Sunday, December 21, 2014

Did Ya Know?

Did you know that with every BricTek purchase you are also making sure another kid has a great Christmas? This year, we have partnered with BricTek and Project Merry Christmas. If you buy a brick kit, we will be donating another kit to a kid who might not be as fortunate. So this year, let's make sure that everyone has gifts under their tree!



Saturday, December 20, 2014

Boredom Busters

 


Design your own wrapping paper
Can't find the perfect wrapping paper? Design some for yourself! you can go online and create the perfect wrapping paper for any gift you need! Try the link below to see what you can make. 

http://www.finestationery.com/shop/gifts/wrapping-paper.html?gclid=CMDXiaSp08ICFcECaQodbHIAfQ





Make a Metal Earth Model
Come into the toy store to see the hottest item this holiday season! Metal earth models are the latest and greatest model. Pop each piece out of the metal sheet and fold the tabs to make planes, trains and everything else!

 


Dance with the Fox
Need a dance partner? We have a fox that will dance with you! Shake your tail feathers to the hit song, "What does the fox say?"

Thursday, December 18, 2014

#tbt

 March 2011...
Our logo came to life
 thanks to James Graphics!



Preparing for monsoon 
season in Durango
June 2011


The best puppet show ever!
July 2011

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Weird Science Wednesday

Roses are Red?

Materials
  • 2 Fountain pen ink cartridges. (1 red and 1 green)
  • 2 Test Tubes
  • Water
  • Sharp Knife
  • White blossom flower, like a carnation or rose, with a 6-8 inch stem
  • 10 Ounce Drinking glass
Method
  • Pour each ink cartridge into a separate test tube.
  • Dilute the ink by half filling each tube with water.
  • With a knife, carefully slit the stem of the flower so that it's base has two halves, each as long as the test tube. The stem should remain whole above the slit. 
  • Put on stem half in each test tube and place test tubes (still holding the stem) inside the glass.
  • Keep the tubes upright for several hours.
  • The blossom will have changed color gradually, one part becoming red and the other part turning green
 
The Science
  • The diluted ink is mainly water, which the plant needs for nourishment. It travels though the narrow channels that transport water and nutrients to the different parts of a plant. The coloring hits the end of the line when it reaches the blossom, and then the water either is used by the plant or evaporates and leaves the coloring of the ink behind. This turns the blossom different colors.
     
     
     

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Game Review

Munchkin

3-8 players
1 hour of game time
Ages 10 +

This award-winning card game, designed by Steve Jackson, captures the essence of the dungeon experience with none of that silly roleplaying stuff. You and your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items. And what magic items. Don the Horny Helmet and the Boots of Butt Kicking. Wield the Staff of Napalm or maybe the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment. Start by slaughtering the Potted Plant and the Drooling Slime, and work your way up to the Plutonium Dragon. Munchkin is a stand-alone card game designed by Steve Jackson that "simulates" a fantasy themed RPG in a simple, card-based game that's chock full of silliness.

Monday, December 15, 2014

FAQ's

Would you like your toys gift wrapped?


Here at Durango Toy Depot, we offer free gift wrapping for both birthdays and this holiday season. If you celebrate Christmas, we have a delightful reindeer paper, featuring Santa's helpers waving and smiling. Perhaps you celebrate Chanukah, and we can wrap your gift in a snowflake covered paper. And just in case there is someone whose birthday falls near these holidays, we still have some fantastic birthday paper options, like a colorful ribbon and confetti design, or neon zebra paper. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that we can wrap your presents if you need. 

Friday, December 12, 2014

Dinosaurs 101


How do you know what the enemies of a dinosaur were?

Answer: The actual predators of most dinosaurs are not known. To determine what dinosaurs a meat-eater ate is very difficult since the fossil record is all there is, and it is very incomplete.

Fossil evidence
There are only a few ways of finding out about dinosaur predator/prey relationship, and they are all very rare.

