Welcome To Amato’s Toy and Hobby Of Middletown!
Happy New Year & Helloooo 2026! We are so excited for another wonderful year of celebrating the power of play, shopping, family fun & making fabulous memories with all of you!
New products are arriving daily and our shelves are overflowing with fun options for the whole family this winter!
Winter is the perfect time to start a cozy new hobby and we have SO many wonderful winter activities for you to choose from…
Our puzzle aisles are overflowing with options from our favorite brands: Ravensburger, Galison, White Mountain, Springbok, Cobble Hill, Eeboo and more!
We have tons of Woobles crochet kits, paint by numbers, diamond art and more relaxing, creative activities in our craft aisles.
Our ever-growing selection of book nooks, DIY miniature kits, Wooden 3D puzzles and wooden mechanical models are the perfect winter activity!
And of course Lego aisles are full of kits for kids & adults of all ages! Our model aisles are restocked weekly & it’s always a good time to start your train collection, or get your first remote control Traxxas vehicle (or add to your fleet)!
There’s truly something for everyone to enjoy here at Amato’s Middletown, especially during the cozier months. And what better way to kickoff the new year than with a new hobby!
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. We can’t wait to shop with you this winter! See you soon!
We post daily on social media, be sure to follow along for updates!
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Happy Snow-ish Day! We are open 10-6 today and we have plentyyy of sleds, kids shovels & allll sorts of cozy indoor activities ready for you to shop! ☃️🛷❄️🛷☃️🛷❄️🛷☃️
Wed Feb 25th, 2026
Do you sell any tinyly products from djeco?
♥️🎶SHOP in the name of loveeee🎶♥️ becauseee Valentine’s Day is less than 2 weeks away & our store is overflowing with L-O-V-E-ly gifts for your Valentineeee! 🥰
Wed Feb 4th, 2026
Great place to get toys
Love that lead in....
Awesome 😎 store
😍😍🌹
สวยงามคะ
Great toy store
New Legos are hereeeee🥳🥳🥳 it’s too cold out for a team photoshoot with the pallet…. sooo here’s a quick shipment selfie instead ☃️🫶🏻📦
Thu Jan 29th, 2026
Did you get your new shipment of White Mountain Puzzles yet?
I scrolled past real quick and was like what is that picture of me? Lol we kinda look alike!
*LEGO
I wuz just there !
Hopefully you've got some of these in there. Been very hard to find since it came out.
Lego left this fine state for the traffic and congestion of Boston. We need a new toy to obsess about in Connecticut. Frisbees? Pez? Connecticut made all the wayyyyyyy!!!!
Takes "Selling those bricks" to a new dimension
You guys is up these days eh? That don’t make much sense, love the Lego by though, won’t make much on that.
Gracie enjoyed her snow days, and we hope you did toooo! ❄️☃️❄️☃️❄️
She also missed the store… sooo she took Caroline on, not one but two, snow day walks to just double check that it was in fact, a snow day 😂🫶🏻🐶
Gracie is definitely veryyyy excited to be back at the store tomorrow, see you at 10 am! 🥰
Mon Jan 26th, 2026
Have to get out of the house somehow.
She's absolutely beautiful!
Needs a warm jacket
🙏🙏🙏
Awesome looking pup
Praying 🙏
If we find a dog abandoned you need to find the owner and give them a stiff fine and jail time!
Happy Snow Dayyy! Due to the snowstorm, we will be closed on Sunday, January 25th. ❄️💜❄️
We will reopen on Tuesday, January 27th at 10 am & resume our normal hours!
Be safe, enjoy the snow & your cozy snow day activities!!! ☃️
Sun Jan 25th, 2026
Make sure your snowstorm prep includes a stop at Amato’s Middletown! ☃️
Our store is overflowing with indoor activities ready for you to shop—and we are even opening an hour early on Saturday, January 24th for some extra Snowstorm Prep Shopping timeee! ☃️🫶🏻🛍️
We can’t wait to create a ❄️Snowstorm Stack❄️ (like the one pictured here) filled with fun activities for you & your whole family—see you tomorrow between 9 am & 5 pm! 🥳
Not sure what you should add to your ❄️Snowstorm Stack❄️? We have a TON of ideas & we can help you in-store! Plus you can pop on over to our stories, and our “Snowstorm Prep” highlight to check out our favorite cozy indoor activities for both kids & adults of all ages! 🥰
P.s. It’s highly likely we will be closed on Sunday, January 25th—but we will confirm that with an official announcement once the snow starts… stay tuneddd & come see us on Saturday! ☃️
Fri Jan 23rd, 2026
Hey White Mountain Puzzlersss, we just got in a HUGE shipment of new puzzlesss—26 boxes!!! Just in time for the impending snowstorm this weekenddd! ☃️🧩☃️
Be sure to stop in Friday & Saturday to stock up on puzzles, and be the first to shop this new delivery! 🥳
P.s. we have lotssss of other fun snowstorm activities available in-store & we will be highlighting them on our stories v soon, sooo keep an eye out! ❄️❄️❄️
Thu Jan 22nd, 2026
Our ✨Window Crew✨ as soon as they heard it was 2016 again…. 🤣🫶🏻💁🏼♀️
We may or may not do our own version of the mannequin challenge every time we work on the windows… lol
Tbh we actually filmed this during last November’s ✨Window Week✨ soooo I guess we lowkey predicted the trend?? 🤷🏼♀️
Wed Jan 21st, 2026
❄️🎶 Oh the weather outside is frightful, but Warmies, our newest arrivals, sure are delightful! 🎶❄️
New brand alert!!! 🤩 We are SO excited that Warmies are here! Just in time for a freezing cold & snowy week—could there be more perfect timing?!
