TOP 5 RECORDS HELD BY TEDDY BEARS

At Peluche Kingdom, we offer you various plush toys to help you find the perfect plush toy to give as a gift ?. But today, we're taking a step back from our own plush toys to introduce you to world-famous teddy bears that are breaking records in the Guinness Book of Records and making history.

After some fascinating research, we have gathered five teddy bears that will amaze you. From the story of the very first bear to the record holder for the largest collection of bears, this article on the 5 teddy bears that hold world records will amaze you!

1) Theodore Roosevelt: The Story of the First Teddy Bear

First of all, can you guess in honor of whom the first teddy bear was invented? Did President Theodore Roosevelt  ? cross your mind? Because it is thanks to him that children can play and cuddle their stuffed toys today!

It all started on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902. Theordore had been invited to hunt, but he was the only one who had not yet found a single bear. Later, the hunt progressed and hunters tied a bear to a tree so Roosevelt could shoot one, but he refused to shoot the bear, leading to articles and reports about this remarkable event! The public could not believe their eyes!

But the teddy bear didn't come so quickly... After this event, a political cartoonist ? named Clifford Berryman read several articles about this topic and satirized the event in the newspapers with a cartoon. Finally, Morris Michtom, a candy store owner, saw the cartoon and had an idea.  He and his wife also made stuffed animals, and Morris Michtom decided to create a teddy bear and dedicate it to the president who refused to shoot a bear.

He called it " Teddy Bear ." After receiving permission from Roosevelt to use his name, Michtom mass-produced the teddy bears and soon founded the Ideal Toy Company, since the bears were so popular.  To learn more about the subject, you can check out the history of the teddy bear  to learn more about it. 

2) The Most Expensive Teddy Bear in the World

After the most historic teddy bear, we present to you one of the most luxurious bears. Here is the Steiff bear by Louis Vuitton ? . Can you guess how much it is worth?

Competing with the historical bears commemorating the Titanic, with the pearl-eyed bears, we find the Steiff bear by Louis Vuitton which scores high in the most expensive bears . This fashionista with fuzzy fur is adorned with the most beautiful Louis Vuitton outfits; all that is missing is an LV handbag to complete her outfit!

His designer clothes and matching luggage have pushed his price above the aforementioned competition. The world's most expensive teddy bear was purchased for nearly €2 million ?  (€1,978,000) at a charity auction in 2000 in Monaco by Jesse Kim. You can visit him at the Teddy Bear Museum in JeJu, South Korea.

If she were yours, what would you name her? Tell us in the comments at the bottom of this blog post!

Other teddy bears have been sold for quite high prices, such as the “Teddy Girl” bear, sold for €130,000, the 82 teddy bears created as a tribute to the Titanic ?  sold for €128,000 each or the teddy bear with diamond eyes sold for €79,000. You can check out the TOP 10 of the most expensive Steiff teddy bears .

3) The World's Largest Teddy Bear

On the other hand, the next plush we have to show you comes straight from Mexico. Measuring over 19.41 meters long , this bear set the new world record in April 2019 for the largest teddy bear. Named by the locals in their town, this is the Xonita Bear .

The 4.4-ton teddy was measured in a soccer stadium in the city of Xonacatlan as part of the city's Children's Day festivities. Guinness World Records ?  was able to confirm that it was larger than the 16.86-meter teddy bear created by Kansas resident Dana Warren in 2008.

It took three months of hard work and sewing to create Xonita and officially become the world's largest teddy bear ! If you're interested, you can find out even more information about the world's largest teddy bear, such as how it was built, why they took on such a project, and how much it cost.

4) The World's Smallest Teddy Bear

We showed you the world's largest teddy bear, so of course we have to show you the world's smallest teddy bear ?  ! Meet Tiny Ted; the bear is sewn exactly like a larger bear and is fully poseable with a movable head, arms and legs. Just like the second and third smallest teddy bears.

It was made by Cheryl Moss in South Africa in 2006. Tinny Ted is 4.5mm tall , almost 430mm smaller than the world's largest teddy bear! It can be seen at the Teddy Bear Museum on Jeju Island in South Korea with the world's most expensive Louis Vuitton teddy bear.

5) The Largest Collection of Teddy Bears

The largest collection of teddy bears consists of 20,367 pieces . This world record was set by Arnóczki Istvánné and Guinness World Records in Harsány, Hungary ?, on April 27, 2019.

So what’s the story behind her collection? How can we make our collection grow like hers? Well… As a child, Arnóczki grew up poor and never owned a teddy bear. Of course, she was a young girl who dreamed of having one she could cuddle at night. Arnóczki’s collection was put on display when she bought her very first teddy bear in 1978 , when she was in her early twenties. She hasn’t stopped buying more since then!

Today, her personal collection, consisting of objects she has purchased and received as donations, is kept in the Teddy Bear Museum in her village in Hungary .

This collection has taken the place of the previous record held by Jackie Miley with 11,000 teddy bears. She even created her own teddy bear village ? (Teddy Bear Town). We also did a blog post about Jackie and Arnóczki's largest collection of teddy bears in the world . We invite you to check it out if you're interested!

Do you already know these records? If you know other interesting records about stuffed animals, do not hesitate to tell us in the comments , we will be happy to read them!

Kids love to play with and cuddle stuffed animals and maybe you love stuffed animals yourself, but you can't afford to pay $1,978,000 for a stuffed animal or fit a 19-metre teddy bear into your home, so check out our affordable teddy bears  ? in all sizes!