Winthrop Farm City Fun Fest

Come out to Winthrop Farm City Fun Fest in the City Park in Winthrop, MN to check out our adorable baby gifts, popular pet carriers and purses, and newest rubber band gun selection! Aside from our fuzzy friends, there's oodles going on to make it a fun weekend for the family. We will be open and enjoying the beautiful weather from 8:30 a.m. to early evening Saturday and Sunday.

Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter

Hold on to your hats!
Our new bear chinstrap hats would be great protection against the 30-mph winds we've had in the Midwest the last two days!

The super cozy fleece hats have chin straps that secure with hook-and-loop closure, and when strapped, they pull the hat close around the face to form a seal between the wind and snow and precious little ears.
The adorable hats are a great mix of form and functionality--warmth mixed with a cute bear ear look that transforms your imaginative infant or toddler into a furry bear cub. The shape of the hat is also great for adults who like more subtle fun than our crocheted Bear Ear Hats ($24) provide. The "ears" on the Bear Chinstrap Hats ($12) are more like peaks, giving the suggestion of ears and letting imaginations take over.

For older siblings who like the idea of having a bear hat but are too big for our toddler hats or too "sophisticated" to be wearing bear ears, our Paw Print Hats ($11), featuring an embroidered paw print, are the solution. Made of the same soft fleece as our infant/toddler hats, they can be worn with the brim rolled up or rolled down to cover the ears with fuzzy warmth.

It's fuzzy warmth they will appreciate. With the way today is going--sleeting and snow flurries in the morning--we'll have to introduce our new scarves on the blog tomorrow!

Teething relief in a cuddly package

Ever picked tiny bits of fuzz, crayons, coins, clothing, hair, and remotes out of your baby's mouth? Wiped off table edges, crib rails and hard floors a million times? Then you probably know how strong the drive is for a baby to explore its world with its mouth!
Mouthing or chewing and sucking on toys (and everything in sight) is not only on your baby's agenda when she is self-soothing, which is the motivation behind hand and thumb-sucking, pacifiers and sippy cups, bottles or mama herself. Mouthing is also not only for babies who are teething, although babies seem to be soothed by mouthing something when they are cutting teeth. Mouthing is one of the many, and essential, ways babies learn about their world. The reason toy manufacturers say that certain toys are not for under three is that sometime before the age of three, kids start to explore the world more by with their hands and manipulating toys.

Teethers from GrowlGearStore.com are the perfect solution for all three mouthing needs. Our cuddly ducky, lamb, froggy, puppy, bear and giraffe 10" plush teethers ($9) give your child a little friend to self-soothe with. The bumpy teething ring gives baby a firm, safe spot to massage gums, and the many textures gives baby many sensations to explore, from the teething ring to patches and from tags to satin backing.
And best of all, they are made for the under-three crowd, so they are totally safe for baby, with embroidered eyes and a BPA-, phthalate-free teething ring!

Buttered Corn Days, Sleepy Eye, MN

Come visit Growl Gear in person from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, August 20  at Buttered Corn Days in Sleepy Eye, MN. We have a booth outside in Allison Park toward the hospital and will have our new teethers, back-to-school items and our popular rubber band gun shooting range! Owners Barb, Jen and model Hunter will be on hand to display items from our website, www.growlgearstore.com.

Out and About

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 24, owner Barb Olson will make an appearance at at craft/vendor show at the Oak Park Mall in Austin, MN from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. She will have our summer things and some of our smaller items available to look at, touch and try out, as well as buy and take home on the spot.
In addition to our regular fare will be a spread of rubberband guns, from our Colt 22 pocket-sized pistol to the Lawman and Magnum 45 pistols to our Jr. Range Rifle for hunting. Appropriately sized rubber band ammo will also be available. Depending on the setup of the show, a test firing range may also be available (a table with a target).
Come out and say hello!