This is the sweetest art gallery in Big Bear and the owner, Cheryl Bryan is extremely talented and…read moreencourages anyone who would like to paint to do so! Cheryl's friendly personality and her ability to explain and show her work without intimidating us got us to sign my wife up to go to her painting party recently. Paint and take class/party is not only FUN, you walk out with knowledge and ability to actually paint on your own and with your artwork ready to frame and hang. My wife's first painting is hanging in our cabin and came out quite nice! Looking forward to the next paint and take parties we both will be attending - "The Eagle is Landing", "Lone Wolf", "Road Home" and "The Bear" all of these parties are in coming days/weeks of winter such a nice time to be inside this sweet gallery painting. If you are looking for paintings for your fine home or your charming cabin or for memorable gifts, please go see Cheryl's beautiful work at Silver Fox Gallery you will not be dissappointed. Her work is also now shown and selling in the Village of Big Bear Lake at Artisans 2 where a variety of talented local artists work is displayed. She specializes in animals too, particularly pure bred dogs. With proper time allowed you may request your pet to be painted by Cheryl. Please don't wait as long as we did to discover this fine gallery and artist! You will enjoy meeting Cheryl Bryan the artist and seeing her work in person. You will not be disappointed!

Coolest little shop and Ghost Town! They were about to close and the guy working there opened the…read morestore back up so that we could look around. We ended up buying several little treasures and taking lots of pictures. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Omg we loved this place it was so cute eclectic and cool. We took our 9 yr old son who is obsessed…read morewith gemstones. He had a blast. We purchased the complete package that allowed for all adventures (panning, digging, geode cracking, and cave hunting) and boy did he love it. Each experience was so cool and perfect for him. Also the amount of different stones he got was so freakin awesome. His geode was so beautiful (I wanted it for myself lol) also a huge huge shot out to Nikki who helped us along the way and made my sons experience super amazing. She was so wonderful and we will definitely make this a frequent thing to do

Out of the many times driving up to Big Bear throughout the years, I finally visited the Big Bear…read moreValley Museum. Admission is a $5 donation per adult, and there is plenty of parking. You can get yourself an old fashion Sarsperella or Root Beer in a glass bottle in the shop across from where you donate. It's pretty much a self-guided tour with volunteers sharing the history of each buildling/attraction you go to. Definitely worth the visit.

Visiting Big Bear for a few days so we wanted to find things to keep the kiddos busy and make it…read moreenjoyable. It was only $5 for adults and kids 14 and under are free. All the staff were very friendly and shared about the history but made it interesting for the kids and adults. They had a gold rush activity the kids enjoyed. Restrooms were clean and on site. Parking was free. They interacted with the kiddos at the blacksmith center and they all were given a little sword as a souvenir.

I fell in love when I walked inside. Lisa was so lovely. I ended up getting some vintage combs…read more Really glad I stopped by. There was a lot of choices of everything. Definitely the place to come to if you love the 70s. Could decorate my place like this. The value of talking with Lisa about it all is worth the visit.

The coolest little store to stumble upon. Depending on what time of day you stop by, you may have…read morebetter luck finding parking in other lots nearby. Walking inside transports you to another time, all of the items meticulously placed. They have a wide variety of items & if I was balling I would've absolutely left with a truck full of things. I wanted to support the business regardless so I searched the books and the cd collection. I was pleased to find a journeys greatest hit cd & it was an extremely reasonable price. The shop owner was very kind to let us explore all the nooks and crannies of the shop & very helpful in checking out our items. A nice little stop if you're in town!!

- great volunteers/staff. They are always so nice and helpful when I go in…read more- excellent spot for treasure hunting. I've found everything from antique Fiestaware to a huge glass and wood display hutch - prices range from fair to really good - HUGE craft section that always seems to have fabric, notions, and paper craft supplies. There are always other misc craft supplies, too. - tools are vetted before being put out for sale, and the one time I brought a drill home that didn't work Dove's very kindly gave me store credit, which I promptly used to grab a different drill that did - Dove's will deliver furniture and other large items for a very reasonable fee, and even place it where you want it in your house - local's discount day every week - sales support the local women and children's shelter

This was a disappointing thrift store. Since it backs as a unity home you'd think they would take…read morecare of the items they have so it can go to a good home. One of the rooms could easily be made into a baby item room, they have tools protected instead of the baby play mats, strollers, high chairs, and car seats. It is all sun rotted and has been damaged by rain. They have so many great items for children and babies that have all continued to sit and be damaged. They have a whole room of dishes that could be easily be rearranged to one side of the room, the layout and baby/children items needs to be redone, not thrown out as if they are less important than dishes. They are also selling diapers at an insane markup. The brand baby2baby diapers are diapers that are distributed at diaper drives and their mission is for them to always be free, not to be sold and especially priced at 8-15 dollars. The diapers have sadly been thrown on a shelf outside and have lost its value by rain and just by being kept outside.

they do offer a small handmade selectio and it is tasty! I like to support small shops. Her…read morejewelry looked interesting.

Such a cool spot! The owner is so sweet and definitely deserves more customers! She handmakes the…read morechocolate and has such a wide variety of jewelry to choose from. I got a necklace and pair of earrings and they were priced reasonably. The necklace was 49$ and earrings were 16$. It's a shame i'm only visiting big bear but if i came back to big bear I would come back here!

My husband's favorite shop to stop by when strolling through the Village. Funny gag gifts and other…read moreadult-humor items. The location is to the right of Pine Knot intersection, along the back street shops facing the mountain past the candy store, so be sure to not follow the address and unfortunately both the address and phone number listed on Yelp are not correct.

This is probably my favorite store in all of Big Bear! I am sure to visit every time I'm in town!…read moreThey sell gag gifts and silly gadgets. The store is small but I usually find something cool that I'm interested in. Aside from a few big or otherwise overpriced items, the prices are generally inexpensive and pretty reasonable.

Walking in brings me back to comic cons. I have gone to Kansas, Los Angeles & Texas cons. It felt…read moreat home here. We bought some good toys. A huge robotic superman & another little guy to pair with. Great selection of cards & comics as well.

So friendly, good prices and great staff. They also have a back store with Mexican candyread more