We Offer Fabulous Toys, Games, Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gifts to the Greater St. Louis, MO area. - Once Upon a Time we were Once Upon a Toy and LagoonaMagoo Toys.
Loookeeeee! Cody Cassiday is visiting all three of our stores again! He'll be demonstrating tricks and chatting about yo-yoing with us every weekend through the end of July.
Hope you'll be able to stop by and visit:
July 16 - LagoonaMagoo Toys - Fairview Heights: 4pm - 7pm July 17 - Once Upon a Toy - Edwardsville: 10am - 2pm July 23 - LagoonaMagoo Toys - St. Louis Mills Mall: 5pm - 9pm July 24 - LagoonaMagoo Toys - St. Louis Mills Mall: 10am - 2pm July 30 - Once Upon a Toy - Edwardsville: 4pm - 7:30 pm July 31 - LagoonaMagoo Toys - Fairview Heights: 11am - 2pm
You're invited to come play with us at the St. Louis Mills Mall location of LagoonaMagoo Toys! Our family game nights are a great chance to get out and play your favorite games. Or maybe discover a new favorite. Or rediscover one you haven't played in eons. If you have any questions, feel free to give the playful folks at the store a call: (314) 227-5335
We play every Friday from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
July 9 - Dweebies - Round up Dweebies by matching cards on both ends of any row. Seems simple at first... but Dweebies can be tricky, and some will disappear before they've met their match! Collect the most cards and consider yourself the Dweebie-in-Chief! Ages 8 & up
July 16 - Golden Gate - Golden Gate is an exciting card game combining a bit of luck with strategy to start piling up your points. Cards are played in sequence, progressing up or down. Gold cards help you collect chips, but the red cards may cost you! Ages 7 & up
July 23 - Spot It! - There is always one, and only one, matching symbol between any 2 cards in this game. Spot it and you win! With only 8 symbols on each card, small details (like the size of the symbol) matter. The challenge increases as new cards are revealed in this fast-paced game. Ages 6 & up
July 30 - Pigsup - How quick and precise are your fingers? Find out as you build piggy piles in this lively stacking game. And there is more than one silly way to stack up your piggies. Be the first player to get rid of all your cards to win! Ages 4 & up
We had a great time with the kids (and their grown-ups) who came to our first Japanese Eraser & Shaped Band trading party at Once Upon a Toy in Edwardsville. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a fun evening!
Pirate Chicken Says: Silly Bands Rock!
Japanese Erasers as far as the eye can see!
Trade?
Tough to choose!
Come be a star with your Shaped/Silly Bands collection!
Our next party is at 6:30 on Thursday, June 24 at LagoonaMagoo Toys in Fairview Heights-- RSVP by calling the store: (618)628-9270
The last trading party will be at LagoonaMagoo Toys at the St. Louis Mills Mall on Thursday, July 1st. It's never to early to RSVP! (314) 227-5335
Jaw-drop awesome, eh? And he's only been doing this for 2 years!
Here's the info on when he'll be performing, chatting, and being an all-around nice guy with an uncanny ability with a Yo-yo:
Once Upon a Toy in Edwardsville, IL
Saturday June 19, from 11am - 2pm
LagoonaMagoo Toys at St. Louis Mills Mall
Saturday June 26, from 11am - 2pm
If you haven't heard yet, the dates for our trading parties are set! All parties start at 6:30pm and last until 8pm. For more information or to RSVP (appreciated, but not required), just call your favorite Happy Up store!
June 17:
Once Upon a Toy in Edwardsville, IL
(618) 656-9596
June 24:
LagoonaMagoo Toys in Fairview Heights, IL
(618) 628-9270
July 1:
LagoonaMagoo Toys at the St. Louis Mills Mall, MO
(314) 227-5335
Email invites went out on Friday. Did you get yours? What? You aren't on our email list? It's easy to subscribe using the box in the sidebar. hint hint. If you're interested to see the email, you can find it here: It's a Party at Once Upon a Toy and LagoonaMagoo Toys!
Also called Shaped Bands, Shaped Bracelet Bands, and Silly Bands (note: no "Z"), these colorful bits of silicone are soft, durable, and retain their shapes. This is a collecting trend just starting to sweep the country. Popular on the east coast and in the southern states for more than a year, Silly Bandz are just now catching the interest of midwest trendsetters. And once they get started, kids are taking their collections very seriously. So what are they exactly? Think rubber bands-- only not as stretchy. Think plastic jelly bracelets, only not boringly round! Add bright colors and shapes that appeal to youngsters, and suddenly you have instant coolness on kid-wrists all across the country. Because they're inexpensive and sold in packs of 12 or more, they're an easy collection to start. And to store. The bands encompass a wide variety of shapes from wild animals to vehicles to sheriff badges to sports figures. Some kids are collecting based on their interests. Others are staying focused on "rare" or unusual shapes. And some are just going for quantity-- the more the merrier!
Some school districts are being forced to take them seriously, too-- turns out the shaped bands are so distracting they've been banned in some school districts. Thankfully, we're all on summer break so no worries about getting teachers and principals all in a twist about these. However, there are concerns about kids wearing bands that are too tight for their wrists and cutting off circulation. While this isn't a serious concern if the kiddo is only wearing them for a short period of time, we do hear of kids who refuse to take them off-- which could create a problem. So grown-ups? Check to make sure the bands aren't restricting blood flow.
And just for giggles? Check out this ultra-silly gangsta rap about Silly Bandz!
Collecting the bands already? Have gobs to show off? Duplicates to trade? Watch this space for our announcement of our Silly Bandz & Japanese Eraser Trading Parties! We'll also be sending out an email invite, so make sure you're on our email list!