  • Fossilized stomach contents can tell you exactly what that dinosaur ate for its last meal (but only its last meal, not necessarily its entire diet). For example, Baryonyx stomach contents were found to contain fish scales.
  • Fossilized dung also lets you know the contents of a dinosaur's meal. Unfortunately, figuring out what dinosaur the fossilized dung came from is not easy. Recently, T. Rex dung was found containing crushed Triceratops bone. Fossilized dung is called coprolites.
  • Finding two fossilized dinosaurs that died in battle lets you know about the predator/prey relationship. In Mongolia, a Velociraptor and Protoceratops were found together, each bearing battle wounds (like teeth marks in the bones). 

Thursday, December 11, 2014

#tbt


Wacky Wednesday Inspiration! 
Painted Pigs! 
We did this craft project on
Wacky Wednesday 
but our pigs didn't look as cute as these!


and this goes back to Wacky Wednesday too...
We call it the Dr. Seuss tree house! 
Dr. Seuss pretty much invented WackyWednesday!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Weird Science Wednesday

Alchemy 101

You Will Need
  • 5/8 cup of Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of Salt
  • 12 Pennies (dull ones work best)
  • Spoon
  • Paper Towel
  • Ungalvanized Iron Nail
Method
  • Add the vinegar to a bowl and stir in the salt.
  • Place coins in the bowl. (Make sure they are completely submerged.)
  • Leave coins in the bowl for 5 minutes.
  • Retrieve coins from the bowl using the spoon and let them dry on the paper towel; do not dump out the vinegar and salt mixture.
  • Add the nail to the bowl of liquid and keep it there for 30 minutes. Observe tiny bubbles forming around the nail.
  • Carefully take the nail out of the bowl and set it on the paper towel to dry. It should appear to be COPPER!
The Science
In the first stage of the experiment, the vinegar solution "cleaned" some of the copper off the coins. This copper remained in the solution (with the vinegar and salt), which in turn had a chemical reaction with the iron on the surfaqce of the nail. as part of this reaction, a chemical exchange left a copper coating on the nail. This type of chemical addition of a metallic layer is called plating; you have created a copper plated nail! Next Stop: GOLD!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Game Review

 Dominion

You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams. You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion. In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait. It must be something in the air, several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted.
Throughout the course of the game, players will buy more cards and add them to  their original 10 card deck. As the game progresses, this deck gets larger and larger with the newly acquired cards. This bigger deck gives you expanded play options on your turn via the action cards you purchased during previous game rounds. More victory point cards (how you win the game) and currency cards (how you buy new cards) will also make their way into your deck. Players have to walk a fine line of buying actions cards, victory points and currency cards during the game. Too much of one of them means a player will be drawing less of the other ones during the game. While a hand full of victory point cards is horrible to draw during the game, you need those at the end of the game to win. Card drafting, hand management and deck building are the main themes of this game. Spend your resources wisely on your turn  and you should come out as the victor.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Boredom Busters

 

Decorate Gingerbread Men
Tis the season to bake yummy cookies and decorate them with all the fixin's! Give your little friend some hair made of sprinkles and don't forget the gumdrop buttons



 
Fold Paper Air Planes
With the cold weather here to stay, fold some paper airplanes while being warm inside. There are lots of different ways to fold and create the perfect flying piece of paper. 




Put Together a Puzzle
Durango Toy Depot has so many cool puzzles to put together! My favorite is the HUGE sandwhich that even has pizza on it. Stop by and pick out a cool puzzle.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Dinosaur 101

Question #4

What color were dinosaurs?

No one knows. Animal's skin colors are produced by organic pigments which are not preserved in the process of fossilization.

The best guess about dinosaur coloration is to try to figure out how a particular dinosaur lived and to look at modern-day reptiles (and other animals) as a guide. For example, an animal that is heavily hunted may need camouflage to help it hide from predators. Or, it may be brightly colored, mimicking a poisonous species.

Basically, it is impossible to know what the dinosaurs' coloration was (using today's science).

