Funky Planet Toys and Gifts is a St. Louis Area Toy Store and Board Game Store in Alton, Illinois. It’s one of the many fun things to do with kids in the Riverbend.

What's New & Black Friday Deals 2025

Starting Black Friday we'll be open every day until Christmas Day. Here are our Holiday Hours...

  • Mon-Tue: 11-3
  • Wed-Fri: 10-6
  • Saturday: 10-5
  • Sunday: 11-5

Also, we'll be open 9-6 on Small Business Saturday. These sales will run Friday, Saturday, and Sunday...

Edit: We're open 11-6 on Small Business Saturday due to the weather.

  • All Books are minimum 10% off, but many will be 25-50% off.
  • All Board Games are minimum 15% off, but many will be 25% off.
  • All Yarn is 15% off.
  • Wigglitz are by 2 get 1 free.
  • Wacky Links Builder Sets (see below) are Buy 1 Get 1 Free.
  • Diamond Dotz are Buy 1 Get 1 Free.
  • Airforts are 33% Off while supplies last.
  • A bunch of Blue Q Bags will be 25% off.
  • About 50 random items will be 25-50% off.
Let the record show, that whole "wait til after Christmas for the best deals" thing doesn't apply to our store. Our biggest sales are during Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and the following Sunday.

Here's what's new!

We're featuring Wacky Links in our Playcade. It's a building set reminiscent of the Straw & Connector Construction Sets that we used to sell, BUT, these straws are floopy like a noodle. While you can build specific objects out of them, I feel they really shine as a just-start-connecting-stuff-at-random-and-see-what-happens toy (kind of like Plus Plus). Again, we're hugely discounting the big Builder Sets for Black Friday Weekend.

Display with Wacky Links

We ordered a ton of books from two different publishers. Highlights include some very cool pop-ups and some very unique activity books. There's a little bit of everything though (except chapter books, we don't really do those).

4 Displays filled with kids books

We got some more outdoors-y nature-y toys. I've always wanted to fill my store with this kind of stuff, but so many companies make total garbage. Not so with Huckleberry (or the other companies we carry). The biggest highlight are the Pocket Microscopes. And look at that handsome display!

Huckleberry display with 3 nature toys

We've got a bunch of new Blind Boxes, and I'm happy to report the Donguri Acorn Tanks are back in!

Donguritank Advertisement showing a variety of cute animals in acorn tanks

And we re-stocked Cubika Wooden Toys. They're stylish, great quality, and a great price point.

Six colorful toddler toys in their boxes stacked on top of one-another

This weekend we'll be getting new Miniature House Building Sets by Rolife and some Wood Building Sets by Rokr. A few more additions to the toddler section are expected early next month. Some new Sticker, Puzzle, and Activity Books should arrive next week. And, I know more Blind Boxes are on the way.

~David