DI at Chicago Toy and Game Fair

Location: Navy Pier

Destination ImagiNation will have an interactive booth to provide information about starting a DI Team at Chi-TAG.  Come meet us and find out how you and the youth in your lives can join in the fun.  Use the coupon to save $2 off admission price.

Let’s Play: Nation’s Only Non-Hobby Public Toy and Game Fair

Comes to Chicago Nov. 21-22

 Preview and play with the hottest new toys and games on the market, meet the inventors and enjoy a Star Wars “Droid Hunt,” meet Sports Mascots kicking off the Toy Industry Foundation Toy Drive, entertainment by Radio Disney and more at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair (ChiTAG), Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22 at Chicago’s Navy Pier.

 Fairgoers will be able to meet toy and game inventors, including celeb/actresses Daryl Hannah and Hilary Shepard, inventors of Liebrary; Leslie Scott, inventor of Jenga; Bruce Lund, inventor of TMX Elmo and founder of River Forest-based Lund and Company Invention, LLC; Chicago area resident John Spinello, inventor of Operation and Reuben Klamer, inventor of The Game of Life and winner of this year’s Toy Industry Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

 A Star Wars Breakfast featuring Star Wars characters and prizes, chess tournaments in the Renaissance Knights Pavilion, loads of Stage events, and a free Games in Education conference for educators are just a few of the many fair events planned.

 Fair hours are 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Children under three are admitted free; Scouts in uniform, teachers and librarians are also admitted free of charge. For full event details, visit www.chitag.com.

 For the third year, ChiTAG, along with sponsors, including the Toy Industry Association, Hasbro, Strong National Museum of Play, Inventor's Digest and Lund and Company Invention, LLC, will also hold the Young Inventor Challenge. Students 18 and under are invited to submit original game and toy inventions by November 7th; details are available on the web site at www.chitag.com. Voting for the Young Inventor Challenge winner will take place by popular vote during the fair.