{"id":268,"date":"2023-12-04T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T22:16:16","slug":"bringing-back-an-american-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidoodlesofnorman.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/bringing-back-an-american-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Back An American Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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News 9’s Mike Glover spoke with the owners of ‘Kidoodles, a toy store in Norman offering a one-of-a-kind holiday shopping experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For adults, it\u2019s like visiting a magical place from the past. Yeah, a real-life toy store with everything a kid, young and old, could want.<\/p>

\u201cI feel like Tom Hanks from Big. I get to play with toys and see fun people all day long,\u201d said Stephani O\u2019Hara, owner of Kidoodles toy store in Norman.<\/p>

From the first time O\u2019Hara walked into the store, years ago, she knew one day she wanted to own the now 39-year-old business. \u201cWe opened in September, and it\u2019s been awesome,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>

Offering something you typically don\u2019t get when going shopping. \u201cWe offer you hugs, we know your name, we gift wrap for you, and we show you the latest things in case you don\u2019t know what a four-year-old girl wants for her birthday,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>

Just in time for Christmas, when kids find items that they want in the store, they are able to make their personal gift list for Santa. \u201cThey put it in the mailbox that goes to Santa, and then we keep a copy for ourselves here on file in case the family wants to come in and shop,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>

While shopping there is simply nothing better than a special joke from Joan \u201cNana\u201d Cotton \u201cDo you know the \u201cnaughtiest\u201d reindeer that Santa has in his heed? Rude off,\u201d said Joan Cotton, O\u2019Hara\u2019s mother.<\/p>

Aside from Nana Cotton\u2019s jokes and story time, long-time patrons of the store love the little door. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know when we moved locations if we were going to bring the little door with us, but that\u2019s what people talk about the most, thousands and thousands of kids have walked through that little door,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>

The store is full of clothes candy and toys from the past and the present. \u201cIf you have five dollars allowance money to spend, come on in, we have something for you. If your budget is a bit more than that, that\u2019s great too,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>

Yeah, this place really is magical. \u201cPut a lot of smiles and bring a lot of joy to people that come to Kidoodles,\u201d said O\u2019Hara.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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