Canadian womans teddy bear part of exhibit at Paris Louvre Museum [Video]

A Canadian woman’s stuffed teddy bear creation has made its way to an exhibit at Paris’ prestigious Louvre Museum.

Quebec engineer Maggy-Nadyne Lamarche’s Béké-Bobo cereal-stuffed bear is currently included in the My Teddy Bear exhibit at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Palais du Louvre.

“It’s the highlight of my career to see my products become an art object,” she told Global News.

Lamarche says she had the idea to create her therapeutic stuffed animal Béké-Bobo — a French language play on the words kiss and small injury — over two decades ago.

“The stuffing inside the bear is a patented secret,” Lamarche said, divulging only that it’s full of Canadian-made cereal.

Her bears produce humidity and aromas that she says soothe young children, and the proof is that they have sold to hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

Her labour of love was created when she was looking for a way to soothe her constantly agitated sick …