| Make Saturday, November 12th a very special celebration day in your family! Remember that when you shop at your local neighborhood toy store more of what you spend stays in our local economy. Thanks for shopping local and being a loyal Playmatters customer! We hope to see you soon! |
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| On November 12th for Neighborhood Toy Store you can:Take the Perplexus Rookie Challenge! Race to see how quickly you can complete the Perplexus maze and win!
Also, learn other new games, like Fast Track, Trigger, and Pathwords from 11am until 4pm. Ages 5+, please. |
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| On November 12th, for Neighborhood Toy Store Day, we will be celebrating with free craft activities for children ages 5+ at the top of the hour from 11am until 4pm.
Choose from Whirl ‘n Wear Charms, Whipple, Wonder Beads, Funky Notebooks, Tiaras, or Crowns. |
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| Professional Face painter Ashley Tilberg will create amazing designs on your child’s face or arm. She can paint bugs, flowers, skulls, and much more!
She will appear at four Playmatters locations on Saturday, November 12th for Neighborhood Toy Store Day: 10-11am @ Avon Commons |
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| Meet Christopher Pop-in-Kins live in costume! Created in 1984 in Ohio, the story brings Christopher to life as he pops into children’s homes each Christmas season. Your child can give his/her “wish list” to Christopher in person.
Christopher will appear on three different days: Friday Nov. 11th Saturday Nov. 12th Sunday Nov. 13th |
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| On November 12th for Neighborhood Toy Store Day we will be having awesome savings and specials! Check them out below:
Save up to $25 off your purchase of $25 or more when you choose a winning lollipop from our Lollipop Tree! Buy one, get one 1/2 off on all WOW and Calico Critters products! Free gift with purchase of any Corolle, Creativity for Kids, or WOW toys. |
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| The Best Toys For Kids 2011 will be on display and for sale on November 12th for Neighborhood Toy Store Day!
Choose from 22 toys in 11 different categories! Click here to get a sneak peek. |
Best Toys For Kids: Spooner Boards |
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Neighborhood Toy Store Day is Coming!
| Bring the family to Playmatters on Saturday, November 12th to celebrate Neighborhood Toy Store Day! We will have specials, savings, and play activities throughout the day!
Check out our upcoming blog posts to find out more about Neighborhood Toy Store day! We hope to see you there to join in on the fun! |
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With the weather so hot, it’s time to move play indoors! Enjoy spending time with your family by planning a fun family game night! Make an event out of it: provide snacks like popcorn and smoothies, or have little rewards for the winners and for players with good sportsmanship!
Not sure what games to play? Well how about picking up some new games at Playmatters!
A few of our favorites include:
| Palette-Easy to learn, hard to master! Players take turns picking out a color tile from the bag and memorizing the color in 30 seconds! After the time is up the player looks at different color wheels and tries to pick out their specific color. Sound easy? How about when you have two color wheels of just shades of green? |  |
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Skippity- Players try to collect as many rows of colors (one red, one yellow, one orange, one green, and one blue) as they can! Colors are collected by jumping over pieces vertically or horizontally! This game of strategy (and a little bit of luck) is fun for the whole family! |
| Spot It- Players try to collect the most cards by spotting the picture that is the same before their opponents can! It might sound easy, but the pictures can vary in size, which often throws people off! The game includes instructions for four variations of Spot It fun! |  |
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Yahoo has an article that was posted to days ago entitled “Ten games every family should own.” I am pleased to see that on the list (which includes electronic games as well as board games) there are two games that Playmatters carries.
The first game that the article mentions is Qwirkle:
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“Winner of this year’s prestigious Spiel des Jahres award, Qwirkle’s accessible color-matching gameplay makes it just as much fun for six-year-olds as it is for adults. Think of it as a cross between dominos and Scrabble…” |
I agree with Yahoo’s description, and I would also say that it is somewhat like a Sodoku as you can only use one of the same tile per line!
The last game that the article mentions is Settlers of Catan:
| “Can you be the first to settle the plains, mountains, and fields of Catan? Strategic, simple, and tactile, Settlers was the one of the first European strategy games to really make it big in the US. If your family hasn’t found out why, it’s about time you did.” |  |
If your family likes long, strategic board games (like Risk) I would highly suggest this game. Players try to be the first to get 10 victory points before their opponents. Points can be achieved by building the longest road, having the largest army, etc. The neat thing about this is the game board always changes, so every time you play it’s different!
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