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)
                                 April 7, 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 April 7, 2005, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. issued a press release
announcing, among other things, net retail sales, comparable store sales and
expected diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2005. The
press release also included expected earnings and diluted earnings per share for
the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and for the full year fiscal 2005. 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.
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(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
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99.1              Press Release dated April 7, 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.
                                          (Registrant)


Date: April 7, 2005                       /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 April 7, 2005