These adorable stuffed animals are microwaveable so they can provide warm & cozy comfort for kids & adults—which is perfect for extra chilly winter nights.
Scroll through & pick your favorite—then be sure to stop in soon to snag yours! 🥰
Tue Jan 20th, 2026
Do you carry the “junior” size or just the big ones?
Do you have the elephant one?
Bought two of these. One for a child and one for an adult. They work great🤗💕
Surprise… we are open on Monday this weekkk! 🤩
Since it’s a holiday weekend, we will be open from 10 am to 6 pm on Monday, January 19th.
We look forward to shopping with youuu! 🥳🫶🏻☃️
Sun Jan 18th, 2026
How great is that ?!!
Snowy weekends are for cozy shopping trips… especially when Jellycat has been restocked! 🥰❄️🛍️
Sat Jan 17th, 2026
Love is in the air becauseee… Valentine’s Day is only a month away! ♥️🪩♥️🪩♥️
The store is decked out with Valentine’s decor, our windows are being transformed & our Valentine’s gift section is overflowing with L-O-V-E-ly gifts, with more arriving everyday! 🤩
We can’t wait to help you find the perfect gift for your Valentine, stop in soon❣️
Thu Jan 15th, 2026
Our De-Santafication processes continues this week with… W I N D O W W E E K!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Stay tuneddd as Caroline & her window crew work their ✨window magic✨ to transform the windows for Valentine’s Day! ♥️🪩❄️🪩♥️
Wed Jan 14th, 2026
Christmas window was spectacular ❣️
Love this store
I was hoping to get pictures of Gingerbread..can you make one before complete take down?
Awesome place
Was there just before Christmas and found NO "S' gauge trains.
Roses are red, violet’s are blue… Jellycat fans, I’d stop in this weekend if I were youuu! 🤩♥️❄️
Fri Jan 9th, 2026
CT. residents are so lucky to have a store like this. It is awesome. Has everything a kid & big kid could want.
The 🎄De-Santafication Process🎄is officially underway!
Our holiday decor is all packed away & our decorating crew is *almost* finished with the Valentine’s decor 🤩🤩🤩
Which means we are officially in the middle of our transformation from a ❄️Holiday Wonderland❄️ into a ♥️Valentine’s Wonderland♥️!!!
We can’t wait for you to see all of our ♥️🪩L-O-V-E-ly🪩♥️ & veryyyy sparkly Valentine’s in-store decor the next time you visit!
Oh & our Valentine’s Windows are coming soonnn, so stay tunedddd! 🤩
Wed Jan 7th, 2026
Still open? Definitely gonna check it out
🎄🎶 We wish you the merriest, the merriest… the merriest Christmas Dayyyy! 🎶🎄 anddd we alsooo… 🪩🎶 wish you the happiest, the happiest… the happiest New Year! 🎶🪩
Thanks to a wonderful & insanely busy holiday season, the Amato’s Elves are a *bit* delayed in sharing our holiday wishes (✨Happy Hanukkah✨ by the way!!) but we can’t kickoff 2026 without saying thank you for an amazinggggg holiday season & a fabulous year! 🥰
2025 was a wonderful year full of celebrating the power of play, lotssss of shopping, even more family fun & making countless fabulous memories with all of you.. and we can’t wait to have EVEN more fun this year! 🥳🥳🥳
We are SO excited to be entering our 86th year & we are very, very grateful for our ah-mazinggg team & all of our wonderful customers! 🥰
Sooo thank you for a wonderful 2025 & cheers to the start of an even more wonderful 2026! 🤩
—Amato’s Middletown 💜💜💜
Mon Jan 5th, 2026
Best experience ever. Bought gift cards and the grands love to do their own shopping. One by one, we take time to enjoy the beautiful window display. Delightful staff. My greatest wish is that my grands can share this joy with their children and grandchildren. XOXO
Excellent store !!
God bless you both ladies 🙏💖🙏💖
Is that a humongous calico critter and if yes, is she for sale?!?
The best store ever they have everything you need
Love walking through it its like stepping back in time even the outside sign looks old school !!!👏👍😁🇺🇸I miss living in Middletown it's a great little place to live
I bought my nephew his first red wagon many moons ago my best best friend owned the package store next to jimmys smokecshop
I used to go there when I was younger the model cars
❄️ S N O W D E L A Y ❄️ Good Morning! We are opening at noon today (Saturday, December 27th) due to the snow. We look forward to shopping with you this afternoon between 12 pm & 6 pm! ☃️🫶🏻🛍️
Sat Dec 27th, 2025
