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Believe it or not, it’s almost time for Kansas City’s 2010 Fall Consignment Sales! There are lots of them popping up all over the city.  Your kids are growing like weeds and the economy is sputtering…a consignment sale might be just what you’ve been looking for– as a buyer, seller or both.

Here’s how they work:  you can generally participate by becoming either a consignor, volunteer or shopper.  (Therefore, you can both make and spend money!)  You’ll need to price and tag your items and be prepared to pay an entry fee in the neighborhood of $10.  Then, get ready to take home up to 70% of your sales!  Some sales are limited in scope to only clothing, while others accept and sell anything from clothing to furniture to sporting goods.  We’ve compiled a listing of upcoming sales and maintain the listing of Consignment Sales year-round–you can click here to see it.

If you run or represent a consignment sale–and would like to purchase featured, prominent placement via a Sponsored Listing – (like Here We Grow Again, Kids’ Closet Connection and Love it Again) – all you need to do is contact me.  Just email me at kiran@kckidsfun.com or leave a comment below.  I am also happy to update sale dates for you. Happy Selling!  Happy Shopping!

Sponsored Listings:

Here We Grow Again (multiple locations around the Kansas City metro). We are looking for consignors, shoppers and volunteers! We accept and sell quality gently-used and new kids clothing, toys, bedding, furniture, sporting and play equipment–anything having to do with kids!! We hope to see you at the sale!! Next sales: (multiple locations across the Kansas City metro - Sept 22-25, 2010 Olathe, KS @ 588 Santa Fe, Olathe (just west of I-35 in the former Dillons location) Oct 22-24, 2010 Blue Springs, MO/ Independence, MO @ The Cotillion 1717 Burdett Crossing, Blue Springs (on Hwy7 , just north of I-70).. Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2010, Shawnee, KS @ Westbrooke Shopping Center, 75th & Quivira. October 6-9, 2010, Topeka, KS @ 210 SE 29th Street. October 13-16,2010, North Kansas City @ KCI Expo Center (11730 N. Ambassador Dr.) October 27-30, 2010, Grandview, MO @ 15201 US 71 (Crystal Ballroom/Rodeway Inn).

Kids’ Closet Connection (multiple locations across the Kansas City metro) Next Sales:

Gardner, KS –Aug 24-29 2010 (open to public Aug 26-29), Jo. Co Fairgrounds 4H Building 136 East Washington Street; Lawrence, KS – Sept. 1-4 , 2110 Harper St. Bldg. 21; Leavenworth, KS Sept. 22 – 26, 2010, Leavenworth Shopping Plaza 3400 S 4th Street; Overland Park, KS — August 31-September 3, Overland Park Convention Ctr 6000 College Blvd.; Topeka, KS — September 07-11 , 720 NW 50th Street; Blue Springs, MO August 5th – 8th, 2010 , Sports City 425 NE Mock Ave.; Harrisonville, MO — September 17-19 , 2402 N STATE ROUTE 291 Cass County Elks Lodge; Lee’s Summit, MO October 6th – 9th, 2010 , Lakeland Community Church 913 NE Colbern Road; North Kansas City, MO August 25-28, Shoal Creek Community Church 6816 South Church Road; Saint Joseph, MO — September 29-October 01 , American Legion Hall 4826 Frederick Avenue

Love It Again - Eastern Jackson County (Blue Springs, MO)

Consign or shop with us at our Fall Sale– September 8-11, 2010. All consignors earn 70% of the final selling price. Heartland Church (South 7 Highway & Liggett Rd.) 400 SW Lake Village Blvd., Blue Springs, MO 64014

Next Sales: September 8 – Consignor Drop Off (10:00 AM – 7:00 PM)
September 9 – Shopping Day (8:00 AM – 10:00 AM is pre-sale, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
September 10 – Open 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
September 11 – Open 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Basic Listings:

All About Kids (Independence, MO) at the KC Sports Lodge, Sept. 17-19, 2010.

