Welcome To Amato’s Toy and Hobby Of Middletown!
Happy Holidays! We’ve decked the halls and now we are ready to have a holly, jolly holiday season with all of you!
It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year and the Amato’s Elves are ready to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list. New products are arriving daily and our shelves are overflowing with fun options for the whole family this holiday season!
As you browse our aisles full of hand-selected items, our experienced elves will happily shop with you and offer suggestions for everyone on your holiday shopping list!
Our aisles are overflowing with a curated collection of fun, imagination-based activities for kids and adults of all ages. From exciting new toys to classic trains, there’s truly something for everyone! Among the choices include: educational toys for kids of all ages, puzzles, books, games, dolls, stuffed animals, trains, race cars, model kits, science kits, robotics sets, R/C cars, R/C planes, R/C boats, and more!
Not sure what the perfect gift might be? Give the gift of Amato’s Middletown by purchasing a gift card! Kids (and kids at heart) of all ages will have the time of their lives wandering the overflowing aisles and shopping our hand-selected collection of toys and hobbies!
We are SO excited to debut our brand new Gingerbread Snow Globe Wonderland window display! Be sure to stop by soon to see all of the magical details (gingerbread houses, candy & cookie trees anddd of courseee the trainsss) in person, this holiday season!
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🎄🎶Deck the halls with pallets full of boxes, fa-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la🎶🎄
Christmas is just a few days away & the pallets of boxes are still rollingggg in—which means we are restockedd & readyyy to have a very merry weekend-before-Christmas with all of youuuu!!!! 🤩🎄📦
The Amato’s Elves can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your list & this weekend we are open:
Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm
Sunday: 9 am to 7 pm
Monday: 9 am to 7 pm
Tuesday, Christmas Eve: 9 am to 4 pm
See you soonnn! 🤩
Fri Dec 20th, 2024
🎄🎶We are Santa’s Elves, filling Santa’s shelves🎶🎄 and we couldn’t be more excited about restocking the store with allll these boxesss (& more that came in via UPS & FedEx) 🤩🫶🏻📦
We are open (& receiving shipments) everyday between now & Christmas—and there’s plentyyy of time to find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list! See you soonnnn 🤩🎄🛍️
Wed Dec 18th, 2024
I love it there……
Anymore jellycats??
Awesome place
I remember when I was little, and the pre-Christmas trip to Amato's. It was a wonderland, and still is.
❤️🥰👏
I miss them in New Britain
Did you bring back your train room this year?
Well helloooo there, Week-Before-Christmas (& Hanukkah!) 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
We are open 9 am to 7 pm every day this week! 🤩
The Amato’s Elves can’t wait to shop with you & help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list! 🎄🫶🏻🛍️
P.s. our Scout Elves, Buddy & Clarice, wanted to let you know that shipments are scheduled to arrive every day this week (& have been arriving daily alllll season long) so we are restocked & READYYYYY for a week filled with holiday shopping fun!!! 🎄✨🎄
Sun Dec 15th, 2024
Beautiful.
Hellooo December & helloooooo to our ✨BRAND NEW✨ holiday windowww!!!! 🎄✨🪩✨🎄
The Amato’s Elves are veryyy excited that our favorite month of the year is officially hereee—but we are even ✨MORE✨ excited to debut our ❄️Gingerbread Snow Globe Wonderlandddd❄️ window!!!
We can’t wait for you to see allll the amazing details up closeee (gingerbread houses, candy & cookie trees anddd of courseee the trainsss) in person! 🤩
This week we are open:
Monday-Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
See you soonnn! 🎄💜🎄
Sun Dec 1st, 2024
Beautiful. Is the train room open this year? We would love to take the kids there and pick up some special gifts.
I love Amatos! Are you doing the train display in the basement this year?
So incredibly beautiful. I drove by almost every night to see the lights and sights of Middletown. This store is so very pretty
Wow! This looks incredible! Cant wait to come and see it! 🎄
Wow! Looks festive. It's my birthday month, so hopefully I'll be there in the next couple of Saturdays or Sundays, to see them.
My son and I always look forward to your Christmas window displays and the train layout!
Amato's is the absolute best place on earth
Your windows are always magical. But this one definitely wins the wow factor!!
My favorite store !♥️
Will be there next week!!!
Gorgeous 😍
So beautiful!
Beautiful!
Fantastic
Awesome place
Beautiful!!
Gorgeous!!
Awesome
Is the train open this year for viewing ?
Happy Thanksgiving to all & to all a good night! 💜
We are incredibly grateful for all of our wonderful customers and our amazing team of Amato’s Elves! 🎄🫶🏻🛍️
Anddd we can’t wait to spend the weekend having SO much holiday shopping fun with all of you! We are open:
Friday: 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
We can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list—see you soonnn! 🤩🎄💜
Thu Nov 28th, 2024
So pretty 😍
Jellycat Holiday (& moreee) LIVEEEE 🎄✨🎄
Thu Nov 14th, 2024
So adorable. Very festive
Great job Diane!
