Hooray! The birthday kickoff is almost here! I can almost taste the delicious cookies!

So for those of you who may have missed our last post, we're holding a great event in our stores this Saturday June 20th to kickoff the celebration of our 25 years in business at Mastermind! We have some "25"-themed fun planned:

First: When you spend $25 or more this Saturday on anything in-store, you get a FREE commemorative colouring T-shirt kit!

Phew! That's a mouth full; let me explain. The T-shirt has a really fun drawing of our Mastermind birthday party, and it comes with special markers. The idea is that you colour it in to decorate it yourself; but the REALLY cool thing is that when you put it in the wash, the colour washes right out... and you get to colour it again! It's a different T-shirt every time!

Now, you can get 1 of these free on Saturday if you spend $25 or more (the kit itself is a $15 value, too!) and 2 of these free if you spend $50 or more, but the limit is 2 free shirts per family. However, we know there are families that have more than 2 kids, so you can also buy extra shirts for the special one-day price of $5. We will limit these purchases, however (no stocking up for loot bags!), because we want to make sure as many people as possible get the opportunity to receive the shirts! We have a lot of shirts for each of our stores, but it is still while quantities last, so the best bet is always to come early!

Next: Each shirt also comes with a voucher good for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more this July!


Each shirt comes wrapped with a label that doubles as a voucher for July! If you bring it back in July (to pick up some great pool toys when it gets mega-hot outside, or anything else that you need) you can redeem it for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more.

So let's do the math here: With a $25 purchase, you get a T-shirt kit worth $15 AND a $5 voucher... not bad!

And finally, a birthday event needs treats! How about Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookies!

We are also having some DELICIOUS chocolate chip cookies brought in from Robyn's Cookies, a gourmet cookie shop in North Toronto. If you like cookies then these will blow your mind. They're the kind of cookies that you could eat ten of at one time. I may or may not have done this.

Now, the cookies aren't guaranteed nut-free (there is one ingredient, caramel, that may have come into contact with nuts) so we're also going to send a view non-cookie treats to our stores as well.

So that's the plan! Cookies and freebies... a great way to kickoff months of birthday fun! We hope to see you there!!!

--Ryan the Toy Buyer and Cookie Eater