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SEE IT, TOUCH IT, CREATE IT, BUY IT

We are a real store in the real world located at 170 E. 17th Street, Costa Mesa, California, 92627. Store hours: 10am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday. We are sports framing experts! Come in today and play!



ATTENTION: BOY SCOUTS 
The Major League Baseball Players Association and the Boy Scouts of America are pleased to announce an exciting new den meeting program available for Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts.
                                    
Packs are invited to visit The Creative Play to learn about baseball cards, ways to collect them, and play fun card games. Scouts will be able earn the Wolf Achievement #6: "Start A Collection" and the Bear Elective #22: "Collect Things"!

All Scouts who attend will receive a free Starter Kit featuring 4 packs of Major League Baseball trading cards, a guide to collecting, and a collector's tin to store their new cards.

To take advantage of this unique opportunity, please have your local Den Leader contact Lonnie Voss at The Creative Play. For more information, contact Josh Orenstein, MLBPA at 212-826-0809, or josho@mlbpa.org.
                                                   



IN-HOME CUSTOM DESIGNS
Contact us to design your home museum. We also do sports bars and restaurants!

Rex Hudler's home museum

Rich Ulmer's home museum


THE GIANT SCREEN IN YOUR HOME FOR THE WEEKEND -- $99!
DELIVERY AND PICKUP AVAILABLE

Rent a huge 6'x9' screen and portable sound system with DVD/VHS players, satellite speakers and subwoofers. Great for any championship party, weekend movie bash, birthdays, home movies, and video games! Rent it for a 3-game series and feel like you're on the field. Actual customer testimonial: "We had a dinner party and rented it to watch the Mars rover Opportunity land and take its first pictures...It was a huge success. Like a window to the Martian surface. We felt like we were in the control room with the project team!"

        


THE CREATIVE PLAY SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:

       

      



GREAT CARD PULLS IN THE STORE!

Cam pulled a Cal Ripken auto/jsy #'d 4/8 from a 2004 Leaf Certified!

Jennifer pulled an SP Legendary Cuts Roger Maris game jsy on one visit, then pulled a Heinie Manush auto on the next visit!

Craig pulled 3 jsy cards in one pack of 2001 SP Game Used Edition: Griffey, A-Rod, and Glaus!

Colby pulled 4 auto cards from a 2005 Upper Deck Reflections: Smith, Colbert, Gates, and Merriman!


Sharkey pulled a Triple Threads Nolan Ryan (3 Teams!), Ichiro, Bonds, and Mantle! Then a Shaq/Iverson dual signature!!!


This lucky guy pulled an Alex Gordon autographed rookie card from Bowman Chrome - A refractor!!

 
Christian was the 1st prize winner for the 2006 NFL Player of the Day promotion. Congratulations Christian!



Johnny pulled a 1/1 Lars Anderson Red Sox rookie autographed magenta printing plate! WOW!!


A real store in the real world with thousands of gift ideas


Thousands of cards and packs


3D Eagle Scout display

 

We are behind the brick wall on 17th Street in Costa Mesa, CA across from Santa Monica Seafood


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 The Creative Play©
170 E. 17th Street #101
Costa Mesa, California 92627
949-645-0720 phone
949-645-7599 fax
admin@thecreativeplay.com
Open from 10am to 6pm
Monday through Saturday
Copyright 2005




Lonnie and Sharkey try on game-used Shaq and Yao Jerseys. We really don't believe the NBA will call them for tryouts. The Yao jersey is framed below.
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