Build-A-Bear Workshop - West Des Moines, Iowa

Victor Salas

Diversion sin limite, para los pequeños. Un buen descanso con diversión , mientras vamos de compras!!!

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i’m 23 years old but i still love build a bear!! friendliness is always top tier!! excited to finally see one of the cinnamoroll plushies in store !! really lets me relive my inner child (:

Honest Reviewer

FUN place to bring your kiddos to help make their own stuffed animals. Just come with $$$$ lol. Went to one in Broomfield CO a LOT with my kids & it was a little less expensive. Yet for IA, at least in this area they have MALLS that are open with one! Pray they stay open unlike the Cedar Valley area.

Jordan Donahue

If I could negative stars I would,
Recieved the wrong colored of stuffed animal, called customer service and my concerns were not heard or addressed properly, will never buy from build a bear again. Replacement was offfered under normal shipping even though I specified order was a present for birthday party in the near futures the customer service representative was very uncaring and placed me on an extremely long hold when asked to speak to a supervisor

Ellen Paullin

We had a gift certificate for my nephew for his bday, so off we went to build his bear. The store is cool. One of the ladies working was very helpful and nice. The other.....pretty crabby.

Masks and distancing required as you pick out your stuff in store. They have about 40 different animals to choose from to start. Overwhelming for a 7 year old with ADHD! When he finally had his 2 picked out, crabby lady helped him to stuffing area. Picked out a couple of sounds. Went to add heart. She wouldn't let him have the bday heart until I said it was a bday gift. Weird.

Anyway- we were there for 3 hours! Too long! It cost $115 for 2 animals with an outfit for each. Too much!

He does love the animals. And they are cute. The one lady was super nice.

Xanadu Weaver

We went here for our daughters 3rd birthday. It is expensive so plan ahead. They have several ads ons that definitely get ya lol. We got a birthday bear (which is pay your age (3)), a bday shirt, panties, skirt, hat, carrier, scent and heartbeat and my total was a little over $70. I did however qualify for 2- $10 for $5/ea. That was nice. The selection could have been better for the stuffies and the clothes honestly. The staff were absolutely amazing though. It's an experience.

Kelli Brooker

After walking by this place so many times last night we decided on a wimp to go in. As excited as I was, Laura also made this experience even more great. She didn't make us 30 year olds feel odd for wanting to build a bear!! When you walk in there is a wall to choose what stuffed animal. There were many choices from bear, monkey to Yoda. Then after you pick out the animal you can also pick out clothes. Which was so cute they really go all out with shoes and head bands! I choose the Denver Broncos jersey for my bear. After you do that you get to name your animal and then go on to stuffing it. She made it so cute and fun watching us stuff our bears! In the end before she sewed them up we got to pick out hearts for then, which was absolutely adorable! We loved it and highly recommend if you haven't built a bear to definitely check it out!

Amanda C

A lot of times, my daughter ends up just coming along for the ride or the experience because there's not a lot she can do. In addition to being non mobile and nonverbal, she's also blind and has a global developmental delay. So, most of the time when we do things as a family with our other children, she just comes along for the ride, and often enjoys herself and giggles and laughs, but isn't typically able to be immersed in the activity in the same ways. I didn't get the name of the woman in this photo, but she's a rockstar! She deserves a raise, a paid vacation, and at the bare minimum, a big high five.

From the moment we walked in, she made us feel like all four of our children, but especially this daughter, were welcome. She talked directly to her, instead of at her. She gave me insight and suggestions on things that she might like, and might benefit from. She showed me the switch device, that our daughter could use to be involved in the experience. She was so patient, and just so welcoming. She made us feel valued, and important. She definitely made the experience so much better and I didn't feel like she was necessarily going out of her way to be inclusive, but rather it was just a natural part of her personality. And that is something so incredibly rare as a mom of children with special needs.

People often get intimidated or nervous or don't know how to act. I never once got that feeling from this woman. I honestly cannot say enough about how valuable that simple act of kindness was. I'm crying as I type this, it might not seem like a big deal to her or to most people, but it was a really big deal to our family. Our experience was excellent and I can't wait until we can go back!