Editing Teddy bear (section)

==Production==
[[File:The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 Q28162.jpg|thumb|A worker stuffing a teddy bear in a toy factory, 1917]]
===Commercial===
Commercially made, mass-produced teddy bears are predominantly made as toys for children. These bears either have safety joints for attaching arms, legs, and heads, or else the joints are sewn and not articulated. They must have securely fastened eyes that do not pose a choking hazard for small children. These "plush" bears must meet a rigid standard of construction in order to be marketed to children in the United States and in the European Union. The [[Vermont Teddy Bear Company]] in the U.S. is one of the world's largest specialty marketers of teddy bears.

There are also companies, like Steiff, that sell handmade collectible bears that can be purchased in stores or over the Internet. The majority of teddy bears are manufactured in countries with low production costs, such as China and Indonesia. A few small, single-person producers in the United States make unique, non-mass-produced teddy bears. In the [[United Kingdom]] one small, traditional teddy bear company remains, [[Merrythought]], which was established in 1930.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burton |first1=Lucy |title=Britain's last surviving teddy bear factory |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-12523562 |access-date=September 17, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606005453/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-12523562 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mohair]], the fur shorn or combed from a breed of long haired goats, is woven into cloth, dyed and trimmed. 
<gallery class="center" caption="Making of a teddy bear">
File:Making of a teddy bear 1 cutting.jpg|1: Cutting
File:Making of a teddy bear 2 sewing and turning.jpg|2: Sewing and turning
File:Making of a teddy bear 3 filling.jpg|3: Filling
File:Making of a teddy bear 4 assembling.jpg|4: Assembling
</gallery>

===Amateur===
Teddy bears are a favourite form of soft toy for amateur toy makers, with many patterns commercially produced or available online. Many "teddies" are home-made as gifts or for charity, while "teddy bear artists" often create "teddies" for retail, decorating them individually with commercial and recycled ornaments such as sequins, beads and ribbons. Sewn teddy bears are made from a wide range of materials including [[felt]], [[cotton]] and [[velour]]. While many are stitched, others are made from [[yarn]], either [[Knitting|knitted]] or [[crochet]]ed.