#build-a-bear plush

[dreamdropcompanions]

Lettuce (they/it) and Milkshake (they/them) ! BFFs!!

Lettuce is a 10 year old autistic savant with their other 10 year old autistic friend Milkshake.

Lettuce is nonverbal and isn't the greatest fan on AACs, but still uses them at times. Milkshake likes communication through AACs the most. they have verbal loss often, and can become hyperverbal, but they feel they feel most comfortable with AAC/TTS for communication.

Lettuce is very touchy, and has no boundaries. and Milkshake doesn't mind. it show it cares by making intense eye contact and body language and stimming. they're often seen together. Milkshake is shy while Lettuce is braver and will angrily bark at people they don't like. (they are wolfkin)

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

[plush-birds]

Kiwi 🥝 Build-A-Bear Workshop

[plushieanimals]

build a bear 🖤 Mothman

[wiichannel]

build a bear vault • pumpkin fun kitty

[hellspawnsparks]

it's your time to shine, pumpkin fun kitty!

[thechadfactory]

💖🌸🌈Pastel Pink Baby Dragon🌈🌸💖

One of my super cute artist liberty comms :) absolutely love how this baby turned out 💖

[goobersplat]

2024 Build A Bear Pumpkin Kitty Orange Halloween Plush

Happy Halloween!!!!

[sillysaurus]

BAB candy blizzard bear

[autismdogg]

Build-A-Bear vending machine, JFK Airport (Terminal 4)

[dreamdropcompanions]

HE'S COMING THEY'RE FINALLY COMING WE'RE FLIPPING HE'S COMING HOMMMEEEE

[sylvanitchi]

my beloved fwoggie

[teddiemush]

i finally have a tent!! im so happy!!!!!! 🙈🌟💛

[plushieanimals]

build a bear candy corn Cinnamoroll and zombie Pompompurin 🎃

[m00nbunny1]

You know what can fix me? Plushies, that's what.

[8awat]

The build a bear Sanrio collection new releases 🩷🫶