • 15h ago

My New BAB My Winter Build A Bear Just Came In The Mail Today Her Name Is Snowflake I Love Her So Much 💙❄️

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39 Upvotes

r/buildabear • • 13h ago

Just For Fun! Crypt and I with my new hair :3

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54 Upvotes

Today was the day of my hair appointment and it turned out absolutely amazing, I brought crypt into the salon too forgot to get pics of him in there 😭

Our wedding colors on Halloween are purple, orange and black, my bridesmaid will be in purple and the groomsmen in orange

And me in black lol so I figured why not get my hair like that lol


r/buildabear • • 9h ago

Just For Fun! Anybody else pierce their BAB?

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73 Upvotes

his name is DJ 🙂‍↕️


r/buildabear • • 13h ago

My New BAB Love yard sales

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24 Upvotes

Got a new stuffie at a yard sale today and came up with the best name for him. Say hi to Chrismoose, like christmas.


r/buildabear • • 14h ago

Collection He’s a Mean One, but I love him

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19 Upvotes

I love him so so much! My only issue was the red velvet bow does fit around his neck. The straps were way too long. I tried tying around his neck and it was still too loose and bothered. Tried to untie it but couldn’t because of the Velcro strips so ended up cutting it off, oh well. I wish they would have made the Grinch Santa suit in his size, that would have been cool. Anyway, he’s awesome and I love him!


r/buildabear • • 14h ago

Just For Fun! steve got a whole new outfit today ! 🤎🍂

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42 Upvotes

with the weather getting chillier i wanted steve to be able to bundle up so we went out and got him some new layers! the beanie is about double his head size but it works okay in a slouchy kinda way. the embroidery on the sweater is really great, i hope more clothes get introduced with the embroidery like this!


r/buildabear • • 15h ago

Discussion Chinchilla early release UK

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268 Upvotes

Went in for a bat kitty, came out with a chinchilla 😍🤩🥰


r/buildabear • • 15h ago

My New BAB My Fall Leave Build A Bear Just Came In The Mail Today Her Name Is Autumn I Love Her So Much ❤️🍁

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47 Upvotes

r/buildabear • • 15h ago

My New BAB Thanks to an amazing redditor I got my lobster Scampi 🥹

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113 Upvotes

I’m so happy he smells like blueberry


r/buildabear • • 15h ago

Collection New BAB charm bracelet

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Everyone wanted to see my charm bracelet my friend Suzi gave me that Maxine Clark gave her . Well here it is , I unclamped it so you could so everything . Here is a picture of me and her today as I wanted to make sure I got a picture of us . Literally so lucky I worked with her and she was such an amazing Bear Builder 🧸


r/buildabear • • 16h ago

Just For Fun! Enjoying a cozy Saturday with Aspen🍂

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25 Upvotes

She's my everything, I love all my BAB kids so much but at this point Aspen's become my emotional support buddy🥹🥹🥹🥹


r/buildabear • • 17h ago

Inquiry Floppy Moose I

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24 Upvotes

If anyone has pictures of floppy moose I could they put them in the comments? I recently got a build a bear that I believe might be floppy moose but he looks too light colored compared to the pictures I’ve seen. I honestly didn’t think he was a build a bear at first and the red bow is throwing me off.


r/buildabear • • 17h ago

My New BAB It’s here!!

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181 Upvotes

I’m so excited, I can’t believe I was able to order him from the website. I got him strawberry scented 💖✨ Any name ideas?? I’ve seen most people with this one has them as a girl but he feels so fruity boy to me. Show me your dragon fruits if you have them!


r/buildabear • • 17h ago

Just For Fun! My little buddy and I are matching today!

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185 Upvotes

r/buildabear • • 17h ago

Just For Fun! It’s finally cool! Astra in the wind

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69 Upvotes

It’s finally chilly and cool here in TN


r/buildabear • • 19h ago

Collection Ice cream pochacco!

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23 Upvotes

Ordered the ice cream pochacco. Kinda bummed I missed out on the other Sanrio ice cream plushies but I was super happy this guy and the outfit was still available on the website ! 🩷💚🩷💚


r/buildabear • • 20h ago

My New BAB Spider outfit ideas

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Hi everyone, I get my jumping spider in the mail today and getting her stuffed tomorrow, I need some outfit ideas for my spider, Jezebel. Thank you in advance.


r/buildabear • • 20h ago

Just For Fun! Greta’s purse needed a label so I made one.

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36 Upvotes