TOYS AND GAMES

Tualatin Valley’s best-kept secret is Piccolo Mondo Toys. With three locations–all in Tualatin Valley!–this family-owned local toy store stocks innovative toys for all ages from around the world, while encouraging cultural awareness. In Sherwood, Mudpuddles Toys and Books is a locally owned toy shop with toys, books, puzzles, games, play sets, stuffed animals and more for kids of all ages.

Looking for board games? Tualatin Valley has three board game shops that are sure to have that elusive board game you are searching for. Guardian Games is the go-to for party games and puzzles (as well as numerous other games). Despite the shop’s name, this game shop also stocks supplies for disc golf, which can be played rain or shine. Located in downtown Hillsboro, the mystical sounding Rune and Board specializes in miniatures, role-playing and strategy games.

For the booklover on your shopping list, shop the extensive inventory at the venerable independent bookshop Powell’s Books, which has a brick-and-mortar location right here in Tualatin Valley at Cedar Hills Crossing.

As always, shopping in Oregon’s Tualatin Valley is tax-free, so while visiting you may want to buy an extra suitcase to take home all of your fabulous finds!