Koala Momma Love
Baby hippo getting a little help from mom
Moms make good mattresses
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Enjoy your day!
-Child’s Play
May 122013
Apr 252013
Cinderella opens this weekend at NW Children’s Theater and School! Their shows are the best and highly recommended! For tickets, click here. To read a fantastic interview with NW Children’s Theater star performer, John Ellingson , click here.
(p.s. We have a Cinderella ticket giveaway coming up soon! Watch your email and the blog for details!)
Also happening this weekend, Portland Canstruction at Pioneer Place Mall. Take your budding architects and interior designers to marvel at the structures Oregon’s top architecture, engineering, and construction firms have built from over 100,000 cans of food. On display now thru Sunday. Admission is free, canned food donations gladly accepted. More details here.
And a few links!
PDX Kids Calendar is giving away 4 free tickets to Sesame Street Live!
NW Kids has a great idea: Build a Fairy House with your Kids!
How to make a Garden Sensory Box (or Mud Play!)
Does your family need a little help in the Mother’s Day Gift department? Check out the Cool Mom Picks Mother’s Day Gift Guide. Megan shared her best/worst Mother’s Day gift. When she was about 6 she poured portions of all her mom’s perfumes, lotions and powders into a recycled Snaple jar, puff painted the outside with flowers and presented it as the latest and greatest, must-have beauty item. Oh, it was a special gift…
Have a hip-happenin’ day!
-Child’s Play Toys
Mar 012013
Here’s a few exciting things for your weekend – toys, a Dr. Seuss celebration site and an Oscar winning short film!
Zipper Bandz $2.99
Get hip to the latest fashion trend – Zipper Bandz! These bright and flashy bracelets can be linked together to make a rainbow of arm candy. Awesome!
Playmobil Eggs, Ages 3+ $7.99
Playmobil eggs are in the house! Get a jump on your Easter basket buying and pick up one of four varieties of eggs: forest ranger (shown), fairy, knight and playground. Look for them in our Easter display!
Owl Know How by Cat Rabbit & Isobel Knowles $17.99
We’ve gotten so many new books in! This is one of our favorites! Visit Cloud Town and meet Cornelia Rabbit and Orvi, as they work together to save their town from falling into the treetops. The handmade illustrations from these Australian artists will melt your heart! Plus, make your own owl from the included pattern! For more book recommendations check out the Books tab at the top of the page.
In non-toy news, Saturday is Dr. Suess’ birthday!! Find a Read Across American event happening in your neighborhood, and check out Seussville! Seussville is an interactive website sponsored by Random House, full of games, activities, videos, book lists and more!
Have you seen this year’s Oscar winning animated short film? It will make your heart feel light and happy!
Have an AWESOME weekend!
-Child’s Play
Feb 212013
Looking for lots of fun this weekend? Have we got some ideas for you! And, a few cool things from around the internet.
Storytime at the NW Library. From 10:15-10:45 kids aged 0-6 with their adult are welcome to stop in and hear a story. Then at 11, catch a special preschool storytime for those 3-6 years old. Visit the library’s site for a full event schedule.
Naked Ladies Party co-hosted by Urbanmamas and gDiapers. On Friday, February 22 at 7:30 in the gDiapers space (2808 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97212) join other Portland moms for a mama’s night out of clothes swapping. Here’s the details:
-Bring a bottle of vino or a snack to share. If you can’t bring a drink or snack, please bring a $5 donation.
- Bring as many clothes, shoes and accessories as you want to off-load. All sizes and maternity are encouraged! The chunk-o-change and the left over clothing will be donated to a local women’s charity.
-Leave kiddos at home, unless s/he is a babe in arms (or Mya or Moby or Ergo or just generally part of your outfit). This is a mama’s night out event and we want you to take a break!
Check the facebook event page for more info!
And, here’s a few fun things from around the web:
Have you seen Pins for Parents? Hilarious!
Cool Mom Picks has a great post about her favorite free and printable paper dolls.