Double Joy Mothers of Multiples Club (Lee’s Summit, MO) – next sale: no fall sale this year.

Greater Kansas City Mothers of Twins Club (metro-wide, meetings in south KCMO) – next sale: September 18, 2010 at First Church of the Nazarene, KCMO.

Johnson County Mothers of Multiples Club (Johnson County, KS) – next sale: September 11, 2010 at Indian Creek Community Church, Olathe, KS

Just Between Friends (Northland) – next sale: August 28-29, 2010, KCI Expo Center, KCMO

Just Between Friends (Lee’s Summit, MO) – next sale: August 29th thru September 1st, 2010

Just Between Friends (Overland Park, KS) – next sale: September 16-19, 2010 at Overland Park International Trade Center.

Just Between Friends (Shawnee, KS & Kansas City, KS) – October 15-17, 2010 at Kansas Speedway.

Kansas City Northland Mothers of Multiples Club – next sale: September 11, 2010 at King of Kings Lutheran Church, Kansas City North

KC Kids Sale – Sept. 9-11, 2010, Lawrence, KS @ Knights of Columbus, and August 26-28, 2010, Tonganoxie, KS @ Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.

The Kansas City air is getting hot and sticky. The mosquitos are biting and the kids are already complaining of boredom. Must be June in Kansas City!

And June in Kansas City means the start of a long schedule of fairs and festivals! We’ve already seen the Brookside Art Annual, the Prairie Village Art Show, Old Shawnee Days and Lee’s Summit Downtown Days.

But there are plenty left!  And each and every fair has a TON of awesome activities to share with your kids! KC’s fair and festival season is starting…and there are so many that you have ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE to not catch at least one!

The 2010 Kansas City fair and festival schedule looks like this:

Sugar Creek Slavic Festival - Sugar Creek, MO – June 11 and June 12

Scottish Highland Games & Celtic Festival, E.H. Young Park, Riverside, MO – June 11 thru June 13

Greek Festival – St. Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church, Overland Park – June 11 thru June 13

Dragon Boat Festival, Brush Creek near the Country Club Plaza, KCMO – June 12

Fiesta Filipina – Filipino Cultural Center, 79th St. between Antioch & Frontage in Overland Park – June 12 and June 13

Festival on the Trails, Gardner, KS – June 12

Belton (MO) Community Days, Mackey Park – June 16 thru June 19

Browne’s Irish Street Faire – Kansas City, MO – June 19

Chalk & Walk Festival, Crown Center Square, Kansas City, MO – June 19 & June 20

28th Annual Waterfest, Excelsior Springs, MO – June 26 and June 27

KC Riverfest – Berkley Riverfront Park, KCMO – July 3 and July 4

Cass County Fair, Pleasant Hill, MO – July 13 thru July 18

Amelia Earhart Festival – Atchison, KS - July 16 and July 17

Miami County Fair, Paola, KS – July 24 thru July 31

KC Fringe Festival – various KCMO locations – July 23 thru August 1

Platte County Fair, Platte City, MO – July 21 thru July 24

Douglas County Fair, Lawrence, KS – August 3 thru August 7

Wyandotte County Fair, Kansas City, KS – July 27 thru July 30 (4H fair only this year; to be held in Leavenworth County due to unavailability of new fairgrounds)

Johnson County Fair, Gardner, KS – August 2 thru August 7 – don’t miss the rodeo, Family Fun Night or the parade!

Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO – August 12 thru August 22 – 12 & under FREE every day; lot of free kids’ entertainment

Festival of Butterflies, Powell Gardens, Kingsville, MO – August 6 thru August 8 and August 13 thru August 15 – no carnival but still super cool!

