July 10 is especially popular among northern expats in Australia as well as in Europe. Why, you ask? Well in some parts of Australia, July is the coldest month making it possible for them to mimic the traditional northern Christmas complete with a sumptuous feast. They go all out with Christmas plushie decorations, dinners and gifts! Others (shopaholics like me) celebrate it coz there’s just 73 days left for Christmas. (Only??????) All in all, Christmas in July is an excellent reason to party and to have a sale!

Here are 5 reasons why it isn’t such a crazy idea after all:

# 5) Re-runs of all time favorite Christmas specials!

# 4) A World Santa Claus Congress convenes at Bakken, Copenhagen on July 24. It’s when they have their Christmas. Primarily, they gather to resolve for better working conditions such as better rooftop parking conditions and stronger ropes for roof-elves.

# 3) Most stores are holding end of the season sales. Yea, yea we all know it’s a way to get rid of the old fashions of last year. But if you are really careful, you may just end up with a bag full of goodies at less than half the price. Some classic pieces may be just yours for the taking.

# 2) July 10 is the official toy specific press preview of the summer in the UK. Toy lovers and companies from all over get together to talk about what they are coming out with this Christmas. My personal favorites are Santa Plushie and Cushions with a secret! These creative cuddly, cushions open up to reveal a delightful playset complete with soft plush animal toys. Stuffed teddy bears and plush animal toys are great for all ages. Personalized plushies make the perfect presents and great bedroom accessories.

# 1) Christmas in July is famed for shopping and sales. For the very best of shopping, Christmas in July is your best bargain. Remember, the early bird gets the best bargains. Personalized Christmas plushies, Santa Plushie and other plush animal toys can be accessorized to make fantastic customized gifts.

There you have it! Christmas in July is your first and best headstart to the coming season’s product trends and gifting ideas. Why wait for Christmas Eve anymore?

Not many people know that the 4th Sunday in July is Parents’ Day. Created by Congress and President Clinton in 1994, Parent’s day commemorates the ideal family unit and why we need to uphold family values in today’s America. Primarily, Parents day is all about encouraging families everywhere to invest in America’s most precious resource – our children.

This Parents’ day make your parents feel special with gifts and wishes that they will cherish forever. Everyone loves receiving plush animal gifts from Teddy bear Junction. Gifting parents plush animal gifts are tiny effortless ways of showing them you care. With an array of stuffed animal accessories and dressing up outfits easily available, it’s easy to personalize your plush animal toy with accessories. Do drop in to give your Momma’s childhood friend a makeover this year!

If half the year 2008 is over, we’re in the middle of really hot summer months and patriotism is in the air, it can only mean one thing - we’ve finally reached our holiday weekend – Happy Independence Day everyone!

This 4th of July 2008, add a new tradition. Independence Day is not really one of those traditional gift-giving holidays, but at Teddy Bear Junction, we find it’s an easy and fun way to show your loved ones how much you appreciate and love them. Teddy Bear Junction’s latest is the“4th of July Bear” complete with Bear USA clothing, is just the right person to brighten up somebody’s weekend or put a smile on their face.

Fireworks with 4th of July Bear!

Our patriotic 4th of July Bear comes accessorized with plush animal skin accessories and Bear USA clothing, complete with his own little red white and blue flag and patriotic outfit.

So, as you sit down this 4th of July 2008 evening, watching fireworks light up the horizon, remember you’re not alone; you have your own little 4th of July Bear from Teddy Bear Junction sitting right beside you! Have a great weekend!

The best thing about summer days is the atmosphere– steaming barbecues, lawns with sprinklers and of course days by the beach. This summer take your plush toys down for a day by the beach or to a barbeque in this totally cool line of stuffed bear clothing—ranging from tiny bikinis to wear at the beach or tropical surf T-shirts to beat the heat in.

So while dinner is shared en masse with friends these summer nights, how about getting your plush animals a new friend, the kitty plushie. Hugging a plushie takes on a whole new meaning once you’ve met kitty plushie with her cute little button nose and tiny whiskers. Kitty plushie loves making new friends and could always spare a hug or two for anybody who needs one.

Here are five steps on plush toy loving:
1) Go ahead and build the animal soft toy of your dreams— your toy is unique.
2) Stuff with care. Keep squeezing to check comfort zone …you don’t want a plushie too hard.
3) Stitch with care. Get your plush animal stitched with care. You don’t want an accident while hugging your plushie, do you?
4) Accessorize and personalize. Go ahead and start work on your teddy, and get some stuffed bear clothing (we don’t want them to get cold now do we?).
5) Patience and love. Loving your plush animal does require some patience and time depending on how you feel, and of course, all plushies need love!

Each plush bear is unique in every way, and you can always add tiny little details on your teddie to experiment and see what works best for you and your bear. Last, but not the least, give your soft toy lots of love and hugs so that they always have enough hugs to last when you need one!

With temperatures soaring these past few summer days, the only thing that can keep you going is the idea that there is no better time than now to head off down to the beach. Obviously no trip to the beach would be complete without your favorite plush toys and of course your beach bears.

Make sure your beach bears have enough stuff to bring along for their day at the beach. If not, build beach bears with the tropical surf accessories we have at Teddy Bear Junction. Kids beach toys these days always include items of plush animal clothing to make sure your precious plush animals don’t wear the same clothes at home and by the beach. Naturally, no beach outfit is perfect without the mandatory props that go with it, the spades and sunshades included. Teddy Bear Junction has an enormous range of beachwear accessories for your soft toys to choose from, enough to make your teddy bear the best-dressed and accessorized plush animal on the beach today!

