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do you want a teddy bear kit to make
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that is super special then join Miss I
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unbox and create this Martin Bear's kit
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with you today to produce Benny this
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adorable cuddly bear so what will you
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receive you'll receive a box like this
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and you can see straight away that
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Martin bears are from Germany so don't
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let that put you off if you don't speak
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a word of German neither do I and this
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clearly says on the top that it's got
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Benny in there so I know I've got the
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right bear but you can see there's a
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selection of bears and animals that you
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can get so when you open it up the first
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thing you're going to get is this
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booklet that is your Bear's
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passport so when you open it up you'll
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instructions and a picture of lots of
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different bears and animals a needle
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that's already threaded up with a knot
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in it which is great and it's also not a
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very sharp needle and a passport that
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you can fill in for your bear if you do
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want to translate any of the German
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there's always the internet but without
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speaking a word of German I've had
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absolutely no difficulty and you can see
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there are little pictures on the
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instructions so you'll be just fine
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especially if you've watched this video
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and you've seen me making mine so
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there's also your bear so we can see
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I've got Benny with his little green
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heart that says Martin on it so we know
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he's a genuine bear and he's just
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adorable if a little flat there's his
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hole that we're going to stuff him
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through and here's the stuffing we're
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going to use oh what's that oh I've got
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a spare needle I'm not sure you're going
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to get one of those in your kit I think
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you're supposed to only get one and
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here's all the stuffing it's actually
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really soft it's really nice stuffing
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cuz it's not always is it if you've ever
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made toys and presumably there's enough
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for the bear so what we'll do is we'll
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put that stuff in in the bear so you'll
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find the holes it's not too big but it
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isn't too small either just don't try
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and push too much in at once so you're
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just going to take some and push it to
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whatever extremity you want so I'm going
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for his nose first you might choose to
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do his arms and legs but I just want to
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give him a little bit of character um
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there isn't a right and a wrong way to
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stuff a bear really my recommendation is
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that you make sure you get right to
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those extremities first and then work
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your way back towards the
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hole and what I would say is I used all
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the stuff in in the box and nothing
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extra there was plenty in the Box you
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empty and my bear is full but it's left
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him nice and Squishy he's not a really
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solid bear he's not supposed to be he's
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a squishy cuddly bear so once he's full
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we're happy we're going to sew up that
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hole so as I said earlier you get a
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needle that is sharp enough to go
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through the fur but it's not really
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really sharp and it comes with a nice
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strong thread on it that has a knot on
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it so that's what makes this kit ideal
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for kids once you've got them started
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they're going to have a bear really
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quickly they've not got to spend days
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and days making a bear they're making it
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but it's only a little job so none of
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that fiddly thread in the needle either
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so it's up to you which way you sew your
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bear up but I'll be honest I chose to go
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from the head down to the tail partly so
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that I can hide the finishing Stitch
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behind that little tail in case I need
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to so we're going to use a ladder stitch
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or an invisible stitch depending what
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you call it and there's a picture
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instructions so you're going to go
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through that seam that's in there and if
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like me you worry about such things just
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do another Stitch and put your needle
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through the loop to form a starting
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Stitch but notot should be sufficient
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but I get nervous so if you open your
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little booklet you'll see a picture that
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shows ladder stitch so that's what we're
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going to do and all you do is take a
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little bit of fur from one
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side and do make sure you get the needle
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right in through the fur and back out
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don't just go through a loop of the fur
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make sure you go right through the
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fabric you want him nice and
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secure and then a little bit from the
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and then you're just going to keep
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repeating that all the way down the bear
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so you can see straight away it starts
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to pull the edges together but it pulls
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them together so that your seam is
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invisible just looks like a continuation
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of the seam that's already there so just
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work your way all the way down to the
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tail and while I just do that let me
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just ask you to give me a thumbs up for
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this video if you're enjoying it and
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then we can spread Martin Bears to more
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people they've been making Martin bears
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for a hundred years and you can actually
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buy collectible ones on the website
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there's a teddy bear Museum there with
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the world's largest teddy bear it's
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really worth having a look at their site
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so I'm going to put the link in the
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description below and on the screen and
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I recommend you check them out whilst I
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was gifted this bear I'm not on any sort
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of commission I just really enjoyed it
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and thought it was really sweet and a
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little bit special so once you get all
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the way to the end of your scene
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Stitch and then put your needle through
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the loop and that's just going to secure
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it and then my recommendation is that
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you poke the needle into the bear and
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then out somewhere else from his body
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just so that you get a nice long length
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after your little knot
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Stitch and then when you've cut off your
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thread you've got a complete bear and
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there he is all cute and cuddly and
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ready to go go so thank you for sticking
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with me and watching if you like sewing
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then please check out the video that's
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on the screen now and enjoy your bear I
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hope you get one for Christmas
