Sunny Cuddles Goes to School - Giant Teddy at Stone Oak Elementary

If you know Sunny Cuddles, you won't be TOO surprised to find out he's in the principal's office. After all, he does love to get into "high spirited mischief" according to his permanent record.

Principal Elisabeth Krimbill welcomes new teddy bear student Sunny Cuddles to Stone Oak Elementary

But this time, he's with the principal registering to be the new Library Teddy Bear at Stone Oak Elementary!

Sunny has promised to be VERY quiet while he's in the library - and not to bring any snacks in (that will be hard for him, but he's close to the cafeteria, so...)

Uh-oh. Look who's already sleeping in class... Nobody wants you to be THAT quiet, Sunny!

Principal Krimbill asks Kristi if she can wake Sunny up and be his book buddy.

He'll be hanging out reading with students, suggesting great books, and improving his own reading skills.

Kristi & Sunny Cuddles enjoying a book (he needed some help sounding out a word.)

Sunny at School is part of Giant Teddy's "Giving Back" initiative. We are a small company with a big heart - we wish we could donate to every worthy cause out there but we can't, so each year we select several causes to support with our life-size teddy bears. One of our favorites is elementary school libraries, where our bears help kids learn a lifelong love of reading and books.

We know Sunny Cuddles will love his new school and all the great teachers, administrators and kids there who will all love him right back. 

Sunny Cuddles is a big happy teddy bear surrounded by books at the Stone Oak Elementary Library

Congratulations Stone Oak Elementary on your great record of learning excellence! 

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Luxury Gift Guide for Her by Giant Teddy

Welcome to the 2014 Giant Teddy Luxury Gift Guide for Her!

Holiday giving is extra fun when you are looking for luxury gifts of indulgence. Here are a few of our favorite things - teddy bear and otherwise - to make her heart melt this Christmas & Holiday Season.

Luxury Life Size Teddy Bears from Giant Teddy brand make Awesome Holiday Gifts

Mocha brown Sunny Cuddles & Red Bitsy Cuddles life size 6' teddy bears from Giant Teddy brand

Giant Teddy makes some of the most luxurious giant life size teddy bears on the planet with 6 teddy bear family styles, a rainbow of beautiful soft fur colors, sizes up to 6 feet tall, personalization to make your gift one-of-a-kind, a complimentary full-size greeting card with your message inside and free shipping for the US 48. That's luxury. Going to the local warehouse store and picking up the one style big bear they offer? Not so luxury.

Here's a tiny peek at what you'll find at Giant Teddy this season:

Giant Teddy's Bitsy Cuddles

Life Size Red Teddy Bear
Personalized (5 words)
Available in sizes up to 6 feet tall
(shown 5' 5in - $164.99)
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Bitsy Cuddles

Life Size teddy bear red hot Bitsy Cuddles from Giant Teddy

Giant Teddy's DeeDee Cuddles
Life Size Purple Teddy Bear
Available in sizes up to 6 feet tall
(shown: 5' tall $149.99)
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DeeDee Cuddles

Giant Teddy brand life size purple teddy bear DeeDee Cuddles

Giant Teddy's Waldo Shags
Life Size Jumbo White Teddy Bear
Available in Sizes up to 52in
(Shown: 52in)
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Waldo Shags

Jumbo teddy bear Waldo Shags plush white fur Giant Teddy brand

Giant Teddy's Rocky Xiong
Life Size Panda Bear
6 feet tall
*Other Giant Teddy brand panda bears available in smaller sizes
$209.99 (on sale for $179.99)
Rocky Xiong

6 foot stuffed panda bear from Giant Teddy brand

Giant Teddy's Sugar Tubs
Grey Life Size Teddy Bear
(shown: 65in equal to 5' 5in)
Available in smaller sizes
Holiday Sale: $199.99 (regularly $299.99, save $100)
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Sugar Tubs

Huge life size grey teddy bear Sugar Tubs from GiantTeddy.com Holiday Sale

Giant Teddy's Smiley Chubs
Life Size Cream Teddy Bear
Shown: 65in
On Sale $199.99
*other sizes available
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Smiley Chubs

How big is a 6' Teddy Bear? Even bigger than a person that height because of the cuddly, tubby bear body and huge head, arms & legs! Hurry to GiantTeddy.com for all our great sales before Santa and the elves buy it all for their Nice List.

Here are a few favorite luxury gifts in the non-teddy bear category from retailers you know and trust:

Valentino Small Alice Tote in Red
Found On: Saks Fifth Avenue $2795

Lunares Top Hat Champagne Cooler
Perfect for New Year's Eve toasting to her beauty
Found On: Neiman Marcus $189

Sydney Evan "love" necklace in rose gold, small
Found On: Neiman Marcus $840

Alexander McQueen upside down skull muffler scarf black/ivory
Found On: Neiman Marcus $550

Alessandro Mandruzzato Murano Glass Perfume Bottle
Found On: Bergdorf Goodman $595

Whatever luxury gift you get her, give it with love. Happy Holidays from all the bears and humans at Giant Teddy!

Sunny's Thanksgiving Trivia

Our big teddy bears all love Thanksgiving because it is about being thankful for the blessings you have and the people (and bears!) you love - oh, and eating of course (even if they are often still full from all the Halloween candy they snorffled down. We mean you, Sunny.)

Most Americans know some Thanksgiving history but Sunny Cuddles picked a few of his favorites to share so you can wow your friends and family with your amazing trivia knowledge as you gather together this Thanksgiving.

Sunny's Thanksgiving Trivia 

Did You Know...

"Thankful for hugs!" -Sunny Cuddles life-size teddy bear from GiantTeddy.com

• Thanksgiving was declared an official holiday by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.  
• Some people say it was the 17-year letter writing campaign by the woman who wrote the nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," Sarah Josephna Hale, that pushed Thanksgiving into the spotlight to be a national holiday. 
• The first Thanksgiving was in October and lasted 3 days. 
• About 50 Pilgrim men and 90 Wampanoag Indian men attended...there were only about 4 Pilgrim women who had survived the hardships and if they were around, they were cooking. 
• The biggest pumpkin pie on record according to Guinness Book of World Records was 2,020 pounds, and 12 feet long. (This is my favorite fact - fetch my pie fork!)
• The first football game played on Thanksgiving was in 1934 when the Detroit Lions played the Chicago Bears. The Lions have played every Thanksgiving since then, except when they were all away fighting in WWII.
• A Turducken is a Turkey stuffed with a Duck stuffed with a Chicken...and a lot of them are eaten at Thanksgiving! 
• Minnesota is one of the biggest turkey-producing states in America. 
• Cranberries were close by the original celebration Plymouth, but they were so tart it is doubtful they were eaten by anyone then! Massachusetts is still a huge supplier of all the cranberries we love in sauces at the holidays. 
• Giant Teddy has some mighty cute Thanksgiving teddy bears to help you say how Thankful you are... and one of them is ME! (Well, that's not really trivia, but I was SURE you'd want to know...)

Thanksgiving teddy bears are a fun way to tell someone how thankful you are.

Happy Thanksgiving from all the life size teddy bears and life size humans at Giant Teddy!