Village Toy Shoppe

I loved walking around New Hope with my kiddo and while I enjoyed visiting the Village Toy Shoppe, I was honestly a tad down. I had lunch over in Lambertville and we headed to New Hope specifically to go to this shop. My little one found a small «mini paint» set that was on sale for like, a dollar (win). She liked the plush toy display that moved, it looked like Noah’s Arc. Back in the day (like the mid ‘80s) when I was a kid, my mom took my brothers and I on trips over to New Hope and I remember going to this shop. Back then, they had marionettes and old fashioned metal wind up toys that we loved. I was hoping to go back and find some of those same old-​timey toys. They had some cute Melissa and Doug items and many offerrings I hadn’t seen elsewhere… It was nice in that many items were not «big box» toy store fare… Some of the more science-​oriented items, games and cool marbles and some other things caught my eye.

Great family owned toy store with a great selection. My wife and I stopped in on a Friday night to get a couple baby shower gifts, the owner was very helpful in pointing us in the right direction and pointing out some of the toys/​gifts that he felt would be great for a newborn. The nice part about this store vs the big box toy stores is that they only have room to stock meaningful practical toys and gifts so you don’t have to sift through the junk like you do in larger stores.