As you sit by the beach this summer evening with gentle waft of salt in the sea breeze, don’t forget to say cheers to your little beach bear sitting there right beside you, your perfect antidote to hot summer days – cool beach evenings!

“In the summertime when the weather is hot, you can stretch right up and touch the sky,” or so Shaggy says in his hit cover song from 1995. Teddy Bear Junction has now introduced the shaggy dog soft toy to help you feel you can do just that. These cute cuddly animals make your summer day so much more delightful and fun.

Summer fun toys are uniquely designed and have been especially crafted to make sure they stay as adorable and charming for as long as you have them. Of course, no collection of these cute cuddly animals is complete without man’s trusty old companion, a stuffed plush dog; and trust me, owning a little dog has never been more fun!

This summer, why not treat yourself to the shaggy dog soft toy and go ahead and stretch up and try touching the sky with these wonderful soft animals in their bright whimsical colors.

The CPR Teddy is a big plush, stuffed animal bear that’s definitely fun enough to learn with and makes it easy and fun to practice vital rescue steps, so that you become confident when dealing with an emergency. While it doesn’t replace CPR classes, it is highly advisable practice tool for those who have gone through the CPR class to remain updated. Some of the CPR Teddy’s features include: -

· Practice rescuing a child from birth to 1 year old by squeezing the right paw.

· Practice rescuing a child from 1-8 years by squeezing the left paw.

· A voice review of what to do if child/infant is choking or losing consciousness with a one minute practice session

· Metronome beeps to set the pace for chest compressions

· Practice rescuing breathing with a breathing mask

The big plush, stuffed animal Bear that is the CPR Teddy is a very useful learning tool to practice CPR techniques on.

Graduation is here! With many of our tiny tots having their convocation this week of May, the graduation plush animals are a runaway success. Perfect Kindergarten graduation gifts, Career Teddy Bear or Bear Graduate are the perfect choices for the new graduate— kindergartener or not!. Drop in and be spoilt with choices for your bear graduate so far as the Convocation robe is concerned here at Teddy Bear Junction.

Graduation is indeed a big milestone in the children’s lives— it’s an achievement they have accomplished on their own. But why just for your kindergartner? Grad school students too are never too big for a teddy bear! Build a dream teddy bear for the graduate by gifting him a bear graduate dressed up as a career teddy bear.

Graduation plush animals don’t have to be just teddies. The choices for college and kindergarten graduation gifts include plush animals of every sort—wild and cuddly. Congratulate your graduate with a personalized career teddy bear. Add a motivating sound chip for your college grad to remember you while they are far away from home.

If your student is going to go off to college, they will definitely enjoy a plush animal dressed in their new college’s T-shirts—a fantastic graduation gift related to their college of choice. Looking forward to helping you build the bear of your dreams,

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Mother’s day 2008 is indeed very special here at Teddy Bear Junction. We have had a stream of people walking into build the perfect bear for Momma Dearest. Personalized Mother’s Day gifts being all the rage now, a mother’s day teddy bear is on top of most people’s shopping list. Add a personalized recorded message (we even had a dad and his twin girls recording a beautiful song all for the girls’ mother) and you are all set!

The perfect kids gift for mom, they are spoilt with choices to customize their Mother’s Day Teddy Bear. The best part is you can also add affordable additions to a teddy. Get her a costume that suits Momma and her teddy at any given time of the year.

This year, brother and sister duo—Pammi and Paul decided to enhance their last years’ personalized Mother’s Day gift— Ms.Muppet. Ms Muppet’s getting a new sound chip, and lots of outfits.

We, at Teddy Bear Junction, look forward to help you take home the right accessories and outfits to go with your Mother’s day 2008 teddy bear.

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Plush animals are no longer your boring old bear. No longer just the plain old teddy of yore, today’s plush animals come from the zoo, the farm, and even the jungle. Not only that, you get to dress up the plush animal in an outfit to match any occasion.

Whether it is a day at the beach or taking your plushie along to a Counting Crows concert, you can accessorize your plush with dressing up outfits that are practical and stylish. A plush animal is not plain vanilla anymore. Now, it is a Teddy With Attitude!

Plushies’ accessories come in a large variety of choices now. With innumerable alternatives ranging from fairy outfits to bad-boy-in-town apparel, you can have a custom plushie that does what it does best—make believe fantasies!

Start from scratch. Visit a reputed teddy bear store in person or online. Choose an unstuffed animal plush to fill with stuffing to the degree of cuddliness that’s comfortable to you. You can then choose to dress up your monkey stuffed animal or even your stuffed bunnies in coordinating footwear, handbags, and Hair accessories.

Best of all you get to record a personal message that you can insert into your plushie. The recordable sound chip plush has broken all sales records this Valentine’s.

3 ways to get the plush of your dreams!

Top three guaranteed ways to get you the stuffed animal bunnie you have been wanting would thus be:

1) Build a teddy bear or stuffed animal bunnies!
2) Dress ‘em up!
3) Add a Recordable sound chip

As Lady Marmalade puts it, “Snuggle up, cuddle up nice and tight…it sure is koochi koochi yaya dada time indeed with your Plushie.

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