Friday, December 2, 2011

A Teddy Bear Alphabet - Twenty Six Words Relating to Teddy Bears


!±8± A Teddy Bear Alphabet - Twenty Six Words Relating to Teddy Bears

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Mohair: A favoured yarn or cloth for collectible bears originally made from the fleece of the angora goat.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


A Teddy Bear Alphabet - Twenty Six Words Relating to Teddy Bears

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