Roald Dahl's Children's Charity Mascot Brought To Life by Be My Bear

A few months ago we were lucky enough to work with Be My Bear and create a new furry friend at home for James, Well now they have brought the Roald Dahl Children's Charity Mascot to life!

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Be My Bear partners with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity to bring Marvin, the Marvellous Crocodile to life!

 

Award-winning teddy bear brand Be My Bear has teamed up with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity for a gloriumptious partnership which aims to raise vital funds and awareness for seriously ill children across the UK.

The partnership has seen the Roald Dahl Charity mascot, 'Marvin, the Marvellous Crocodile' brought to life as a lovable licensed character and added to the extensive range of build anywhere bears and animal friends currently available from Be My Bear.

 

Ten percent of all proceeds from this fantastic, or as Dahl would say 'whoopsy-splunkers' product will be donated to the charity, which funds Roald Dahl specialist children's nurses in communities across the UK.  Each nurse provides expert care and support to children with serious illnesses and their families.

 

The charity was set up in memory of Roald Dahl (originally as the Roald Dahl Foundation) by his widow Felicity, shortly after his death in 1990.  A fitting tribute to her husband, who generously gave his time and money to help seriously ill children and their families, many he never met.

 

Pippa Thomas, Managing Director of Be My Bear said, "We are thrilled to be working with such a marvellous charity helping to support more than 21,000 children each year. It has been an exciting journey bringing to life one of the great Quentin Blake's characters ensuring we captured Marvin's snappy personality in our design. We anticipate whoopsy whiffling sales and a giganticus boost for the charity!"

 

Be My Bear's special limited edition 'Marvin, the Marvellous Crocodile' character is available now priced at just £20.00 and can be purchased direct from www.bemybear.com or a selection of retail outlets.  Marvin is sure to be a phizz-whizzing hit with kiddles (children for those of us who don't speak Dahl's Gobblefunk language) and adults alike, not to mention a cherished piece of Dahlesque history for collectors worldwide.

 

Be My Bear is the UK's original and leading retailer of fun, no-sew, build anywhere bear products which can quite literally be made anywhere.  Proudly featured on television shows such as The X-Factor, The Apprentice and Hollyoaks, Be My Bear have a product for every occasion, from gifts to party packs, the choices are endless.  Find out more about the amazing world of Be My Bear by visiting www.bemybear.com or calling them directly on 01492 544666.

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We will definitely be having a look at this mascot online as soon as possible! 

**We have not been paid for this post, We have posted it as we love Be My Bear!**

Be My Bear Review

James has had his favourite teddy bear CB since he was about 18 months old and the bear goes everywhere with us! If we go to Nana and Gaga's the CB comes too! When we went down to Surrey at half term yep CB came with us!

So when Be My Bear got in touch and asked if James would like to choose one of the build a bear kits from their website to try out he was thrilled! 

The kit was due to be dispatched while we were in Surrey so we asked for it to be sent to Nana and Gaga's house so it would be kept safe till we got home! We picked up the kit when we got back from Surrey when we went to stay with Nana and Gaga for a few days!

In the Kit (£10.50)you get: The Bear skin, The stuffing, A carry box, A birth certificate and a courage star. We also got a passport sent out too (£4.00).

We were going to do the kit one night when Freddie had gone to bed early as we didn't  want little fingers getting into things, but we ended up doing the kit when James had a snow day from school and daddy had been sent home from work due to the weather! This meant James wasn't too tired to enjoy the kit and Freddie was being entertained in another room! 

The first thing we did was get all the supply's onto the kitchen floor, James had great fun pulling the stuffing apart and stuffing it into the bear skin!

Mummy helped to make sure all the stuffing got into the Bears arms, legs and back of its head before James put the courage star in and put the rest of the stuffing into its belly! Mummy then zipped up the inside and closed the velcro fastening.

James then named his bear Rainbow the Bear and mummy filled in the birth certificate and the passport! We took some photos of Rainbow and mummy has printed one out at the right size for his passport!

This was such a fun activity for James and mummy to do together, that mummy is now looking to purchase a kit to make a bear for Freddie and we are also looking at the party kits that Be My Bear produce for James birthday party in August!

 

**We were sent the Be My Bear 16" Rainbow Bear kit free of charge in exchange for our honest review. All opinions and pictures are our own**