Leavenworth County Fair, Tonganoxie, KS – August 10 thru August 14

5th Annual Midwest Kids Fest, Overland Park, KS – August 21 and 22, Overland Park Trade Center

Ethnic Enrichment Festival, Kansas City, MO – August 20 thru August 22

Trails West!, St. Joseph, MO – August 20 thru August 22

Parkville Days Riverfest, Parkville, MO – August 20 thru August 22

Lewis & Clark Trail Days, Buckner, MO – August 27 and August 28

Santa-Cali-Gon Days, Independence, MO – September 2 thru September 6 – TONS of fun for kids and adults alike. If you’ve never been, you should definitely try this one!

Kansas City Irish Fest, Kansas City, MO – September 3 thru 5 – awesome children’s area at this Crown Center event

Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Bonner Springs, KS – September 4 thru October 17

The 48th Annual Annunciation Greek Food Festival, Kansas City, MO – September 10 thru September 12

Old Settlers Days, Olathe, KS – September 9 thru September 11

Valley Fair Days, Grain Valley, MO – September 10 and September 11

Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, KS – September 10 thru September 19 – Selena Gomez closes the Fair on the 19th!

Blue Springs Fall Fun Festival, Blue Springs, MO – September 17 thru September 19

Zona Rosa Art Festival, Kansas City north, MO – September 17 thru September 19

Jesse James Festival, Kearney, MO – September 10 thru September 19

Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO – September 24 thru September 26 – spend some time at the Kids’ Art Workshop!

(Photos via jonathan_moreau)

Memorial Day has come and gone. School is out. My kids are already telling me they’re bored (usually in a ploy to try to get me to let them play video games for hours on end…). The beginning of summer also means another thing in Kansas City though!

The FREE summer movie season is upon us! The list is a bit shorter this year than in years past but there are plenty of great movies and great venues!

Many of these showings often involve kid-related activities prior to the show itself. For you newbies, most of these flicks are shown in parks or parking lots and begin at dusk, so be sure to spray everyone down with bug spray! Also, you’ll want to bring a lawn chair(s) and/or blankets. Lastly, you will want to bring along snacks and drinks. Many locations will sell concessions, or have nearby shops willing to sell you something, but not all have food options.

Our list of  Kansas City’s free summer movies is below. And we’ll be adding to it as schedules get fleshed out over the next few weeks! (Neither outdoor nor technically free, we also wanted to share a great $1 movie deal offered at Zona Rosa’s Studio Movie Grill. They have a kid-friendly movie playing each Monday thru Thursday at 11am for $1/child and $2/adult – check the schedule for specific films and dates!)

And be sure to check out the KC Kids Fun Events Calendar in the toolbar at the top of the page for more great kid- and family-friendly events around Kansas City this summer!

Friday, June 4, 2010 – Oak Grove’s Webb Park – “Monsters vs. Aliens”

Saturday, June 5, 2010 – Briarcliff Village- “Shrek”; Kearney Amphitheater – “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

Tuesday, June 8 – Legends 14, KCK – “Doogal” and “Monsters vs. Aliens” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, June 9 – Legends 14, KCK – “Doogal” and “Monsters vs. Aliens” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, June 10 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Up”

Saturday, June 12 – Briarcliff Village – “City Slickers”

Tuesday, June 15 – Legends 14, KCK – “Clifford the Big Red Dog” and “Hotel for Dogs” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, June 16 – Legends 14, KCK – “Clifford the Big Red Dog” and “Hotel for Dogs” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, June 17 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Toy Story 2″

Friday, June 18 – Gladstone Amphitheatre’s Movies in the Park - “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

Saturday, June 19 – Briarcliff Village- “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”

Friday, June 19 Kansas City Central Library’s rooftop- “Near Dark” (note: rated “R”) and Blue Springs MO Street Flicks, 12th and Main- Spiderwick Chronicles

Tuesday, June 22- Legends 14, KCK – “Kitt Kittredge” and “Imagine That” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, June 23- Legends 14, KCK – “Kitt Kittredge” and “Imagine That” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, June 24 – Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Willy Wonka (original)”

Friday, June 25 – City Market (KCMO) – “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”; Street Flicks in Blue Springs – movie TBA

Saturday, June 26 – Briarcliff Village- “The Muppet Movie”; Kearney Amphitheater – “Where the Wild Things Are”

Tuesday, June 29- Legends 14, KCK – “Charlotte’s Web” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, June 30- Legends 14, KCK – “Charlotte’s Web” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, July 1 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – The Doo-Dads perform from 6:30 to 8:30, followed by “Kung Fu Panda”

Saturday, July 3 – Briarcliff Village- “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

Friday, July 2 – Crown Center- “Pretty in Pink” (maybe not a movie to take the kiddos to!)

