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The Playground: Circle Craft

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver families.Every week I post a roundup of upcoming family-friendly events and activities.

Welcome to The Playground, a place for Vancouver families.Every week I post a roundup of upcoming family-friendly events and activities. I’m always on the lookout for fun stuff to do, so if there’s something happening that you think I should know about, don't hesitate to contact me.

The 38th Annual Circle Craft Christmas Market is taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre from now until November 13th.  With the Christmas season quickly approaching, it's a great opportunity to get a head start on your holiday shopping list with over 280 Canadian artisans selling their work.

From jewelery to chocolate, there is lots to see (and sample!) especially for locally made kids clothes, toys and accessories.  Here is a quick round up of some of the kid friendly crafts that are available this year:

Beautiful bonnets and capes from Toronto's Patouche:

Stacking balsa wood rainbows from Jalu Wood Creations.

Hand screened onesies from Toronto's Bookhou:

Handmade party dresses from Kiki Kid's Wear.  She also makes amazing hand made t-shirts.

Wooden trains, planes and automobiles from Tuff Toys.

Check out that vest!  From Zoolu Organics.

We took one of these hats home with us.  From Kid-o's.

Handmade bookends and name puzzles from Zoodonyms.

The cutest monsters from Monster Lab.

Sadie couldn't get enough of the puppets from Diabolo.