Once Upon A Child

I stumbled across this place after hitting up Subway next door. The place was well organized and the staff was friendly. I bought some pretty good summer deals for my 3 year old daughter with short, skirts, and shirts all in the $ 2.50-$ 4 range. I was pretty happy as they were Gap and Limited Too brands in that price range as well. As with any consignment store, you have to be smart and watch for ripped or stained clothing. I was happy with all my picks and surprised that out of a huge bag of clothes I shopped for, I only had to return 1 for a rip. I walked out with a huge bag of clothes for my two girls (come on, reversible Gap summer hat for $ 1?) all for under $ 55. I win!

I have gotten some good deals here. They have a pretty good selection and I like that they pay cash for items you sell them. You also get 20% off your purchase if you buy stuff immediately with your payout.
Don’t expect to get what you think your stuff is worth though. But I guess that is consignment for you.

GO TO KID TO KID!!! Once upon a Child’s items are dirty and overused and the store is set up so it feels like your rummaging through someone’s junk. Kid to Kid has everything organized and their items are clean and repackaged to look new. Prices are great to. You are settling by going to Once upon a Child!

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!! I went in with 3 bags of clothes. They said write your info down and put your bags by the wall. I did and I sat and waited. I waited and waited. After an hour, I got up to ask how much longer it would be, and they told me at least another hour. I WAS IRATE! How can you let someone sit there for that long and not tell them it’s going to be more than a 2 hour wait??? I was already running late for an appointment. I would have gladly left the bags and came back later but they never said it would take that long!!! Unbelievably inconsiderate. If I could, I would give ZERO STARS! Their used clothing is way to expensive for worn, stained, and ripped quality. Never going there again!

Bad to sell or buy. They bought 32 items and gave me 36 dollars they wouldnt tell me what they bought but after getting home i realized two snow suits, three costumes, potty, and other good clothes (its Oct) all more than 36 bucks i wish i would have just kept them. Such a rip off! Then few days later i brushed it off and came to buy a bed and it said 45 with matress i thought ok i can deal… no they wanted 45 just for bed, walmart has brand new ones for 50! Again a rip off! Oh and i saw my stuff they «bought» from me and one item alone was selling for 10bucks… there % fake policy is BS. Beware they will scam you

This place is incredible! I have found so many treasures here for my niece and nephews! If I want to buy them new clothes, I always come here first! Since kids grow so fast, the don’t have much time to wear out their clothes so most of the stuff here is practically like new! Some things even still have the tags attached! I have found tons of expensive child suits for my nephew and beautiful fancy dresses for my niece! There are tons clothes, bikes and cribs, movies and books, strollers and play pins and loads of toys! This place is a MUST for all the parents out there! I wish that there were more of them around so that I didn’t have to drive from Lakewood all the way to Westminster to buy something for my kiddos. On the plus side, my sister just lives down the street so it’s very convenient. This place also has a stamp card for frequent shoppers, and I’ve gotten plenty of free items because of my frequency here. Highly recommend!

We won’t be returning ever again. We can take in brand new clothes worn once and they won’t take it but the clothes they are selling look like they should have been thrown away. They’re prices are too high and employees would rather talk than acknowledge the customer. Kid to kid in Arvada is much better.

Really disorganized. To sell them kid items is a waste of time. Very selective, they seem to hate their job.

Call ahead, waisted my time bringing clothes in– they were only buying for store credit– no thanks.

Great place for kids clothes and toys at good prices. Great selection and nice to be able to sell stuff back. You don’t get that much for it, but very bit helps and they have to pay rent and employees salaries. Super convenient to get cash on the spot, too!

Good place for secondhand. They have pretty quality used items for babies and toddlers so you are gonna find better stuff there than at a thrift store. You are also gonna pay a bit more. All in all I would return.

I had a horrible experience at this store yesterday… The older women that work here seem to hate their jobs, maybe even their lives. They have no business working in a children’s store. Must be the only job they were offered with their miserable selves. Highly disappointing and very unhelpful. They offered me no service as I was trying to sell my sons old toys and bouncer. I stood there dumbfounded as I HAD to ask the next steps. She said it’d be a few hours! There were 2 little bags of clothes before mine. So I took my 17 month old baby, drove around and finished our other errands. Came back and they had offered me $ 17.70! For several toys and perfectly good bouncer that was used maybe 4 times. I won’t be coming back here to shop, let alone do consignment business here. And to top it off the bathrooms were disgusting! Trash and hangers strewn about the floor, no paper towels. Shameful!

