Care Bears facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Care Bears
The 10 original Care Bears in the logo for the 1980s franchise, with Tenderheart Bear at the top
Creator	Those Characters from Cleveland (Cloudco Entertainment)
Original work	Greeting cards published by American Greetings (1981)
Films and television
Films	Theatrical: The Care Bears Movie (1985) Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! (2007) Care Bears: To the Rescue (2010) Direct-to-DVD: Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005) Care Bears: Share Bear Shines (2010) Care Bears: The Giving Festival (2010)
Television series	Care Bears (1985) The Care Bears Family (1986–88) Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot (2007–08) Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot (2012) Care Bears and Cousins (2015–16) Care Bears: Unlock the Magic (2019–present) Specials: The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983) The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984) Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (1988)
Audio
Soundtracks	The Care Bears Movie (1985) Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) The Care Bears (Thomas J Dwyer Generation)
Miscellaneous
Toys	Various
Original artwork by	Elena Kucharik

Funshine Bear as part of the Christmas decoration in Junction 8, Singapore in Dec 2013.

The Care Bears are a very successful toy franchise from the 1980s. Over forty million of these stuffed teddy bears, made with a variety of colours, were sold from 1983 to 1987. Each Bear had a name, a job, and a symbol tied to it. For example, Funshine Bear helps people wake up, and has a sun on his stomach.

The toys were first made as characters on cards in 1981; the original artwork was done by Elena Kucharik. Later, other toys called the Care Bear Cousins were introduced.

They also gave way to three animated movies for the cinema in the mid-1980s. A related TV series from DIC and, later, Canada's Nelvana Limited came out at almost that same time.

Recently, Care Bear toys have been brought back in a new edition for the twenty-first century. As part of this comeback, the Bears have appeared in their first two DVD movies (both computer-animated), as well as a few video games.

Care Bears

First ten

The later additions

New Bears (2004)

Care Bear Cousins

The movies

1. The Care Bears Movie (1985)
2. Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
3. The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)
4. Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) (direct to video)
5. The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005) (direct to video)
6. Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! (2007) (direct to video)
7. Care Bears: Share Bear Shines (2009) (direct to video)

Care Bears in other languages

• Czech: Starostliví medvídci
• Dutch: Troetelbeertjes
• Finnish: Halinallet
• French: Les Bisounours (France) / Les Calinours ( Canadian French )
• German: Die Glücksbärchis
• Greek: ΤΑ ΑΡΚΟΥΔΑΚΙΑ
• Hebrew: דובוני אכפת לי (Doobonei eechpattli)
• Hungarian: Gondos Bocsok
• Icelandic: Kærleiksbirnirnir
• Japanese: ケアベア (Kea Bea)
• Korean: 케어 베어스 (Keo Beoseu)
• Italian: Gli Orsetti del Cuore
• Norwegian: Care Bears
• Polish: Troskliwe Misie
• Portuguese: Ursinhos Carinhosos
• Serbo-Croatian: Mede medenjaci
• Spanish: Ositos Cariñositos (Latin America) / Osos Amorosos ( European Spanish )
• Swedish: Krambjörnarna
• Thai: หมีผู้พิทักษ์

See also

In Spanish: Care Bears para niños