{"id":11614,"date":"2026-06-11T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildabear.se\/blog\/2026-06-11-become-a-build-a-bear-football-champion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:14:48","slug":"become-a-build-a-bear-football-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildabear.se\/en\/blog\/2026-06-11-become-a-build-a-bear-football-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Build-A-Bear Football Champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u26bd<\/strong><strong>Become a Build-A-Bear Football Champion! <\/strong><strong>\ud83c\udfc6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Football fever is here, and we&#8217;re celebrating with a fun in-store challenge!<\/p>\n\n<p>From <strong>June 11 to July 19<\/strong>, visit our <strong>Build-A-Bear Workshop Gallerian store<\/strong> and put your football skills to the test in our <strong>Football juggling challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Can you keep the ball in the air?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Show off your football juggling skills by keeping the ball in the air using only your feet. The goal is simple: make as many consecutive touches as possible without letting the ball touch the ground!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>How it works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u26bd Visit the Build-A-Bear Workshop Gallerian store during one of the challenge sessions<\/p>\n\n<p>\u26bd Take part in the Football juggling challenge<\/p>\n\n<p>\u26bd You get <strong>3 attempts<\/strong> to achieve your best score<\/p>\n\n<p>\u26bd Your highest score will be recorded on our leaderboard<\/p>\n\n<p>\u26bd Check the Top 10 players of the week in-store<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Win a Build-A-Bear Football Bear!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>At the end of each competition week, the participant with the highest score will be crowned our Football Champion and win a <strong>Build-A-Bear Football Bear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Competition categories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>To make things fair and fun for everyone, we have two age groups:<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc67 Children under 10 years old<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83e\uddd1 Participants aged 10+<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Weekly competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>A new winner will be selected every week:<\/p>\n\n<p>Weekly competitions A new winner will be selected every week:<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 June 11\u201314<br \/><br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 June 15\u201321<br \/><br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 June 22\u201328<br \/><br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 June 29\u2013July 5<br \/><br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 July 6\u201312<br \/><br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 July 13\u201319<br \/><br \/>That means multiple chances to become a champion throughout the tournament!<\/p>\n\n<p>Challenge hours The Football juggling challenge will be available during the following time slots:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Monday \u2013 Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u23f0 10:00\u201312:00<br \/>\u23f0 13:00\u201315:00<br \/>\u23f0 17:00\u201320:00<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u23f0 10:00\u201312:00<br \/>\u23f0 13:00\u201315:00<br \/>\u23f0 18:00\u201320:00<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u23f0 10:00\u201313:00<br \/>\u23f0 17:00\u201319:00<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u23f0 11:00\u201313:00<br \/>\u23f0 17:00\u201319:00<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u26bd<\/strong><strong> Can you beat the competition?<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Show off your football juggling skills, climb the leaderboard, and compete for your chance to win a Build-A-Bear Football Bear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bdBecome a Build-A-Bear Football Champion! \ud83c\udfc6 Football fever is here, and we&#8217;re celebrating with a fun in-store challenge! 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