✨What’s New Thursday LIVEEEE✨: Jellycat Holiday (& moreee) edition!!! 🎄✨🎄
Thu Nov 14th, 2024
It’s tiiiiiimeeeeee…. for our official debut of this years ✨Jellycat Jingle Jingle✨ collection!!! 🎄🪩🎄🪩🎄🪩🎄
Wed Nov 13th, 2024
Hi! Do you ship? Of course I would pay for postage. Thanks
Absolutely love this place A lot of happy memories buying beautiful dolls and doll cradles for my daughters lol😍
Omgosh!!!! I cannot wait for our annual Christmas shopping visit!!
Took my granddaughter there a few weeks ago and told her she can pick out ‘a little something’ because it’s so close to Christmas and walked out of there spending$60!!! lol. I just can’t say no to her❤️We LOVE Amato’s!!!!
My daughter is obsessed with Jellycats🤩
Do you have the DIY dolls?🎄
WOW!!! Very impressive display and selection! 😍
I would love to go there
They still open Awsome!!
So cute 😍 💓
So adorable ❤️
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Hannah Simpson 😳🥰
Mary Mahoney
Lana Piretti ❤️💚
Emma Mallory
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Sorry Professor Snape, but frivolous wand waving & silly incantations were a requirement during our ✨magical✨ creation of this years ⚡️Harry Potter⚡️ window! 🚂⚡️🕯️⚡️🚂
Sat Nov 2nd, 2024
Great to see. Love it
Alexcia Coyle Delmonico
Mackenzie Rosano
Marianna Vasiliou
Miss Amato’s in New Britain.
Cue the holiday music becauseeee it’s officially the 🎄🎶 most wonderful time of the year🎶🎄 for the Amato’s Elves & we can hardly contain our excitement! 🤩🤩🤩
Be sure to pop in this weekend for one last look at this years truly ✨spooktacular✨ Halloween decor & window displays becauseeee… our transformation into a magical ✨Holiday Wonderland✨ will begin on Monday with our annual in-store🎄Decorating Day🎄(picture this: the decorating scene in Elf but with a *few* more helpers… and a lot more decorations 🤣)!!!!
🎄Decorating Day🎄 will be followed by a ✨Window Week✨ (or two..), the annual debut of our Elf & Elfette aprons, our holiday playlist, holiday product releases (ie: the highly anticipated new holiday arrival from the brand that rhymes with the Phoebe’s famous song on F•R•I•E•N•D•S) & moreeeee! 🤩🤩🤩
Stay tuneddddd bc it’s tiiiiiimeeeeee! 🎄✨🕎✨🎄
Fri Nov 1st, 2024
H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N ! 🎃💜🎉
We hope everyone had a ✨spooktacular✨ day & a successful evening of trick-or-treating fun! 💚👻🧡
Thu Oct 31st, 2024
🎃Happy Halloween🎃
Our team definitely worked their✨window display magic✨ on these spooktacular Halloween windowsss! 🧡👻💜🐈⬛💚🎃🖤
Fri Oct 25th, 2024
Now arriving at Platform 9 & 3/4… our ah-mazinggggg Harry Potter themed windowwww! ⚡️🚂⚡️
Be sure to stop in soon to see allll the magical details (like the floating candles) up close!! 🤩
#mischiefmanaged #yerawizardharry #harrypotter #harrypotterfan #wizardingworld
Wed Oct 23rd, 2024
Looks great!
That looks incredible!
Harry Potter huge huge Fan how long is this going to be up for ?💙💙💙💙❤️❤️💛💛💛💛💚💚💚
Awesome job!
Beautiful ❤️
Love It!!!!!
Love it!!!
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Brandi Iovino 💜
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Kaitlyn Jefferson
Gonzalez Sha Kimberly
Love it! Greaaaattt toy store! If you want local shops, you gotta shop Local!
Take my money!
This might be our favorite (anddd most ✨spooktacular✨) window transformation yet! 🖤🎃💜🐈⬛🧡👻💚
Wed Oct 16th, 2024
No tricks, just treats—our ✨spooktacular✨ transformation is complete! 🖤🎃💜🐈⬛💚👻🧡
We can’t wait for you to see our faBOOlous windows!! 🤩 Stop by soonnnn!
Tue Oct 15th, 2024
Hey, Amato's! We saw your storefront during the Middletown Trick-or-Treating and it looks fantastic in there! We cannot wait to plan to stop by! 😁
Just another ⚡️merchandising magic⚡️ mondayyyy! We are soooo excited about these ✨NEW✨ Wrebbit 3D puzzle building kits—from Harry Potter to Friends to the Titanic to the Eiffel Tower & lots more in between, there’s a theme for everyoneeee! 🤩🫶🏻🛍️
Mon Oct 7th, 2024
