Just For Fun & Scribbledoodles

This store is like Noah’s Ark. They have everything! If you don’t see what you are looking for, ask, and they will make it appear. Great place for gifts for any age group. I think the guys are friendly and helpful. I like shopping here.

After leaving a one star review, I found myself shopping in the store again. The store has removed the suggestive window dressings, and is now filled with really appropriate gift items, so I am upgrading my review. It is ok to shop there.

The place was fine
The toys and art supplies were fine.
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But I do not shop at places that condone any form of profiling. I was there earlier today with my boyfriend, (who is Mexican) and we were followed the entire time by one of the male employees of the store. We were in there for about fifteen minutes and the entire time, this man was behind us, or around us. There was a group of white (wanna-​be hipster) teenagers in the store as well, who happened to steal some paint while we were in there. So maybe you should have been watching them instead of my boyfriend and myself. I understand that Noe Valley is a predominately white neighborhood, but I don’t condone any kind of racial profiling. And I do not shop from anywhere that condones this kind of behavior. The last time I was here, my best friend who happens to be Muslim, was followed around the store as well. I did not believe her at the time when she told me– but now I see she was telling the truth. Like I said the things in this store were fine, but I do not support any place that’s moral values aren’t held up to standards for any human being. It’s everyone — or no one.

Been coming here since I was a little girl. And now I bring my little girl every morning so we can enjoy their warm, cozy, street patio and paint our hearts away! I will always come here to get my odds and ends or crazy fun gifts. If you’re looking for something from a last minute gift to a quirky hallmark store but with a twist, come to Just For Fun: it’s exactly this: Just Plain Fun. I never leave without buying something entertaining.

Great little gift shop! It’s not cheap but it’s great quality unique things!
It’s a great place to shop for fun, silly, or useful gifts for friends & also the people you know who have everything.
Bike parking & metered parking close & there is a nice little parklett right outside.

Every time I go in here is a joy. I generally go to buy gift wrap, greeting cards, etc. The staff are friendly, well organized, helpful. Even on a crazy weekend before Christmas the place is friendly and efficient and joyful. Grateful to have them as neighbors.

They have craft & party supplies too.
One cool thing is the inverted Christmas tree.
Bear cookie cutters for the bear holding nut pinterest craze

This place is great! They’ve got a lot of great stuff that you wouldn’t find anywhere else. I love coming here for unique office supply.
I shy away from giving them five stars because of their staff. One particular employee was rather rude and could have used an attitude adjustment. It seemed like it pained him to help me out.

I HIGHLY recommend this store as a fantastic place to pick up gifts for people of all ages, art supplies, and most of all to have invitations printed. Their staff is friendly, knowledgeable, speedy, and very helpful and their services are professional and affordable.
More info: One of our friends created beautiful calligraphed invitations for our upcoming wedding and we struggled, over the course of a month or two, to find a reliable place to get them printed. One day, a search yielded Just For Fun & Scribbledoodles, which happened to be just blocks down the street from our apartment. We had no idea what to expect but thought we’d give them a try since they were so close by. Our experience was fantastic. We worked with the co-​owners, who were incredibly helpful, creative, friendly, and worked within our budget. We ultimately paid less than we had budgeted for invitations — trust me, that didn’t happen with other wedding vendors we worked with. If I ever move out of the neighborhood, you can bet I’ll drive a long way to come back to them.

Yeah it’s a little more expensive but it’s so much fun
I have always found the two guys that run this store extremely helpful and friendly. They have lots of different things and it’s just really fun to walk around and browse. They’re also dog friendly and didn’t even make me buy a broken christmas ornament when my dog accidentally knocked it off the tree. The owners were very understanding and insisted i didn’t buy the broken ornament.
Pros
* A great selection of toys for all ages. Legos, boardgames, gag gifts, decorations, art supplies for serious artists as well as upcoming serious artists. Ornaments, home supplies, greeting cards, you name it.
* The team here really go out to make them great neighbors. They always go «big time» and over-​the-​top during the holidays’ Lights, trees, live music and as the other person complained about, real live reindeers for a couple of hours right before Christmas. (I don’t see why the other person flipped out about this. It was only for a couple of hours. Yes, it would have been nice to give them a little more room I agree, but they didn’t seem to mind)
Cons
* The only con I can come up with is that they are indeed a little more expensive then other places. But hey, this is a mom and pop shop in Noe Valley, not Target. I am always happy to spend a little more money to keep this place open because I know they put it right back into the neighborhood with all of their decorations and spirit.

A great alternative to those online card/​invitation printing services. They can make just about anything happen– not only do they present you with all sorts of ideas, but they can use your ideas too. The pricing is about the same or less than online printing, but you can get it A LOT sooner– like next day or so if they aren’t busy.
We’ve used them a few times for various parties/​showers we’ve thrown and they’ve always done a great job. Definitely a go-​to for these services.
Also– they have really cool stuff that you might not find in the area, like col toys and gadgets to make kids and adults smile. :)

I’ve shopped here many times — they offer a wide selection of cards, overpriced gifts, a few gag items, home decorations and way overpriced art supplies for the artist of a privileged lot. A good deal of cheaply made stuff and a few quality made items.
Tonight I went by and they had two reindeer outside the store. Real reindeer. As in, alive. It was one of the saddest things I’ve seen in a long time. Huge, beautiful, wild animals in a tiny cage… Surrounded by people, MUNI bus exhaust, honking cars, cigarette smoke (thanks to its keeper)… All part of a ridiculous Xmas, Santa retail gimmick. It was appalling. Business must be hurting if they have to pull something like this and have the gall to do it in SF. SHAME ON THEM!!! I will never shop in this store again. Their inventory is available in other stores up and down the street. Just for Fun will never see another dime of mine and I encourage you to take your business elsewhere too.
Oh, and they have calendars.

