Buy a teddy bear for your special ones

Jul 19, 2007

TEDDY bears are a good alternative gift to flowers. A Teddy bear is a stuffed toy. For a long time, teddy bears were used to comfort children, but now adults also use them to decorate their bedrooms, sitting rooms and cars.<br>

By Aidah Nanyonjo

TEDDY bears are a good alternative gift to flowers. A Teddy bear is a stuffed toy. For a long time, teddy bears were used to comfort children, but now adults also use them to decorate their bedrooms, sitting rooms and cars.

They can be placed on top of a sideboard, a television set or put in the chair itself.

You can give them away as a gift on birthdays, Valentine’s Day and Christmas.

Richard Lubega, a trader in St. Balikuddembe Market, says teddy bears make long-lasting gifts.
Lubega adds that teddy bears are very popular among the teenagers.

“The material from which teddy bears are made is as varied and interesting as the bears themselves. One of them is mohair, which is the type got from long-haired goats. It is woven into cloth, dyed and trimmed,” Lubega notes. Some teddy bears make sounds.

These usually have a battery-operated system which one switches on and the teddy bear “talks”.
They are available in children’s shops in Kampala. Their price ranges from sh3,000, to sh200,000 depending on the size and where one shops from.

You can also buy cheaper second hand teddy bears from St. Balikuddembe Market. Some are sold with special outfits.

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