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They’ve been filling up our Inbox…updates to Consignment Sale dates! Kansas City is a hotbed for consignment sales and there are lots of deals to be found.  Please note that NOT ALL DATES ARE CURRENT– we haven’t yet heard from everyone.  (If you run a consignment sale and would like to be listed here – or are interested in a sponsored listing - please drop us a line via the Contact Us page!) There’s even money to be made…consignors make a percentage from the items they sell.  Happy Deal-finding!

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!! Shop the great bargains. Admission is free! Contact Trish or Beth info@herewegrowagain.com 913-940-7963. Next sales: (multiple locations across the Kansas City metro) Sept. 14-17 Blue Springs, MO/Independence, MO @ Sports City, 425 NE Mock Ave., Sept. 20-24 Olathe/Overland Park, KS @ 135th & Quivira (Epic Indoor Sports). Oct. 1-4 Grandview, MO @ 15201 US 71 (Crystal Ballroom/Rodeway Inn). Oct. 5-8 Shawnee, KS @ 7353 Quivira(Westbrooke Shopping Center). Oct. 13-16 Gladstone, MO @ 6465 N. Prospect (former Deals store)

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Rhea Lana’s of Lee’s Summit, MO

Rhea Lana’s is an upscale children’s consignment event where you can earn up to 80% of your sales!  We love CLOTHING AND CONNECTING FAMILIES and are always looking for consignors, volunteers and shoppers.
Next Sale Dates:

Northland: at the KCI Expo Center September 30-October 2. Pre-Sale night will be Thursday, September 29th erin@rhealana.com, 816-522-5511

Basic Listings:

All About Kids (Independence, MO) at the KC Sports Lodge, September 9-11, 2011.

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:  February 26-27, 2011, 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.

Kid’s Closet Connection – Sedalia, MO -September 29-Oct 1st, 2011-  Convention Hall in Liberty Park, 1500 W 3rd St, Sedalia, MO 65301

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

MDC Booster Club – Oct. 23, 2010, 9am-3pm @ 186 NW Oldham Parkway, Lee’s Summit, MO 64081. DANCEWEAR SALE…The sale will include gently used or new leotards, skirts, dance shorts or pants, dance shoes, and costumes.  ALL proceeds benefit Mindy’s Dance Center (MDC). If you are interested in selling your child’s dancewear items, please email the MDC Booster club at MDCBoosterclub@gmail.com.

Mothers of Multiples (GKC) – next sale is Mar 26, 2011.

No doubt you’ve seen the proliferation of pumpkins and mums at every store in town–fall is officially here!  If you missed our earlier post on the city’s Pumpkin Patches and Apple Orchards, check it out–there are so many to choose from, and they are located in every corner of the metro.

Speaking of pumpkin patches, you won’t want to miss the annual Crown Center Pumpkin Patch, which will be Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Crown Center Square, from 10am until 5pm.  Featuring over 30000 pounds of pumpkins, the event benefits Children’s Therapeutic Learning Center (CTLC), one of our valued community partners.  Proceeds help support the mission of CTLC, which is to provide therapeutic and educational services for children with disabilities in an environment which fosters their independence and celebrates their successes.  This is lots and lots of fun!

Another fun place you won’t want to miss is Lee’s Summit’s Paradise Park.  I wrote about Paradise Park this summer, after a great outing with my son.  We rode the go-karts and went miniature golfing in July.  Now that fall is here, Paradise Park has a Tractor-Pulled Hayride and Pumpkin Patch, a Haunted Castle Maze and the popular Foam Factory has transformed into “Ollie’s Haunted Foam Factory”!  For those of you celebrating fall birthdays…you can even host a birthday party–complete with s’mores, pizza, birthday cake and video games.  What fun!

If you missed our listing of Fall Consignment Sales, don’t worry.  There are still many held during the month of October.  Here We Grown Again has one coming up this weekend in Shawnee, KS, in fact!  You can find great deals on back-to-school clothes (in case your kids have shot up a few inches already!!) as well as toys and other necessities.  Consignment sales aren’t just for shoppers…you can make a few bucks, too!  Contact the particular sale you’re interested in and typically for a small entry fee, you can tag your items for resale and bag up to 70% of the sale price.  Not bad!

I’m sitting here listening to the torrential rains run through my gutters and onto my deck, hoping that the creek behind my house doesn’t burst its banks overnight! Soccer games have already been canceled for Saturday. So…what to do in soggy Kansas City with the kids in the rain?!

• Arcades, bowling or movies? Check out our list of Indoor Activities for more ideas.
• Hit the crafts stores and work on some projects at your dry kitchen table. Take a look at our list of cool Arts & Crafts stores to spark your imagination.
• How about some books? Head to your local library or check out the newest offerings at the Reading Reptile in Brookside.
• The Toy & Miniature Museum, Wonderscope Children’s Museum, Science City, College Basketball Experience, the National World War I Museum. Haven’t been yet? Then, this is the perfect day for these and any of Kansas City’s other museums. Choose from our Museum directory!
• Paradise Park, Zonkers and other indoor playzones are bound to be crowded in the rain – but guaranteed fun! We’ve got a good list of play places to check out!
• The circus is in town! The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is at Sprint Center all weekend!
• Moms – you can check out the HUGE consignment sale at the Overland Park International Trade Center on Saturday and Sunday -Just Between Friends
  
• Start working on Halloween costumes! Hit the thrift stores before anyone else does. Play around at U.S. Toy in Leawood – they’ve got great costume fixins! (You’ll find a link to their website in our right sidebar.) Our partner The WB Shop has great costumes of all sorts of characters. (Click here to check them out – Get Your Batman Costumes While They Still Last, Only At BatmanShop.com!). I got a great Harry Potter robe for my 6 year old last year from BuyCostumes.com. Good price, too. Another online costumer worth checking out is Costume SuperCenter. And one last costume tip! – Check out Nick’s Halloween Shop for your Favorite Characters’ Costumes at Shop.NickJr.com!

And if the rain lets up – there are a lot of fantastic events in the works! Check out our Events Calendar for more info!