Japanese Teddy Bear Gun.

A Japanese company called Sunamiya has developed a gun-shaped party cracker that shoots out a teddy bear. The teddy bear would then parachute down.

Developers hit on the idea after noticing that it had become a trend for people to throw teddy bears into the air instead of bouquets at wedding receptions.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060429p2a00m0na032000c.html (via Exploding Aardvark)