Mildred & Dildred
Homey kid-focused shop offering a wide variety of toys, including educational types.
About Mildred & Dildred
Mildred & Dildred is a Tucson gift shop centered on children, play, reading, learning, and the small discoveries that make a toy memorable. The homey, kid-focused shop offers a wide variety of toys, including educational types, with choices organized for infants, toddlers, big kids, tweens, and teens. Its collection also includes books, games, arts and crafts supplies, plush toys, puppets, pretend-play sets, classic toys, and items for outdoor and travel play.
The shop's Play selection covers toys for different stages of infancy and toddlerhood, from the first months through age two and beyond. Families can browse building toys and marble runs, models, vehicles, wooden trains, Playmobil, play kitchens, dolls, animal figurines, Calico Critters, dress-up accessories, play tents, and travel toys. Games and puzzles range from options for age two and up to active games, card games, brain teasers, Mad Libs, jigsaw puzzles, and tabletop games. Music and instruments, bath-time items, plush, puppets, and classic toys round out the play-focused offerings.
Reading and learning are equally important parts of Mildred & Dildred. The store carries books for babies and young children, including books for ages zero to three, books for ages three to five, Little Golden Books, and selections for children ages five to eight and eight to ten. Its bookshelves also include choices for tweens and teens, bilingual books, family books, graphic novels, kids' classics, "I Can Read Books!" titles, reading accessories, and formats such as Tonies and Yoto. Learning choices include flash cards, learning toys, science books, and experiments and kits. Arts and crafts are divided into projects for little kids and big kids, along with stationery, colors, and supplies.
Beyond toys and books, the shop has categories for Arizona-themed gifts, including desert books, desert fun stuff, and desert stuffed animals. Other sections include bedroom items, jewelry boxes and piggy banks, room decor, cooking items for kids, cute things from Japan, fidgety and sensory products, magic tricks and spy gear, sticker supplies, and Dildred's Sweet Shop. A sock shop carries kid, men's, and women's socks, while Charm IT! offers charms and charm necklaces and bracelets. The website also highlights staff favorites and provides free gift wrap, gift cards, and free fun downloads.
Mildred & Dildred welcomes walk-in shopping every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, and hosts Story Time every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The Tucson shop also ships throughout the United States, giving families outside the area access to its selection. Visitors can browse in person, attend Story Time, or shop online, with gift wrapping available to make a selected item feel more personal.