Community Corner
Celebrating Spring in Canton
Children enjoyed a "Spring Ahead Party" at the Village Toy Shop on Sunday in celebration of the longer days of Spring.
Katie Malley loves to paint and she loves toys which is why her mother took her to the today for its “.”
In honor of , and to celebrate the soon-to-be start of spring, the toy shop offered its youngest customers a chance to paint ceramic garden pets (butterflies, frogs and owls) and create tissue paper flowers.
“I like purple,” said Katie, 3 of Norwood, while looking at her multi-colored paper flower.
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When her mother, Lucy, described Katie’s butterfly as pink and green with sparkles, Katie chimed in, “Oh, I have one more color, yellow” and off she went back to the paint table.
Store owner Kathy Mabry said about 30 children enjoyed Sunday’s activity.
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“We had about 20 children sign up in advance but we had about 10 people drop in which is always nice,” said Mabry who owns the store in the of Canton and another store in the Easton Village Shoppes (285 Washington Street, North Easton).
Masha Kozlov, 5 of Canton, had fun painting her owl with brown paint and gluing on many feathers for decoration. She also had fun choosing the colors for her paper flower.
“I made it with lots of different colors,” said Masha. “They have lots of colors like the rainbow.”
Store employee Deana Mahan helped children with their paper flowers.
“We always have a good turnout, the kids love it, and we have lots of fun,” said Mahan of Stoughton, as she helped a customer named Olivia with her flower. “This is just one of many activities we have throughout the year; we have a lot especially in the summer.”
This year’s activity theme will be “CMT: Create It, Make It, Take It.”
For more information, visit www.villagetoy.com.
