We have a special tradition of going to Build a Bear for Christmas. The girls each get a new stuffed animal or some new clothes for an old stuffed animal and that stuffy is loved on through the entire holiday season…and beyond. 

A great way of making this happen at a discount is getting the gift cards each year. You can purchase $10 gift cards for $5 during your visit. I buy them and put them away for the next year. I also buy gift cards at Costco which are discounted 20%. They are practically giving the bears away to us at this point…(the sarcasm is obvious right?). 

This year the girls invited their sweet from school to join us. She gave them each a sweet holiday gift and they wanted to pool their funds together for her. They were pretty excited to have her share in our tradition.