Thursday, December 4, 2014

#tbt

Throwback Thursday


Lets go back to when Betty was doing... whatever she was wants!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Weird Science Wednesday

Overcoming Gravity

You Will Need:
  • Drinking Glass
  • Water
  • Playing card or post card (make sure its big enough to cover the top of the glass)
  • Towel or Tub (in case of trouble)
The Method
  • Fill the glass 3/4 full of water
  • Place card squarely over the mouth of the glass, making sure there is no gap
  • Pressing the card to the rim, turn the glass over, maybe over your volunteer's head
  • When the glass is upside down, remove your hand from the card
  • The card should remain attached to the glass and no water should leak out
The Science
 The simple explanation to this experiment id that it all depends on air pressure. The water in the glass certainly presses down on the card, but what's surprising is the strength of the air pressure working in the opposite direction - greater than the force of gravity in this case!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Game Reviews

Steam Park

Ages 10+
For 2-4 players
Game Time - 60 minutes

Steam Park is an easy-to-learn game with two difficulty levels: one for the less experienced gamers and a more strategic one for those who want a more exciting challenge. In this management game, you'll have to build your own amusement park and make it the largest and most profitable in the region. By constructing the three-dimensional, wonderful rides designed by Marie Cardouat, you will see your park grow right before your eyes. Choose your strategy! Build Stands to attract more Visitors, or Toilets to keep the Dirt under control. Whatever decision you take, take it quickly: The less time you spend planning, the more time you'll have to maintain your park. Thanks to a clever, original action-choosing mechanism, winning in Steam Park is as much a matter of being the best as of being the fastest!

Monday, December 1, 2014

FAQ's

Why are you so good at wrapping presents?


We get a lot of practice wrapping gifts during this holiday season. I think I wrap about 50 billion gifts a day! So with all that cutting paper and taping, we get pretty good at making your present look just right!

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Small Business Saturday

Why #shopsmall today? Or any other day?

1. Small is the new black
Now in its fourth year, Small Business Saturday is catching on as a positive cultural trend. Research indicates that shoppers who had heard of Small Business Saturday spent $5.5 billion that day last year, and 77% plan to shop at small businesses this Saturday.
2. They’ve put out the welcome mat for you
This year,67% of all businesses will offer discounts on Small Business Saturday, while more than a third will offer coupons for future offers or discounts.
3. It’s friendly
At a small business, chances are you’ll be waited on by the owner, a member of their family, or someone who reports directly to the owner. This proximity to the boss makes for better customer service – something that can be hard to find at larger stores.
4. Your local economy will benefit
Shopping  small creates and supports local jobs. Each time you purchase a product or a service on Main Street, you are helping to pay the salary of a friend or neighbor.
5. The national economy will benefit
Historically, two-thirds of net new jobs in this country are created by small business. Small firms are also responsible for over half of national GDP. There’s nothing small about that.
6. Small businesses need some good news
 
Small Business optimism is persistently, historically low. A holiday season that serves up robust sales will be good for confidence – something that is essential for business growth and job creation.
7. Sometimes less is more
Let’s be honest – sometimes you’d rather have to choose between a handful of television sets or warm boots instead of a warehouse full of them. Your local retailers have done some of the legwork for you – offering a select inventory aimed at matching what you’re looking for in terms of quality and value.
8. They’ve earned your trust
A  Gallup poll  earlier this year found that the American people rank small business second only to the U.S. Military when it comes to institutions in which they have confidence.
9. Small business gives back
Research shows that over 90% of small business owners contribute each year to their communities through volunteering, in-kind contributions, and/or direct cash donations. That means your purchase of a good or service at a small business is a great way to “pay it forward.”
10. It’s good to be part of the dream
Small-business owners are the embodiment of the American Dream; supporting  them makes you part of the dream, and that’s a good thing.
Dan Danner is president and CEO of the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business)

