Care for a Teddy Bear

Teddy bears are easy to love and great fun to spend time with. Taking care of your teddy bear is a "pawsome" thing to do. You can make your teddy comfortable and you can even feed it or read a bedtime story to it. Caring for your teddy bear also means looking after it to keep it clean, so that it looks good for a long time.

Steps

Spending Time With Teddy

  1. Play with your teddy bear every day. You can play outside or inside with your teddy bear. Teddy is happy just to spend time with you!
    • Some good things to do outside are: hopscotch, tossing a ball back and forth, or sliding down slides at a park.
    • Some good things to do inside are: playing board games, dressing up in silly outfits, having a tea party, or playing with toys together.
  2. Read a story together. Teddy bears make good listeners. They don't interrupt and they stare right at the pictures. Read teddy some of your favourite books or stories before bedtime or during the day.
    • Help teddy read by pointing its paw at pictures or helping it turn the page.
  3. Watch movies or television shows with teddy. Teddy bears love to watch T.V. and movies, especially with you. Just set teddy in a seat on the couch or on your lap and snuggle together while you watch your favourite movie or show.
    • Remember to ask your parent or guardian if you can watch a certain show or movie. Some shows or movies may be too scary for teddy.
  4. Talk to teddy. Teddy bears are great listeners. They never interrupt and their ears are always open. Tell teddy about your day, your dreams, or stories you've heard or made up.
    • When you have had a bad day at work or school, talk to your teddy about it. They are great listeners and will be very sympathetic.

Caring for Teddy

  1. Feed your teddy bear. Give your teddy bear pretend foods such as pretend fruit, vegetables, and fish. Give your teddy healthy foods to keep it strong. However, an occasional treat such as a pretend cupcake or slice of birthday cake is perfectly fine and will make teddy feel special and happy.
    • Make your own food with air-dry clay or Play-Doh.
    • The food teddy eats cannot be eaten by you. Special teddy food is only good for teddy bears and can make humans sick.
  2. Keep a close eye on your teddy bear. Whenever you take teddy anywhere, remember that you have it with you. Take care to collect it after a play-date or a visit to the park.
    • If you lose your teddy bear, ask your friends and family to help you look for it.
    • Write your name on teddy. You can put a necklace on teddy with your name on it or write your name on its paw. That way, if you lose teddy, someone will know it is yours.
  3. Make teddy feel better when it gets hurt. If teddy is ripped, stepped on, or thrown around, make teddy feel better by helping it heal its wounds. Your parent or guardian can help patch up open wounds and replace any lost stuffing.
    • Put bandaids on teddy's wounds and kiss them better.
    • Let teddy rest if it gets hurt.
  4. Make your teddy bear its own home. This could be inside a cardboard box, in a corner of your room, or inside a wardrobe.
    • Add pictures to the walls of you and teddy, or teddy's favourite pictures you've drawn.
    • If teddy has lots of toys, give it a toy box to store all its toys. A clean home, free of clutter, is important to teddy.
  5. Dress teddy in outfits. Use baby doll clothes and clothes from other stuffed toys to dress teddy. There even special stores to dress teddy bears that offer a variety of outfits, accessories, and even shoes.
    • If you or a grown up is handy with a needle, sew some new clothes from scrap fabrics.
  6. Make your teddy bear a bed. You can make a small bed for your teddy bear out of a cardboard box or basket, and some pillows or blankets. Use whatever you think is good and comfortable for teddy to sleep in.
    • Tuck teddy into his covers each night.
    • You can sing a lullaby or read story to teddy before it goes to sleep.
  7. Give your teddy bear lots of love and kisses. Hugs are good too. There are no reports of a teddy ever saying no to kisses and hugs.
    • Give teddy a goodnight kiss before going to sleep. Your teddy can sleep in its own bed or with you.
    • Allow others to give teddy hugs and kisses. Both teddy and your family and friends will appreciate some love.

Keeping Teddy in Good Condition

  1. Clean your teddy bear regularly. Wash your teddy bear often, especially if you go outside with teddy a lot. When washing, follow the manufacturer's care instructions. If teddy can be machine washed (check with dad or mom first), you might find How to machine wash your teddy bear useful as guidance.
    • Treat stains quickly. This makes it easier to get the stains out, rather than letting them set permanently. If your teddy bear has a simple food stain on it, you can blot it out with some warm water and a towel. Ask your parent or guardian for help if the teddy has a really bad stain that won't come out. They'll know what to do to help remove it.
    • Sometimes it may be enough to just use a wet cloth and carefully wipe over dirty parts of the teddy bear.
    • Keep teddy away from dirty areas. This means if you need to leave teddy at home, put it in its bed or on your bed. Or if you're outside, don't leave teddy on the ground in case it's muddy or teddy gets stepped on.
  2. Brush teddy's fur. When teddy's hair is messy, use a baby's brush or a very soft brush to gently brush teddy's fur back in place.
    • Do not use spiky brushes for teddy bear fur. The spikes will catch on the fur and can rip it out.
  3. Store teddy with care. When you aren't tucking teddy into bed or placing it on your bed, put it somewhere safe. Good places include on a shelf, inside a toy box or chest or sitting on a chair.
    • Don't leave teddy on the floor, in direct sunlight, next to a heater or squashed under heavy things. These sorts of places can hurt teddy and cause teddy's fur to change colour or its body to become misshapen.

Tips

  • If you can, sew or knit something special for your bear. Cuddle blankets, PJ's or a night dress are perfect bear attire. If you don't want to splash out on expensive build a bear clothes, try using old sheets or clothes to dress your bear.
  • Go on picnics with your teddy bear.
  • You could play on a playground, trampoline, ball or with toys when outside. The great thing about teddies is that they're soft and won't break when they drop.
  • Don't get embarrassed when taking your little teddy places, just explain that you get lots of joy from bringing teddy along and you can do what you like!
  • If your teddy feels sick make him a warm hot water bottle. Knit a water bottle cover.

Always make sure to put a blanket on him/her. Read him/her story or maybe sing him or her a lullaby to make them go to sleep. Always give him or her lots of hugs and kisses.

  • Some nights, instead of reading stories to your teddy bear, you can make up some to tell him/her about adventures you would like to go on!
  • Small teddy bear's clothes can be made from socks.
  • If hair gets in teddy's eyes, then take a old toothbrush and brush it away.

Warnings

  • Always keep an eye on your teddy when you go on holidays.
  • Try to be careful and not spill anything on your teddy bear.

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