Tinkerlab has a great idea for a DIY Light Table! These magnatiles would look great on it!
Magnatiles 48 Piece Set in Clear, Ages 3+ $74.99
Have a fantastic day!
-Child’s Play
Feb 182013
What was that? You like winning things?! Us too! We like giving them away too! So, here’s how you can win a $100 gift certificate to your favorite toy store!
Help us spread the word about the benefits of shopping local with a shout out to your favorite independent toy store. Now through February 25, 2013, simply tweet about Child’s Play with a link to www.
Here are a few contest ready tweets for your convenience:
My fave toy store is @childsplaypdx. What’s yours? Shop local: http://bit.ly/Rerzir #LUV #woohootoys
I LUV to shop for toys at Child’s Play! Click http://bit.ly/11GIksY for a chance to win a $100 gift card! #LUV #woohootoys
I LUV Child’s Play for the best toys! Learn more about the benefits of shopping local at http://bit.ly/Rerzir #LUV #woohootoys
One winner will be selected at random. A full or abbreviated link to the website www.yourneighborhoodtoystore.
And, doesn’t this look fun?!
Star Wars Thumb Doodles by Klutz, Ages 6+ $16.99
Have a fabulous day!
-Child’s Play
Feb 012013
Here’s a few of our favorite things we discovered this week!
Fairy Forest Jewelry Box, Ages 5+ $19.99
This is one of the cutest jewelry boxes we have! Decorated with owls, butterflies, trees, jems and sparkly stickers – it is so cute! It’s big enough to hold even the glammest of girls jewelry collections. And, you get to decorate it yourself! Just follow the handy “sticker/ jewel by number” directions.
Seussical starts at the NW Children’s Theater! This musical extravaganza takes you on an excellent adventure with The Cat in Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFizz and other timeless Seuss characters. It’s guaranteed to be splendifferous! The show runs Feb. 2nd (this Saturday!) thru March 3rd. Click here for ticket details.
And, looking ahead to Monday, plan a trip to the World Forestry Center for Mommy and Me Mondays. Every Monday from 10am-11am the center welcomes little ones and their adults for an adventure of stories, arts & crafts, songs or puppetry! Free coffee, tea and snacks provided by Happy Family are a lovely perk too!
Have a marvelous weekend!
-Child’s Play
Jan 042013
Friday, Friday! Oh yeah! Here’s what we’re loving this weekend. What about you?!
Squishable Squid, $42.99
This giant stuffed animal is just waiting to give you a tentacle hug! Or let you use him as a pillow.
We’re totally into healthy breakfasts to start our days off strong! Hop on over to Pinterest to see the healthy breakfast ideas we just pinned to our “Yum!” board.
Free admission at the Chinese Garden! To celebrate the new year, the garden is offering free admission from Saturday, January 5 through next Saturday, the 12th. This is a wonderful oasis in the middle of the city.
That is quite a list of wonderful things! What are you loving right now?
Have a fabulous weekend!
-Child’s Play
Jan 012013
We hope everyone had a very happy new year’s eve and that your 2013 is off to an excellent start. We’re closed today, but figured something cheery to start the new year off would be nice. What’s cheery than tap dancing?!
Have a fantastic day!
-Child’s Play
Nov 232012
Today we are totally in the Holiday Spirit! So, our favorite things all have to do with new Holiday things in the store!
- Little Boxes Today and tomorrow shop at our store, then get 10% off at all the other participating shops! Plus, enter to win fabulous raffle prizes! For more details, visit www.littleboxespdx.com
Elf on the Shelf, book and elf, NOW $22.99 (originally $29.99)
- Elf on the Shelf is on sale! Start a new family tradition today!
-Holiday Hours We’ll be open Monday thru Saturday 9am – 8pm, Sunday 10am – 6pm!
Have a spectacular weekend!
-Child’s Play
Nov 222012
We’ll be closed today, but will re-open Friday at 9am!
Have a lovely holiday!
Turkey Figurine by Safari Ltd., $6.99
-Child’s Play