Strolling down 24^th street one day thinking I need to pick up some really unique personal note cards to send out. Suddenly I notice this store, within 5 minutes I’m in shock that I have never gone in there before, I walk down that street 5 days a week.
So fun to find a hidden treasure that has been there all along.
A guy help me to the note card section right away, everyone was smiling that worked there. Then I saw all the custom invitations, etc. I really nice guy help me order a custom rubber stamp with my signature. And just for fun I pick up a bunch of really cool glass marbles in these little collectors sets.
I love this place.

One of my favorite stationary/​doodad stores in the entire city. A HUGE variety — perfect for just strolling around or a last-​minute gift.

G R E A T S T O R E!!!
My boyfriend and I spent almost over an hour up in here!!! A super cute store, I wish every city should have. My boyfriend loves word games, math problems, riddles, and puzzles. Although today, we have easy access to download millions of apps to our mobile devices, and iPads, there is just something different with the real games in your hands!
This place it a perfect store for both the right brained and left!!! On the left side of the store, its art/​craft supplies, moving onto children’s books and activities, to toys and puzzles, then to cool stationary, party supplies, desk games, mugs, party/​patio string lights, Ugly Dolls, and other novelties.
Yes, this place is a bit pricey, but the quality is great!!! One thing, that definitely made me fall in love with this place is the Vintage Wind-​Up tin Toys!!! Circus animals, and a wide selection of different robots! These are great toys for little boys! (And I have 2! I mean 3! Including their dad!!) We also bought our boys educational activity books, and some reward toys, to play as a incentive to complete their work books. Cool little toys that any young boy would enjoy.
I my son loves trains, and puzzles, and we found this train track puzzle, that also comes with a wind-​up train that motors across, when completed. How great is that?! And the packing was great too! It came in a compact acrylic case with a belt clip for young boys to run around with. (This toy was $ 15!!!) But we couldn’t pass it up!!!
Other things like books, and craft supplies were reasonably priced, but the toys and novelty trinkets were the main items that were crazy priced.
My boyfriend walked out with tons of desk toys for this work, like a DIY Lego calendar, twisted metal chains you have to figure out to untangle, and a really really cool mug of prehistoric dinosaurs and when the hot liquid is inside, the dinosaurs disappear!!! (Mug: $ 15/​$ 16)
As we checked out, the total was $ 98.00!!! Oh my!!! Almost 1 hondo!!! Haha. We definitely wouldn’t make purchases like these all the time, but will come again and again to check out any new cool items!
Like the store is called… Its J u s t F o r F u n ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Really cute novelty shop with lots of fun stationary. I come here whenever I’m looking for a unique and quirky gift. There’s a variety of mugs that change their picture when you add hot water, and a huge selection of board games and cute desk toys.
The guys who run the shop are always friendly, and if you’re lucky the cute dogs will be running around.
Prices are reasonable to high, but the quality of the higher priced things works out.

I would only shop here if you needed last minute party stuff. So… I did. Well, I tried at least. I walked in and headed straight up for the paper plates. The guy at the fronk yelled at me «We are closed».
I asked about their hours — they were not posted anywhere. There was no «WE ARE CLOSED» sign anywhere. How was I supposed to know? There were still several other customers inside. Am I not a customer? Is my money not green enough for you?
Cliff variety carries similar stuff and is open until 8:00 pm, and the staff is nice. You can also buy stationary at Paper Source, or party supplies on-​line. Why bother? Just for Fun is not fun at all.

This place has a lot of nice oddities and some interesting greeting cards. I used to live in the neighborhood two years ago so I applied for a «Just for Fun» card to use when I purchased greeting cards.
In any case, I had just moved back into the neighborhood and re-​visited the store again after many years. I had always thought the customer service was a little awkward here but during my last visit, I bought a birthday card for my brother, a Mother’s and Father’s Day card. I told the guy (who looked like an older huge biker dude) that I had a store card but didn’t have it on me and couldn’t remember the number. His response was, «Well then I can’t help you.» and he reached out his hand for my cash. No exaggeration.
Couldn’t tell if he was joking but he seemed pretty serious to me. Rude. I told him I just moved back to the area and in the past other clerks used my phone number to access my account. «Oh, I could do that», he says casually.
I don’t know why it didn’t occur to him as the clerk but he was just very unhelpful as a store rep.
In any case, the 3 stars are for the cool things the store offers but the rating is lowered because of my experience with the customer service and the expensive prices.

This is my kind of store! So many crazy gifts and things to have in your house or office that just make you smile. From zany cards to Moleskin writing tablets to Pez dispensers to Cross pens to Jewish gift items. They have it all!
THE GOODS: Everything you could ever want. If you can’t find something in here for someone you know or yourself, please check to see if you’re breathing!
THE SERVICE: Top notch. They greeted us as we walked in and as we left they said «good bye *AND* thanks for coming in.»
With the holidays coming, I’ll be back for sure. Enjoy!

This is the coolest store I’ve seen in a long time.
About half of it is a card shop, but the toys for all ages are hilarious. It looks like a combination of Ace Hardware, Spencer Gifts, and a story in Mad Magazine. We were entertained for about a half hour, just looking at all the strange stuff. I especially liked the mad tea towels and the Mr. Potato Heads in oddball costumes.
I get the impression that their buyer has a fun time all the time.