Planet Make Believe is an interactive retail store with a focus on fun while learning about math and science. Planet Make Believe is fast becoming a favorite among children and adults for its unique opportunities and products. Their goal is to expand the imaginations of children to be creative and design things they way they see them.

Products:

Planet Make Believe has an assortment of unique products and gifts that provide educational opportunities at home.

Favorites include kits to create your own dinosaurs, Egyptian mummies, and volcanoes. There are also unique furniture pieces available in fun shapes like high heels and lips. Sesame Street characters abound.

Make and Take Activities:

There are an almost endless number of "Make and Take" activities at this educational store, including ample opportunities to create your own products. This includes hand lotions, bubble bath, shampoo, hair & body gel, and lip gloss where children can mix and match from various fragrances and add glitter and stars throughout the bottle. Other activities include making art candles, beaded necklaces and bracelets, bath fizzies, Gooey Gunk, and Slime with worms, bugs, frogs, flies, and spiders inside. "Make and Take" Activities are $9.95 each.

Parties:

Planet Make Believe offers many options for you child's next party. Plus: if you book online, you'll save 10 percent. The staff will organize and run the entire party while parents can sit back and relax. After the party, go to the food court for discounted food and let the staff serve the food and clean up afterwards.

Among the party choices are:

• The Makeover Party - For the girl that likes to get glammed up, the staff will apply makeup to the eyes, cheeks, and lips, apply nail polish, pin up their hair, sprinkle fairy dust on them and complete it with a tiara. All of this for only $14.95 per person.

• Playtime Parties - This party includes a Drag Race Car Tournament, Treasure Dig, Temporary Tattoo and the Flying Monkey Game. Choose two projects for just $12.95 per person.
• Webkinz Parties - As an authorized seller of Webkinz products, children can have a Webkinz party at Planet Make Believe. This party includes a Littlekinz stuffed animal, playing three Webkinz games, making accessories for their Littlekinz, and making one recipe from the Webkinz website. Webkinz birthday cakes may also be ordered. Webkinz party is $14.95 per person.

Slide Show:

Make any party or event memorable by ordering a slide show. The staff will take 80-100 digital pictures of the party from beginning to end and e-mail those photos to the client. This service is only $15.99.

Be a Video Star:

Kids can dress up in one of Planet Make Believe's many costumes and sing karaoke to four songs. The video star will be the star of their own DVD for just $19.95. Choose from a princess, fire fighter, police officer, construction worker, superman, incredible hulk, pirate, ballerina, and many more.

Events:

Planet Make Believe offers a full schedule of events throughout the year. Every Thursday, children ages 2-5 can enjoy Story Time at 1030am with a very animated storyteller, complete with interactive music. Monthly, enter to win the Kid'kinz of the Month Contest where children complete an entry form about their favorite thing to do with their Webkinz.

Hours:

Planet Make Believe is open Monday and Wednesday 10am to 6pm, Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 7pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am to 8pm, and on Sunday from noon to 6pm.

Contact Information:

Planet Make Believe
843 North Cleveland-Massillon Rd.
Akron, Oh 44333
330-835-9007 330-666-1781

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