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Game Review

You Might Be A Redneck If.....
Patch Products was recently granted the rights to produce The You Might be a Redneck If... Game. Everyone's heard of Jeff Foxworthy and his hilarious Redneck jokes. Now Patch Products brings his humor to the board game shelves.
You're a redneck. Start in your trailer and go through town, collecting "redneck" things like a bag o' jerky and a hound dog to bring back home. If you're the first redneck to collect everything and return to your trailer, you win.
On each turn you pick from three choices that correctly complete one of Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck jokes.
Sample Questions:
You might be a Redneck if... you wash your car more often than you wash your _____.
1. hair
2. kids
3. clothes
You might be a Redneck if... your mother doesn't put on _____ to go grocery shopping.
1. makeup
2. shoes
3. a bra
Dumb luck plays a role, too. If you land on a Dumb Luck spot, you must draw a card and may be required to do any of 30 different things, such as give up one of your treasures, or perform a Redneck stunt like hog-calling. A flip of the Redneck coin each time you encounter Dumb Luck decides if you will be the recipient of the Dumb Luck, or if you must force it upon one of your fellow Rednecks.
Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If... Game is for 2 to 4 players ages 16 and up. (Answers to the clues: kids, shoes.)
Foxworthy is the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best selling author of 13 books. He starred in The Blue Collar Comedy Tour movie and the follow-up DVD, The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again. He also stars in and executive produces the WB hit television show "Blue Collar TV" and hosts a weekly country countdown radio show, The Foxworthy Countdown.

Monday, November 24, 2014

FAQ

Why is Mocha Bear wearing a tutu?


Because he has a tea party to attend and wants to be dressed for the occasion.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Did ya know?

Clifford the Big Red Dog is 50 years old?


The first Clifford book was published in 1963 and has grown much like Clifford did. Clifford was the runt of a litter of puppies and was chosen by a city child named Emily Elizabeth as her birthday present. No one expected him to grow, but Emily's love for her tiny red puppy changed him dramatically. Before long, he was over 25 feet tall, forcing the Howard family to leave the city and move to the open spaces of Birdwell Island.

Happy 50th Clifford and we hope you have 50 more!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Boredom Busters

 

        Glitter-ify Something
Give something the perfect amount of shine by throwing some glitter on it! It super easy too. all you need to do is find an object in need of some sparkle, coat it with modge podge, and cover it with glitter. You can add a second coat of modge podge to keep the glitter on whatever you decided to add some fun too.  



 

      Dance with this Guy
If you play music, this guy will dance to it. Really. He dances to ANY SONG!





 
       Topple some Tobbles
Tobbles are from the great company that brought you Squigs! These six weighted spheres balance perfectly and nest within each other. Wobble, tilt and wiggle the the Tobbles and see if you can topple them over!



Friday, November 21, 2014

Dinosuars 101

Were more dinosaurs carnivores or herbivores?

There were many more plant-eaters! 

Some dinosaurs were carnivores (meat-eaters) but most were herbivores (plant-eaters). In any food chain, there have to be more organisms at the lower levels of the chain because the transfer of food energy is inefficient and much of the energy is wasted. During the Mesozoic Era (as in other times), plant diversity was greater than animal diversity. 


Thursday, November 20, 2014

#tbt




Circle of Friends.... circa 2012
Monday kitty......

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Weird Science Wednesday

Ya know sometimes how you don't like the bread on your sammich but just want the gooey filling?
Here's a way to replace those two pieces of bread with different, spreadable layers. You can even store this in a jar!

You will Need;
3 Tablespoons of water
3 Tablespoons of cooking oil
3 Tablespoons of honey
A glass jar with a lid or cork.

What to do:
 Pour the water, oil, and honey into th ejar.
Cover the jar. Within a few minutes the "sammich" will form before your eyes! The liquids seperate into 3 distinct layers!
(DO NOT take this sandwich idea too far and have anyone eat it, Seriuosly!)

What happened in the jar?
The science of this sammich is all about density..... the amount something weighs in a particular volume. The volume of 3 Tablespoons remains the same in this experiment so the densest liquid, honey, settles at the bottom. Cooking oil is denser than water so it settled in the middle leaving the water to settle on top.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Boredom Busters

Brictek
Stop by the store today and check out all the New Brictek kits that arrived recently. there are so many awesome kits for builders of all ages. Start out with something like a horse and carriage and work your way up to an army base! There is plenty to choose from!



