Alpaca: A soft shiny fleece highly prized for making collectible bears.The fleece comes from alpacas which are native to some South American countries.
Baloo: Who can forget Baloo singing Bare Necessities? He has wormed his way into the social consciousness of the English-speaking world.
Cotter Pins: An ingenious invention which makes it possible to create jointed, stuffed toys.
Dean's: A well-known toy manufacturing company in the UK.
Excelsior: The name of wood shavings originally used as stuffing material for bears and other toys.
Felt: Felted bears are made by matting unspun wool using a technique known as needle felting, or they can be sewn from ready felted material.
Growler: The mechanism that gives a teddy bear its growl.
Hug: What else could you call a collection of teddy bears?
Ideal Toy Co: The very first company to make toy bears in the USA dating back to the early twentieth century.
Jointed: Describes toy bears with movable arms,legs and neck.
Kapok: A natural, soft stuffing material from the seed pods of Ceiba pentandra trees.
Little Bear: A character created by Else Holmelund Minarek and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Mohair: A favoured yarn or cloth for collectible bears originally made from the fleece of the angora goat. The USA and South Africa are the major producers of mohair fabrics.
Nanook: The Inuit name for the polar bear who they believe determined their hunting success.
Old teddy bears: Are classified as antique if they date before 1940.
Paw pads: And "foot" pads of a toy bear can be made of felt, sometimes of leather and a variety of synthetic materials.
Queen's bears: Are miniature puppies bred to look like bear cubs!
Rupert: A favourite British bear character who has continued to appear in a daily newspaper cartoon for decades.
Swing Tag: A tag attached to a stuffed bear to identify the manufacturer. Steiff uses a swing tag as well as the iconic 'button in the ear'.
Toby Award: The 'Oscar' awarded to notable teddy bear artists.
Ursa Major: and Ursa Minor are the two bear constellations.
Vintage: Toy bears made between 1940 and 1980 are called vintage.
Winnie the Pooh: Christopher Robin's beloved bear which has since given rise to a Walt Disney industry.
X: A teddy bear brings hugs and XXXXs.
Yogi Bear: He first appeared in 1958 as a cartoon character and still continues to charm new generations of children.
Z: ZZZZZZZs - teddy bears are a comfort for sleeping children
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