Holiday Weekend July 3-6

We will be open our regular hours over the holiday weekend. Thursday Farmer's Market 10 am to 9 pm, Friday & Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. The 4th of July parade is downtown at 6 pm on Friday the 4th. Our Farmer's Market activity this week is "Science by Be Amazing Toys". We will be making "snow" in the store and doing the diet Coke and Mentos geysers outside every half hour. Come down and be amazing with us.

Farmer's Market Thursday June 27

This week our activity will be "castle building"  using the Klutz book. The castles are built with pre-cut printed "cards". They can be put together in many ways. These books are so popular that there are 3 versions: Hogwarts, the original castle building book, and the chicken socks version for younger builders. Come down and check it out. The cherries are ripe and the green chili burritos are fresh.

Groovy time at Farmer's Market June 19th

This week during Farmer's Market we will have a Groovy Girls coloring contest. Come in and color a groovy picture. There will be groovy prizes. As always, our activities are fun and we try to keep it simple-stop by and participate. For more information about Groovy Girls, come see us or go to groovygirls.com.

Farmer's Market Thursday Nights

Hooray, it's finally summer! Fresh produce and fun are the hot items at farmer's market. As in years past, we will host a hands - on kid's activity every week; so stop by and participate while you are downtown. This Thursday we will have the Do-a-Dot markers out for everyone to try. Take home a work of art.
While you're here, check out our selection of kites and outdoor toys. Water guns, stomp rockets, trikes and pogo sticks make long summer days more fun.

JUCO World Series

The junior college world series is a really big event in Grand Junction. Every year over the Memorial Day week, teams from all over the country come to compete. What better way to start the summer than with baseball. This is family entertainment at its finest.
Each year, I try to create a window with all the team mascots. It's challenging and usually silly since we don't know all the teams until just before the event. The pennants didn't come out in the photo, so I'll let you identify the teams with help from the JUCO website. www.jucogj.org
You can enlarge the picture by clicking on it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to make the "link" function work on this blog.

What the " Toyguys" do for Fun

After ten years in business, working non-stop (or so it seemed), we purchased a raft and learned how to have fun again. We chose to live here in western Colorado so we could spend time exploring wilderness and what better way than on the rivers. You can go for days without seeing any signs of civilization other than what you take along; and we do bring some "comforts".
Our very first big multi-day trip started in the snow... and ended with shorts and sandals, making for a great story

Downtown Bike Festival May 17th

Bike Festival is a totally fun event "geared" toward kids of all ages. We sponsor the bike parade which will be part of the Shriner's parade this year. To participate, bring your bike to R5 High School (7th & Grand) at 8:45 a.m. We provide some decorating materials and bells. Then we will parade down 7th to Main where the games begin in the 500 block. The activities last until noon.
Events include: Obstacle course, Paperboy Toss, Plank Ride, Log Pull, Trike Race, Bicycle Limbo and more....
The Silver Spoke Film Festival is at 9:00 p.m. Films will be projected on the side of the Main Street Bagels building.
After the movie, the Lite Nite Ride takes place. This is a 10 mile loop... Headlights are a must.
This event is 100% fun whether you are participating or just watching.