Potato Stamps
  1. Step 1

    Choose large potatoes that, when halved widthwise, have a surface wide enough to accommodate a cookie cutter. Place the cookie cutter on a table, cutting side up. Center the potato over the cutter and tap, pressing the cutter at least 1/2 inch into the potato. Using a sharp kitchen knife, cut the excess potato flesh away from the cookie cutter, making slices perpendicular to the cutter; this is a job only for adults. Once the excess potato is removed, pull out the cookie cutter.

  2. Step 2 

    Make sure to use the proper ink; if you're working on paper, both pigment- and dye-based inks will work, while fabric requires dye-based ink. For paper designs, place a piece of felt beneath the piece of paper to cushion the surface; this will result in a crisp, even print.


 

Make Activity Dice
Find a big blank block and write all sorts of different things on each side. Like hop on one foot or do 10 jumping jacks. Roll your dice and see what comes up for you!

Friday, November 14, 2014

Dinosaurs 101

Question #6
What kind of habitat did the dinosaurs live in?

Habitats are very difficult to determine from what we know from the fossils that are generally available. We are able to figure out some of what the plant life was like based on the plant or animal fossils, but it is not an easy task to figure out what the environment was like. Paleontologists usually don't say much about particular dinosaurs' habits because of this. 

 

Thursday, November 13, 2014

#tbt


Throw it back to Halloween of 2012 with this fabulous diva of a pumpkin!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Weird Science Wednesday

Tea Bag Hot-Air Balloon

What you will need

  • 1 Tea Bag (the kind with a string and a tag)
  • Staple Remover (or very strong fingernails)
  • Small Plate
  • Matches

How to do it
  • Remove the string from the tea bag.
  • Remove the staple and empty out the tea leaves.
  • Stand the empty bag, which should be shaped like a cylinder, on it's end on a small plate.
  • Light a match and set fire to the top of the tea bag.
  • As the flame burns down, the burning tea bag will shake a little and then float up into the air.

This happens because the flame makes the air around the empty tea bag hot, and hot air rises. The tea bag also looses mass when it is burn and these two factors combine perfectly for lift off!
 

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Game Review


ZOMBIE-Opoly Allows players to buy their favorite Zombies and increase the rent by buying boxes of flesh and trading them in for a screaming human. Choose your token and shamble to RRrrrrr. You may soon be re-animated or you may just be blood spewed and bitten.
•Comes with 6 player pieces and 2 dice
•Player pieces consist of, a shovel, Severed Ear, Femur Bone, Lethal Weapon, Zombie Boy and a Human Remnant
•Same classic game, with a Zombie twist
For ages 8 and up.


Monday, November 10, 2014

FAQ's

Where do you find all the toys to fill the toy store?
 We look at a lot of catalogs.....
We talk to other toy store owners.....
We have an amazing group of people who come to see us that represent  toy companies....
We play with toys at toy shows....
We listen to you when you come into the store!

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Did Ya Know?

The pinwheel is a type of whirligig. The primary requirement for a whirligig is at least one part of the object spins due to the power of wind, friction, hand movement or a motor. Attached to a stick, the blades of the pinwheel fold inward, cupping the wind and causing the blades to spin rapidly almost as soon as the wind hits them. The pinwheel has a long history that spans the globe.

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8664866_history-pinwheels.html

The History of Pinwheels

The pinwheel is a type of whirligig. The primary requirement for a whirligig is at least one part of the object spins due to the power of wind, friction, hand movement or a motor. Attached to a stick, the blades of the pinwheel fold inward, cupping the wind and causing the blades to spin rapidly almost as soon as the wind hits them. The pinwheel has a long history that spans the globe.


Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8664866_history-pinwheels.html
The pinwheel is a type of whirligig. The primary requirement for a whirligig is at least one part of the object spins due to the power of wind, friction, hand movement or a motor. Attached to a stick, the blades of the pinwheel fold inward, cupping the wind and causing the blades to spin rapidly almost as soon as the wind hits them. The pinwheel has a long history that spans the globe.

