Peanuts Maternity & Kids

Peanuts is my «go to» store to purchase party supplies and gifts for all things kid in Santa Barbara. Their store is merchandised well, there is easy parking, there are things for your kids to play with while you are looking around. The staff is very friendly and there is a kid friendly bathroom too! We usually pop in after story time at the library and always refer Peanuts to friends and family too!

My first visit here was when I was pregnant, 4 years later I’m here once a week at least! I took my toddler to Putnee’s music classes and the Stretch n’Grow, I’m dyyying to check out their Yoga it just doesn’t quite fit in with our schedule (can a girl get a weekend yoga class?!). The staff are incredibly helpful… a few people have commented they follow you. well, it’s a big store, with a lot of stuff, a lot of brands, and a lot of people coming out of several entries. they’re just trying to make sure everything is organized, accounted for, and that customers are happy in my opinion!
Their clothes are around Gap prices, but you won’t find them going 40% off every other weekend. They’re really unique, stylish and high quality pieces that you can’t find anywhere else so I don’t mind paying a little extra. When I’m low on baby gear funds I shop their consignment section and never walk away empty handed. Best part: I consign my items as well so I almost always have store credit to use towards my purchase.
**NOTE: They’ve revamped their consignment process so it doesn’t take a long time to get in and get paid anymore. Phew!
I can’t say enough good things about the friendly staff and amazing experiences (and baby gear) I’ve had there! Life time customer 100%

THE BEST — THE BEST — THE BEST !!! I can’t even begin to tell what amazing customer service this store has. I called today to get some pregnancy clothes for my beautiful wife for Valentines day. I’m stuck at work and Moriah had me text her a picture of my wife and she picked out everything and sent it back. They took care or everything and I picked it up !! Thank you so much Peanuts — You have a customer for life !!!

Love shopping here and taking their classes!
The clothes and toys are super cute, the consignment section always has fun things to browse through and find reasonably priced stuff. The employees are always very nice and helpful. Plus they don’t mind when your toddler runs around like a screaming banshee. :)

I hit the motherload here! I have been looking in town for maternity dresses for weeks now and it has been quite the struggle! I was getting really discouraged because my shower is this Sunday and I wasn’t able to find anything. I went to Peanuts and Idonarose Orr was like an angel. She helped me with so many dresses and I couldn’t have been happier. I found so many dresses! thank you Peanuts!

I love this place. They have super cute kids and maternity clothes — both new and consignment. Additionally, they have great kids toys and feeding items. Great for yourself or for gifts.
Their music and stretch n grow classes are really fun — My daughter loves them. What really makes me love this place is the very nice owner, helpful staff, and very customer friendly policies, especially as it relates to the class packages. I bought a number of class packages and haven’t used them all. I found out I can transfer them to my baby on the way once he is old enough for the class or gift them to someone else. What a great policy! Five stars!

Very helpful and sweet staff although they do follow you around sometimes which is uncomfortable. They need a better shoe selection and I would love it if they carried glass or stainless steel dinnerware as I don’t want my son using plastic or melamine. They have a good selection of toys and organic clothes.

They helped me try on tons of nursing bras and tanks til I found the right ones and were so helpful. I really appreciated it as I had been having a terrible time finding the right sizes and products at other stores and was feeling discouraged. Defiantly a wonderful experience and I will be back

Amazing staff with wonderful ideas. Nothing like walking in feeling big as a house and walking out looking sophisticated and cool. Fairy god others to pregnant ladies. Can’t wait until they get their next shipment!

The manager of this store is extremely rude & tactless! I’ve never been to a toy store where one of the sales people follows your child around & tells them to put the toys back when they pick them up. I will not be going back to Peanuts! Chicken Little has a much better selection of any & everything baby (not sure about maternity) & the Happy Little Hippo consignment shop has much better prices & a much larger selection. Both of these stores have a staff that is extremely knowledgeable, helpful & friendly.

Great find! Stopped in here while on vacation and found some fabulous items for my kids –fun, comfy looks that stand out from the mass-​produced stuff. Staff was helpful and warm, even offering to order and ship some things for me that they didn’t have in stock. They know their stuff and have thoughtful recommendations for every age range. Love their light, bright space — I could browse here for hours!

