Cottage Mercantile - Old Fashioned Toy Shop

Our Old Fashioned Toy Shop contains multitudes of exciting materials! The focus of this room is to provide items that stimulate the imagination, develop motor skills and encourage creative play for early learning and hands-on learners. Come see our selection of old-fashioned toys and games, instruments, tea sets, and much, much more! Visit our Wild West section where we have pop guns, bows and arrows, and everything else your little cowboy or Indian needs to make history come alive. Our Cottage Mercantile is always adding something new so check often. Melissa and Doug Toys - Melissa and Doug Toys began in 1988 and have been on an adventrue to develop some of the best in children's toys. Come see our selection of puzzles, first play soft toys, first play wooden toys, play food, arts and crafts - the list goes on and on..... Come see our large stuffed-animals. Homestead Toys, Historical Toymaker Collection (formerly American Folk Toys) - old-fashioned games including graces, fivestones, hop scotch, quoits, jacks, and marbles; kits for doll-making, canon-making, crochet, quilting or making a sock monkey! Homestead makes these wonderful toys and much more. Each item comes with the history of the toy. Homestead Toys is dedicated to preserving the past, present and future of America’s timeless treasures. Schylling Toys - “A page from America’s History” Schylling Toys specializes in classic and nostalgic toys. Schylling toys are colorful and interactive - real stainless steel cooking sets, tea sets, juggling balls, Civil War characters, stacking rings, Chinese Checkers and pinball. Burt’s Bees - a line of earth friendly, natural personal care products using Mother Nature’s finest ingredients including botanical oils, bees wax and herbs. These products leave out artificial preservatives and petroleum-based ingredients. We have a full line of Burt’s Bees Products including products for babies, make-up, hair care, healthy skin, and natural remedies.
Watkins Products - in 1868, J. R. Watkins invited the money-back guarantee with his development for the “Trial-Mark” bottle, casting his commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. We are proud to handle the products at the cottage mercantile. You will find gourmet foods, such as Watkins Black Pepper, Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla, originally introduced in 1895 and awarded the Grand Prize with Gold Medal for highest quality at the International Exposition, Paris, in 1928, and Watkins Cinnamon to name a few. Also health and nutrition including the 1st Watkins Product commonly know as “Red Liniment” pain relief formula. The original name of the company was “The J. R. Watkins Medical Company” specializing in liniments, salves, and other home remedies that can be purchased at the Cottage.