website budsies.com budsies turns children s artwork into custom stuffed animals . 1 the company s vision is to let children be the designers of their own toys . 2 contents 1 company 2 method 3 philanthropy 4 gallery 5 references 6 external links company edit boy holding his drawing and matching budsies plush toy founder alex furmansky initially thought of the budsies idea in early 2013 in an effort to memorialize his younger sister s artwork . the company formally launched in september 2013 to a positive reception by the blogger community . 3 4 the company has sold more than 8 000 budsies since its launch . 5 budsies target demographic is children ages 3 to 10 . children s artwork the company has received and transformed into physical form has ranged from puppies chickens robot monsters and rainbow colored hearts to a s more . however budsies has also fulfilled orders for adults and has created likenesses of video game characters selfies and adult artwork . 6 7 furmansky appeared on the april 10 2015 episode of the reality competition television series shark tank to pitch budsies . 5 8 9 furmansky failed to get a shark pitch in to the company . citation needed girl holding her drawing and matching budsies plush toy method edit customers submit their artwork to budsies by taking a photo of it with their smartphones and sending it to budsies via e mail or text message . 10 orders for the custom plush toys are placed via the company s website and fulfilled within approximately 5 weeks . 11 philanthropy edit budsies organizes art days and provides free toys through organizations including easter seals leukemia & lymphoma society and lutheran social services of michigan . 2 12 therapists also utilize the donated toys during speech therapy sessions . 13 the company also donates art supplies and budsies to school districts to encourage creativity and host art contests . 14 in 2015 budsies partnered with the boca west foundation to bring the artwork of 60 children at florence fuller child development centers in boca raton florida to life . 15 gallery edit a photo of a couple turned into budsies toy dolls boy holding his drawing and matching budsies plush toy references edit about budsies turning children s drawing into stuffed animals . budsies . a b kids original sketches become cherished plush toys . today . 5 june 2014 . entrepreneur s confession a smile can sometimes outvalue a business plan . technorati . 2 june 2014 . budsies new florida company turns your drawings into adorable stuffed animals . miami new times . 20 september 2013 . a b budsies bring kids drawings to life . sun sentinel . 2 april 2015 . kids add their own design to stuffed animals . cnbc . 20 august 2014 . bringing children s dreams to life team of artists transform doodles into real life cuddly toys . daily mail . 26 november 2014 . how this entrepreneur got his startup shark tank ready . upstart business journal . 26 march 2015 . company turns artwork into stuffed animals . wpbf . 6 april 2015 . review budsies bring art to life . the charlotte observer . 12 july 2014 . how it works . budsies . foster children in troy program cope with loss hope for adoption . detroit news . 24 august 2014 . easter seals presents budsies to children . eyewitness news local weht wtvw . 10 july 2014 . teacher of the year creates model for how to host a drawing contest for your school . budsies . 24 may 2014 . children draw pictures of stuffed animals . wptv tv . 3 march 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title budsies & oldid 741872214 categories 2013 establishments in the united statestoy companies of the united statesstuffed toyshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 05 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view