Toys in LA Holiday Gift Guide
Los Angeles has no shortage of amazing places to shop for toys. Whether you are shopping for a little one or a very big kid at heart, here are 5 suggestion for buying playful gifts this holiday season.
1. I Heart Guts: LAist loves I Heart Guts plush toys. Find the adorable anatomical heart and other internal organs at Monkeyhouse Toys, Japan LA, Kidrobot, and Munky King. Check out all four of these store for fun toys and endless ideas for gifts that will make any pop culture junkie on your list very happy.
2. The Dinosaur Farm: The Dinosaur Farm in South Pasadena has more dinosaur toys in one room of the store that in the Late Cretaceous period. Plus they carry loads of craft kits, a great selection of books, and a room full of groovy girls and dress up costumes.
3. La La Ling: Ling Chan of La La Ling fills her ultra hip baby boutique on Vermont full of everything your need for the groovy lil' ones on your list. She carries the Teamson's Motorcycle Rocker, the Where the Wild Things Are plush toys, and more. Got a friend having a baby? This is the place.
4. Giant Robot: For gift shopping in Little Osaka, browse through both Giant Robot and GR2 to feed your pop culture craving including 2K by Gingham t-shirts, Murakami gift items, vinyl toy blind boxes, and more. For a fun night of shopping, on December 13, GR2 will host an opening for their Post-It Show 3 Show of works on standard 3"x 3" Post-It Notes.
5. The Valley of the Dolls and Royal/T: For the little girls and big girls on your list head to The Valley of the Dolls. Their Beverly Blvd store is full of Blythe and Pullip dolls, and assortment of Monchhichis. The Valley of the Dolls pop-up shop at Royal/T will be open until mid December. Checkout the rack of Flopi garments designed by Florencia Scagliotti.
For more independent toys stores options: LAist loves Kip's Toyland at the Farmer's Market, Tom's Toys in Beverly Hills and Montrose, Toy Crazy in the Malibu Country Mart, Allied Model trains in Culver City, and Puzzle Zoo in Santa Monica.
Happy holidays! Have fun toy shopping!
The I Heart Guts plush team
images courtesy of I Heart Guts