UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                         TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                     Date of report (Date of earliest event
                            reported) January 6, 2005


                           Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


     Delaware                    001-32320                 43-1883836
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 (State or Other                (Commission              (IRS Employer
 Jurisdiction of                File Number)          Identification No.)
  Incorporation)



    1954 Innerbelt Business Center Drive                      63114
            St. Louis, Missouri                         ------------------
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (314) 423-8000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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         On January 6, 2005, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (the "Company") issued
a press release announcing, among other things, net retail sales, comparable
store sales and expected diluted earnings per share for the fiscal 2004 full
year and fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. A copy of the press release is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. The description
of the press release contained herein is qualified in its entirety by the full
text of such exhibit. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits


Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
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99.1              Press Release dated January 6, 2005








                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP, INC.



Date: January 6, 2005         By:      /s/     Tina Klocke                    
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                                       Name:   Tina Klocke
                                       Title:  Chief Financial Bear, 
                                               Secretary and Treasurer







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
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99.1              Press Release dated January 6, 2005