I love Peanuts. I am always able to fine great gifts and clothing for my numerous nieces and nephews. Their toy section is amazing. I even found a fabulous wrap skirt on consignment for ME!!! Great prices and service. My Go-​To store for baby and children gifts.

This is a cute shop with some high end items, but going through the consignment process was terrible. First, I had to make an appointment and there was a 7 months wait to let them look at the clothes. Once, they picked the items that they wanted to consign, it was another 4 months wait before the items were displayed in the store. I don’t even know how long the clothes were displayed, but one day I got a message on my phone telling me to come and get the items that didn’t sell. I forgot about it and didn’t go to the store until 2 weeks later and they told me that they already put the clothes in the donation bin. Well, that was lightening fast for a place that moved so extremely slow on everything else. Luckily for me, the donation bin wasn’t emptied and I still got my stuff back. After over a year of waiting to consign some items, they didn’t even bother with a second phone call. It was too much hassle to go through for some baby cloths. Just go to Happy Little Hippo to save yourself the trouble.

This may be the place to go if you need maternity items. As an aunt, I was a fan until my latest experience. I took my 4 year old holiday shopping as a treat. We took some items to the register (yes, me and my niece), I got rung up, and then asked about my Axxess card. The sales girl told me I had to present it at the time of purchase. I was standing at the register at the time of purchase — with the card in my wallet. Apparently, my mistake was not to have provided the card prior to ring up. I asked about re-​ringing the purchase. The sales girl stated that she could not do this because they would have to pay the transaction fee on the card. Well, that is just pure BS. When I suggested that they place a sign somewhere (as other businesses do) that they take the Axxess card, the sales girl told me that they didn’t want to advertise the discount. Wow. What a stupid idea. I won’t be back. Feel free to get your Melissa and Doug items at Target or online (perhaps at a better price). The store isn’t that original, and this kind of poor customer service is just bad business. They turned a semi-​regular customer into a 1-star-won’t-be-back rating. Don’t go here.

This place has a wide selection of unique quality toys and gifts for children under 8 that really can’t be found elsewhere. Their knowledge about every product on the store floor is impressive. Of course I love finding gently used clothing that does not seem worn or used, and these guys have a ton!

Great store! Good mix of gently used and new kids clothes and wonderful selection of toys and gifts from newborn to preschoolers. We’ve been coming here since I was pregnant and they have come through on all of our needs — from gently used maternity clothes for me and for our little ones, to toys and gifts for friends to music classes for the kiddos to a workshop on handling sibling rivalry for me — even a special order of a much-​sought after Bruder crane for Christmas! Through all of our needs, Peanuts has been there for us! Love this store — Great stuff, great customer service, great prices, great workshops and classes and great location!

This is a wonderful shop for both maternity and children’s clothing. To the preggie women out there, the consignment maternity is well worth just looking to see what they have as the inventory always changes. There are great high end brands in there for a fraction of the cost. It felt good to put on a pair of designer maternity jeans and feel posh for a quarter of the price. :-)
I had several nice occasions that I needed something dressy for and each time Peanuts had something unique and special. It was nice not having to break the bank for maternity wear. Especially because during those last months your body keeps changing!
The prices are reasonable for maternity and children’s clothing as well. The consignment clothing is all in excellent shape and is lightly worn. (Although some items are new and never worn.) They also have an awesome collection of brand new clothes. The majority of the baby clothes they have are well picked out (a large variety of labels) and it’s nice to get a little something for your child that’s adorably unique, of excellent quality and in a reasonable price range!
There is also a wonderful selection of toys, knickknacks, shoes, and accessories.
I highly recommend this store! It’s a gem! :-)

Great shop for kids & maternity!

This is a great shop for young families. Lots of good toys for young children, cute clothes and the best party supplies I have seen. Really good prices too. They also have workshops that you can sign up for online — I did the painted workshop with my 4 year old and he had a great time. Big Plus — Great Bathroom for kids or babies.
I am past the maternity phase — but they had some really nice maternity options too. I wish this shop had been in town when I needed maternity clothes! Enjoy!