Tag: Kips Toyland
Kip’s Toyland celebrates 75 years of good, old-fashioned fun
Five years ago, I wrote the Larchmont Chronicle’s article celebrating Kip’s Toyland’s 70th anniversary. It’s now five years on, and life has changed quite a bit around the globe. But thankfully, not at Kip’s Toyland. “We just keep trucking along,” says Lily Kipper, the granddaughter and buyer / store-manager of store founder Irvin ‘Kip’ Kipper, […]
Kip’s Toyland store celebrates 70 years of toys, family, fun
It didn’t start out as fun. In fact, it started out as a nightmare. During World War II, Irvin Kipper, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, was on his 26th combat mission when his B-17 bomber was shot down over Italy. He and his crew spent the next eight months in a POW camp. Upon […]
Plenty of gift options that don’t ring, buzz or chime at Kip’s Toyland at the Farmers Market
Every year, it seems that toys get noisier, brighter and just plain extreme. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are plenty of toys that are flying off of the shelves this holiday season—and the only sound you will hear is the laughter coming from the people playing with them. At 68-year-old Kip’s […]
