Craft stores make great discount toy stores

June 4, 2008 · Posted in Kids, Saving Money

Until I had a kid of my own, I never realized what a great resource craft stores could be for toys. Not only do they have some great hands-on gifts and crafts for kids, but most of the larger craft store chains will print coupons in the Sunday paper for 40%-50% off of a single regular priced item.

Here are just a couple of things I have found:

1. Christmas gifts for my niece: She is creative, and always loves the things we send – I have been able to purchase the large art kits (with pens, markers, crayons, etc.), little sewing kits, and some cool stuff from Crayola.

2. Every Mother’s Day, I purchase 3 (for the gramas and great-grandma) of the clay kits to make a handprint of my son. The ones I get are really nice – they have a 2-piece frame (one side for a picture, and one side for the clay imprint). They are great bridal shower gifts. After a 50% off coupon, they are under $10 each.

3. Melissa and Doug toys – Melissa and Doug make a lot of natural wood toys. I also am a big fan of their cardboard blocks. Our local AC Moore store has quite a large selection of their toys.

4. All things Crayola – With a 50% off coupon, I don’t feel so bad replacing broken crayons and dried up markers!

Do you have a good craft store/kid find that you would like to share?

Comments

2 Responses to “Craft stores make great discount toy stores”

The Success on June 7th, 2008 3:53 am

Nice discount
But sometimes we must be careful with discount because marketing strategy

The Success

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moneyloveandchange on June 9th, 2008 10:03 pm

I agree Success! With the items I mentioned, I have done price comparisons before purchasing, and with 50% off they still end up being good deals.

That being said, I would highly recommending doing the research before making a purchase.

Thanks so much for the comment!