Tuesday, July 6- Legends 14, KCK – “The Wizard of Oz” and “Planet 51″ (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, July 7 – Legends 14, KCK – “The Wizard of Oz” and “Planet 51″ (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, July 8 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – BaliRoot performs from 6:30 to 8:30, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks”

Friday, July 9 – Crown Center – “Jurassic Park”; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Fast Johnny Ricker at 7:30pm and “Where the Wild Things Are” at 8:30pm

Saturday, July 10 - Briarcliff Village – “The Polar Express”

Tuesday, July 13- Legends 14, KCK – “Curious George” and “Aliens in the Attic” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, July 14 – Legends 14, KCK – “Curious George” and “Aliens in the Attic” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, July 15 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – Four Fried Chickens and a Coke performs from 6:30 to 7:30, followed by a dance group, followed by “The Princess and the Frog”

Friday, July 16 – Crown Center – “Hairspray”; Street Flicks in Blue Springs – movie TBA; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Bob Walkenhorst and Jeff Porter at 7:30pm and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” at 8:30pm

Saturday, July 17 – Briarcliff Village- “Ghostbusters”

Tuesday, July 20- Legends 14, KCK – “March of the Penguins” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2″ (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, July 21 – Legends 14, KCK – “March of the Penguins” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks 2″ (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, July 22 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

Friday, July 23 – Crown Center – “Julie & Julia” (not a kid movie); Gladstone Amphitheatre’s Movies in the Park - “Planet 51″; Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Danny Cox at 7:30pm and “Coraline” at 8:30pm

Saturday, July 24 – Briarcliff Village – “Free Willy”

Friday July 24 Prairie Village Shops – “E.T.”; Hyde Park (36th & Gillham, KCMO) – “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” and Blue Springs MO Street Flicks, 12th & Main – “Madagascar 2″

Tuesday, July 27- Legends 14, KCK – “Polar Express” and “Tooth Fairy” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Wednesday, July 28 – Legends 14, KCK – “Polar Express” and “Tooth Fairy” (these are indoors at the movie theater at the Legends at Village West every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am)

Thursday, July 29 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple -  “Babe”

Friday, July 30 – Crown Center – “Groundhog Day”; City Market (KCMO) – “The Birds” (not necessarily a flick for kids!); Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival – concert by Sara Swenson at 7:30pm and “The Karate Kid (original)” at 8:30pm

Saturday, July 31 - Briarcliff Village – “Back to the Future”

Thursday, August 5 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Monsters Inc.”

Friday, Aug 6 - Crown Center – “Ocean’s Eleven” (not a small kid movie); Oak Grove’s Webb Park – movie TBA; Merriam Aquatic Center’s Dive-In Theatre – “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”

Saturday, Aug 7 – Briarcliff Village – “Curious George”

Thursday, August 12 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Mighty Ducks 2″

Friday, Aug 13 – Crown Center – “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone”; Leawood’s Amphitheater at Ironwoods Park – “Goonies”

Saturday, Aug 14 – Briarcliff Village – “Men in Black”

Thursday, August 19 - Independence Square, Liberty & Maple – “Field of Dreams”

Saturday, Aug 21 – Briarcliff Village – “Enchanted”; Kearney Amphitheater – Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Friday, Aug 27 – City Market (KCMO) – “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (not exactly a movie for the little ones…)

Saturday, Aug 28 – Briarcliff Village – “Finding Nemo”

Saturday, Sept 11 – Raytown/Colman Park - movie TBA