Give kids a set of Crayola markers, crayons, or colored pencils, and they will sketch out original, unique creatures you could never even dream of. Parents with kids ages 4 to 8 likely already have refrigerator doors covered in vibrant scribbles featuring ferocious monsters with purple hair, asymmetrical butterflies with rainbow antennae, or scaly dinosaurs with teeny, tiny arms. Kids’ artistic creations deserve to be preserved, and while framing a drawing is great, there’s an even better way to bring kids’ one-of-a-kind creatures to life.
Budsies allows parents and gift-givers to take any drawing their child completes and bring it to life in a 16-inch, high-quality plush. Adults can either take a photo or scan an image of their child’s artwork and upload it on budsies.com, or send it in an e-mail or a text message. The five-step process is super easy, and it allows you to keep your child’s original drawing. Adults ordering Budsies are also encouraged to include notes on the drawing, such as a description of the character, and any details that will help designers capture the essence of the creation.
Once Budsies receives the image and notes, a team of artists, designers, cutters, and seamstresses get to work. The designers create a one-of-a-kind pattern for each and every Budsies creation. No matter how intricate or abstract the drawing, the Budsies team will work to get it exactly right—even if it involves dozens of custom fabric shapes.
Each plush is made from hypoallergenic fabrics and threads and stuffed with a high-quality polyester fiber that keeps the toys super fluffy. A Consumer Product Safety Commission-accredited independent testing laboratory tests each plush to ensure its quality and safety, so parents have nothing to worry about.
This detailed, intricate, time-consuming process can take up to nine weeks—which may seem like a long time to wait for a toy. However, the end result is a completely original plush that kids and families will cherish for decades, so keep in mind that patience is a virtue when it comes to receiving an adorable six-legged octopus teddy bear with green spots and a heart-shaped nose. These things take time!
Imagination is a beautiful thing that burns out too quickly in too many people, and Budsies allows kids to preserve their imaginative creations in a unique way that will last a lifetime.
