SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane Valley Mall Build-A-Bear location has closed its line for the "Pay Your Age Day" event.
The store is offering customers vouchers for $15 off a plush toy instead of paying your age.
Chelsey Day showed up to the store at 9:00 a.m. She, her three children, her sister and her five children were waiting in line for hours to make their stuffed bears.
"It's pretty slow," she said about the line. "There's a lot and it loops all the way down and back."
Lines are closed throughout the U.S. for safety concerns.
Customers began lining up hours before before store openings with several users posting pictures and videos of "Black Friday-esque" turnout.
The line at the Spokane Valley Mall nearly filled the entire mall.
The official Build-A-Bear Facebook page posted an urgent message Thursday morning:
"Per local authorities, we cannot accept additional Guests at our locations due to crowds and safety concerns. We have closed lines in our U.S. and Canada stores. We understand some Guests are disappointed and we will reach out directly as soon as possible."
The promotion allowed customers to purchase a character and pay their current age with a cap set at $29. The entire store's collection of toys, including popular licensed characters, were available at the event.