Cute, cuddly and colourful...and guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Teddy bears are being used to cheer up children stuck indoors during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
And families across Greater Manchester are now being urged to join in the fun.
The idea, based around Michael Rosen's much-loved children's book 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt', began in New Zealand and mirrors the rainbow movement sweeping the UK.
Children there have been putting their special bears on display in the windows of their homes, or in flowerpots outside, for all to see.
And youngsters out with their parents for their daily exercise are enjoying bear hunts by spotting as many as possible.
Now the fun-filled campaign is being taken up by Figen Murray, the mother of Manchester Arena bombing victim Martyn Hett.
Figen, a counsellor and mental health therapist who began knitting small teddies as part of a therapeutic book she was writing, said even New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a bear on display in the window of her home in Wellington.
Over here, bears have been popping up in the windows of homes from Greater Manchester to Blackpool.
Figen, from Stockport, said: "We are living in mega scary times and it feels right now as if we are in a sci-fi horror movie that just won't stop.
"This is to encourage children all over to go for teddy bear hunts and spot the bears.
"A similar thing has happened with rainbows in windows and I see some people have put bears underneath their rainbows.
"So much is out there about job losses and people not being able to pay their rents.
"I feel that we can all do more for the children in our neighbourhoods.
"It is so easy to pop a teddy bear in the window.
"Obviously, as a bear maker, this is really very close to my heart and I now have two windows with bears in."
Figen reckons she has knitted more than 1,200 bears over the years and now knits everyday.
They have been sent all over the world and highlighted by a raft of celebrities including This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
Her self-help book, aimed at adults, was written from the perspective of the bears she knits, with each bear struggling with a problem common to many of us, from anxiety to anger issues.
Figen also sells the bears online, giving each a name and inventing a back story for them.
"I make them for grown ups as grown ups often forget how to play when they are adults and it brings a bit of playfulness back in their lives," she said.
"I want them to make people reminisce of their childhood and just have that glimmer of a smile.
"The bears have now become my peace bears since Martyn died and are a very important aspect of my life. They are my grief therapy and I knit most days.
"I very much think this bear campaign needs to grow and is a tiny antidote to the darkness that the virus is bringing into our hearts.
"Children must feel so weird about what is happening and it will add a little bit of fun in a horrendous time.
"We are the people who can make a massive difference with this and truly lift children's spirits."
Bears in windows to brighten up the days of children have also popped up in America and Australia.