Great place to get used baby items. Huge variety, especially in clothes, at great prices. I imagine they don’t pay a lot of you’re trying to sell because everything is so cheap, but as a mom trying to stock up its perfect. Would love to see more electronics, like bottle warmers and white noise machines.

There are sooooo many people who go here daily it doesn’t matter how much stuff you have to sell do not expect to sell it all. I had four huge bags with a lot brand name stuff, including a separate bag of shoes Jordan shoes in fancy boots they didn’t even care to open that bag it was still in the knot I tied. winter and summer clothes and shoes brand new sandals my daughter never wore and they didn’t even open it. They say there not buying any summer stuff but the racks are full of summer clothes. If that’s the case none of my jeans had any rips stains or ect… They bought four pair of about 25 jeans all in the same condition bought from the same store lol funny right. shoot Fill the racks up I think no one stupid enough to donate un useable clothes. I think it’s just to many people who go here daily that they automatically have a limit as to what they buy from everyone especially clothing other wise they would be broke. I think it would be nice to tell someone like me who calls a day in advance what to really expect before you load a car up with four kids a full trunk at 7am and drive down there from broomsfield to Arvada. On top that I couldn’t find any decent size 5 jeans so no point of trading clothes for different sizes cause your lucky if u find any. I went through there shoes in most of mine were way more decent then the ones they were selling the shoe bins even stink a bit. You be judge I’m sure your better off selling it in bulks online or giving it to family that really needs it. It’s not worth putting money in there pockets for there profit when there’s always some one in need. I can say whole lot more about about there prices youll definitely spend three times the amount of what they offer you on your clothing in spend it at price you could pay for the same thing brand new your just keeping them in business good job

So, I rarely go to this store because I forget it is there. The other day I was on a hunt for a cheap bathing suit for my 9m old and decided to stop in! I was excited because I saw that they buy-​sell-​trade so I had my sister bring some clothes over to trade for a suit and a few outfits. I signed up and left my stuff for an estimate. Now, I have boxes upon boxes of clothes and I have to admit, I didn’t look through what she brought. But everything i have is mainly gymboree and in fair to good condition. Besides they took it all. They needed 30 min so we went to king soopers and stuff. When I went back, they offered $ 6 for everything, which I thought was crazy but, ok I told the lady i just wanted to trade for a bathing suit I don’t need cash. The lady kept talking about store credit and I kept trying to tell her I just want to trade! She didn’t get it. She even went to all the trouble to write out a store credit check and everything which I gave right back FOR THE BATHING SUIT. I couldn’t get through to her! Whatever, that’s fine, moving on… I had about ⁶⁄₈ outfits picked out, so I asked her if I could come back in the morning with more stuff and if she would hold the clothes. She said normally they cannot hold anything more than an hour but she would make an exception and «try to hold overnight», to which I replied saying if she can’t hold them, then ok I will shop around when I come back no biggie. Ok.
I go back the next morning at about 9:05, people were waiting outside and finally a lady comes walking up clearly irritated that we are there, unlocks the door goes inside and locks the door making us wait more… finally let’s us in. She snobbily told me to fill out a form and put my things against the green wall. We shopped around a bit and then asked when a good time would be to come back. She laughed at me and said «well I’ll need an hour at least considering I’m the only person here» I just was shocked by her attitude from the beginning! ON TOP OF NOT BEING OPEN ON TIME! I said «well I was just asking, I didn’t know so…» we left. I should have just said forget it and taken my stuff right then.
When I went back, they offered me $ 15 for everything. I brought:
Brand new naked boppy still in pkg, with 2 slip covers ($ 60 new AT LEAST)
A tummy time set ($ 25)
A play chair ($ 30)
Wipe warmer ($ 15)
2 Halloween costumes ($ 40)
A few novelty baby things and some clothes
A car seat cover for winter in its package ($ 30)
GET REAL. I just wanted to TRADE for a few things!!! WOW. I don’t want a fortune for my used baby stuff, it is plentiful, and not worth much, I get it. But for all of it can’t even get a few outfits? Ridiculous. The attitudes are what did it for me though. These women work for a second hand store, not a coach store. (Even at coach they are nice) Snooty brats. Never going back, never sending anyone there! Little britches on 112^th and sheridan is much better.

