Vermont Teddy Bear (BEAR) 10-Q 2003 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 99

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Inc. (the "Company") for the quarter ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Elisabeth B. Robert, President and Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d); and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: February 14, 2003

/s/ Elisabeth B. Robert

Elisabeth B. Robert

President and Chief Executive Officer

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Inc. (the "Company") for the quarter ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark J. Sleeper, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d); and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: February 14, 2003

/s/ Mark J. Sleeper

Mark J. Sleeper

Chief Accounting Officer