Come Play with Us!

What a busy year we've had! Between the toy shows in San Francisco, New York, and Pomona we haven't had time to post anything in nearly 4 months! We've gotton some really fantastic new toys in and our book shelves finally have books again! The most exciting news though is that once again we begin celebrating creativity and imagination this coming Monday as we participate in National TV Turn off week. All of our activities are free and open to the public. We do ask that you reserve a spot so that we will have enough supplies on hand. Please sign-up in store or by calling 356-8821. We'll call you the day of the event to remind you. The activites are as follows and last for about an hour:

Monday April 20 - Go Green! Come learn about our planet and how to take care of it. Explore with worms! Butterflies! And More! All for FREE! Ages 4 to 10. Event begins at 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday April 21 - Storytime! Popular teacher and story teller Susan Shirly will guide your imaginations with wonderful stories! Milk and cookies top off this FREE event. Ages 4 and up. Event begins at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday April 22 - Arts & Crafts! Let your creativity run wild! Color, decorate and make free cool stuff to take home. Ages 4 - 10. Event begins at 7:15.

Thursday April 23 - Play Games! Play exciting and sometimes silly parlor games with the Wooden Horse Staff. Don't worry parents you can play too! Games are divided by age group 4-6, 7-10, and parents. Event begins at 7:15.

Saturday April 25 - It's time for a Play Day! Please join us for a free afternoon of arts & crafts, games, races, and more! We'll have all sorts of fun in front of the store from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

It's Raining, It's Pouring...ask for 10% OFF!

We were enjoying that 70 degree weather so much we almost forgot it is winter. But the rain has finally arrived and with that you can get 10% off your ENTIRE purchase. The King's Court Shopping Center and participating merchants are offering 10% off when you mention the rainy day special. So slip on your galoshes and come see what is new in our store!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Everyone here at the Wooden Horse has been very busy. First off we had a fantastic holiday season, thanks to all of you! The beginning of the year is filled with inventories and reordering. Our shelves may look a little bare but we are working hard on bringing in a lot of new items as well as bringing back our favorites. The trade show season will be kicking off shortly so we are excited to see what new and exciting products will be released this year. Please keep checking in as we are getting large shipments of Lego, Melissa & Doug, International Playthings and Small World Toys in.

And the winners are...

Second Grade:
First - Tarun Sreedhar of Country Lane with The Scary Creatures
Second - Viraj Shitole of Faria with Harler the Ghost
Third - Brandon Baik of Silver Creek Academic Academy with House of a Mirror

Third Grade:
First - Madeleine Noel Murden of Daves Avenue with Count Catula
Second - Eva Szoboszlay of Old Orchard with The Ghost of Woodson Elementary
Third - Puja Vasan of Wahsington Open with The Witch's Tasty Poison

Fourth Grade:
First - Bella Tran of Matsumoto with The Ghost of Marilyn
Second - Saketh Nimmagadda of Silver Creek Academic Academy with Secret of the Sunken Vampire
Third - Danielle Guglielmo of Alta Vista with Horrid!

Fifth Grade:
First - Theresa Abalos of Matsumoto with The Stone of Temptations
Second - Megan Ritchie of Willow Glen Elemntary with Legend of the Boogey Man
Third - Amrith Krishnan of Mission San Jose with Alien Abduction

Sixth Grade:
First - Becca Bingaman of St. Andrew's with Poltergeist
Second - Ashley Ding of Matsumoto with A Head of a Mess
Tied for Third - Thea Rodine of Union with Buried Alive and Bella Wilcox of Rolling Hills with My Great Grandfather

The staff of the Wooden Horse would like to thank all 843 participants for submitting such spook-tacular stories. First place winners receive a $25 gift certificate. Second place winners receive a $15 gift certificate. Third place winners receive a $10 gift certificate. All other participants receive a $3 boo coupon. We will begin returning stories today. They will either arrive through the post office or will be dropped off at the school. Boo Coupons are valid through January 15, 2009. Gift Certificates do not have an expiration date.

-Rochelle

Watch us on Bay Area Bargains

We just finished a long day of filming up at KRON for the upcoming holiday edition of Bay Area Bargains with Henry Tenenbaum.  The episode will air six separate times on Thanksgiving Day at 11:30am, 12:30pm and 4:00pm as well as Friday, Nov. 28 at 5:00am, 12noon and 1:00pm.

See what special deals I may be giving out!

-Sloan

Spooky Story Contest Update

We received 843 Spooky Stories this year! (For those of you keeping track that is exactly the same number as we received last year.) The staff submitted their top 5 stories to Sloan yesterday and she will be re-reading all of the finalists and choosing the winners in the next week. She has roughly 25 stories to judge from each grade level. We will return all the stories the first week of December. We will post the winners as soon as possible.

- Rochelle

Holiday rush has begun!

It looks like the holiday catalog has reached the neighborhood mailboxes, we had a ton of the coupons turned in today.  The holiday rush has officially begun!  We have special coupons for the Plasma Car and Darda's Upside Down Overpass as well as our 15% off coupon on the back cover. It looks like the Elf on the Shelf book is going to be popular as we have had several customers requesting this book so far.  We may need to reorder already!   Also remember that this Saturday is King's Court Shopping Center's tree lighting event.  All the beautiful trees will be decorated by different local organizations; there will be music, food and lots of families out enjoying the weekend.  Please stop by and check out all the beautiful trees and vote for your favorite.

-Sloan