This is a split review – 4 or 5 stars if you’re buying clothes, 1 – 2 if you’re selling them.
Once Upon A Child is a great place to purchase clothing – everything is clean, well organized, and there is a pretty good mix of higher end and discount brand clothing. Prices are notably higher than at a thrift store or sketchy consignment store, but still offer a great value.
Selling items is another story. I brought a big box of items to sell – at least 90% of which was in season, in very good condition, and all was nicer brands. They quoted a 3-​hour backlog to check in (to their credit, they were spot-​on, it took every bit of 180 minutes until they got to my box) but the real surprise was that they only took 25% of the items I’d brought. Given the price they offered (30% of their retail, I believe) I realized we’d be much better off donating the entire box to charity and taking the tax deduction. Lesson learned.

Frustrating. I called ahead of time to see what they were accepting. What they told me included halloween costumes. So I packed up my Jeep full of stuff and headed to the store. I unloaded the car. Then was told to «shop around» while they checked in my stuff. Well, I wasn’t in need of anything other than some cash, so I quickly browsed but then returned to the area where my stuff was. They hadn’t even looked at it yet. Mind you, there was no one being checked out or anything else going on, and there were three girls behind the counter. One of them was flipping through a shoe catalog. Not impressed.
So I sat down and waited for them to go through the stuff. Keep in mind, the clothes were all either Carter’s, Gap, or Old Navy. A few things from Target (still good quality) too. They literally took maybe ten outfits, and left the Halloween costume! It was a cute Carter’s monkey costume, fleece pants and jacket. Please don’t tell me you’ll accept something then leave it.
Now let’s talk about value. I walked out with a $ 30 check. What did they take from me? Two complete bath sets (retail $ 35 each), a brand new (still in the box) play mat (retail $ 50), a bumbo chair ($ 40 retail), and the clothes I mentioned earlier. The things they left for me to take back home besides a box of clothes? My bassinet and a bouncy chair. The reasoning was «there’s a couple dog hairs on them.» I’m pretty sure if dog hair got on my furniture, it was definitely on the clothes they took. She suggested I take them home and wash them (again?) and bring them back. Well, sorry ladies. I took them straight to Denver and donated them to the women’s mental health center, which gives away free baby items to women in need. And I won’t be packing up my car with more stuff to try and sell. For what it’s worth, I’d rather get that warm fuzzy feeling by donating to babies in need.

If you ever had any experience with babies, diapers and sports clichés, you know that diapers can’t stop a sh*t storm, they can only hope to contain them. Some days they can’t even contain them. Those days suck. Poop everywhere. No bueno. That beautiful onesie that your generous friends gave to you at the baby shower get forever stained with deep brown marks of death.
This scenario occurs far more often than you imagine it would pre-​baby. For that reason, you need more clothes. Lots of clothes! If your baby isn’t crapping all over his/​her outfits, he/​she is probably out-​growing them. Once Upon a Child is a great band-​aid for stocking your nursery dresser with new outfits without having to pay boatloads at your local boutique. For the most part, this store only has brands from the big outfitters… namely Target, Gap, Osh Kosh, Children’s Place, etc., etc. But if you look closely, you can find a few gems hidden on the racks. They keep the store well stocked and organized here — which is a big plus. Also, you can bring your old clothes in and they’ll pay cash on the spot.

This place is legit for second hand baby stuff!
How do I know that? If you walk into a store and it smells like somebody’s house that has small babies without any babies actually being there, you know the stuff is good. If not, the babies would’ve destroyed the items, or the parents would’ve shipped it out with the ample loads of baby diapers before mentioned in my posts.
Also, this store only purchases stuff based on needs of the store, so they don’t have to accept anybody’s garbage. This is top notch, grade A– used baby stuff!
If you’re looking for A+ rated things, you probably wouldn’t be shopping at a second hand baby store anyway.

Stopped in one day out of the blue… WOW! Very well kept items for such awesome prices! Some of the items even still have the tags on them from the original store. Anything you need for your kids (they have older kids clothes too) you can get it here for a bargain!
They also have a rewards program… for every $ 10 you get a stamp and then after 10 stamps (I believe) you get 20% off.