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8664866_history-pinwheels.html
The pinwheel is a type of whirligig. The primary requirement for a whirligig is at least one part of the object spins due to the power of wind, friction, hand movement or a motor. Attached to a stick, the blades of the pinwheel fold inward, cupping the wind and causing the blades to spin rapidly almost as soon as the wind hits them. The pinwheel has a long history that spans the globe.

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8664866_history-pinwheels.html
During the nineteenth century in California, Brittany Penland invented a wind-driven toy designed to be held aloft by running children as they frolic. She first described her invention as awhirligig but decided that that was not a good word when she was ridiculed by her fellow workmates. Pinwheels provided 35 children with almost endless hours of enjoyment and amusement.
An Armenian immigrant toy manufacturer, Tegran M. Samour, invented the modern version of the pinwheel, originally titled "wind wheel," in 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts. Samour (shortened from Samourkashian), owned a toy store in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and sold the wind wheel along with two other toys which he invented.
The pinwheel is a type of whirligig. The primary requirement for a whirligig is at least one part of the object spins due to the power of wind, friction, hand movement or a motor. Attached to a stick, the blades of the pinwheel fold inward, cupping the wind and causing the blades to spin rapidly almost as soon as the wind hits them. The pinwheel has a long history that spans the globe.

Read more : http://www.ehow.com/info_8664866_history-pinwheels.html

Thursday, November 6, 2014

#tbt

 Strategy and world domination before the days of Pac Man!
The roots of Stratego reach back to WWII when a Dutchman, Jacques Johan Mogendorff, invented Stratego. In 1947 Stratego was published for the first time. 

Risk is a strategy board game . It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La ConquĂȘte du Monde ("The Conquest of the World") in France.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Game Review

Peg Solitaire Jumping Game
Hoppers® is a peg solitaire jumping game – set the frogs on the pond, then jump frogs until only one is left standing. Forty challenge cards range from easy to super hard. Start simple and grow your skills with each level. In no time at all you’ll be the smartest frog in the pond!
Ages: 
5 to adult
Players: 
Single player
Features: 
  • Game Grid with Storage Drawer
  • 40 Challenges & Solutions (Easy to Super Hard)
  • 12 Hopper Frogs

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Did ya Know?

Why Dalmatians are the traditional mascots of firehouses...

Why are Dalmatians the traditional mascots of firehouses? In the days before firehouses even existed, Dalmatians were bred and trained for the specific purpose of preventing highway robbery. Dalmatians, or "coach dogs," ran alongside of horse-drawn stagecoaches, and acted as a buffers and as bodyguards to ward off robbers, also known as highwaymen, who attempted to ambush the carriages and, quite literally, to lighten their loads.
When horse-drawn fire engines arrived on the scene, firemen naturally chose Dalmatians to assist them, since the breed was accustomed to running long-distances, and to being around horses. Their bright white coats, covered with large black spots, made them a highly visible warning sign to bystanders and onlookers, as the dogs ran ahead of, and cleared the path for, fire engines racing towards a fire.
With technological advancement, horse-drawn fire engines became obsolete, and the need for Dalmatians to clear the way for fire engines no longer existed. People knew better than to get in the way of motorized fire engines speeding towards them with blaring sirens!
Fortunately, Firemen did not fire the gentle Dalmatian from his position in the Department. Instead, they honored him, by adopting the breed as the official firehouse mascot. The tradition continues to this day, and Dalmatians can even be spotted at some Fire Stations!

For more trivia visit:  http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/dalmatians.asp

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Bordom Busters

 Pick your Top Ten Toys and have a special
 day to celebrate them! 
We celebrate Neighborhood Toy Store day with Toy Stores all over the country Saturday November 8th. Join us and your local toy store as we show off the best of the best!
 Dominoes aren't just for Mexican train and other games.....
Check out the display of kinetic energy 
about to happen!


Seems like a good day to go to the library and check out the thousands of books that are just waiting for you!