More than a thousand people found their way off Interstate 10 Sunday to get up-close and personal with dinosaurs and Optimus Prime, of Transformers fame — all for the price of a cookie and a brownie.
Visitors flocked to the Faith and Funky Junk Thrift Barn on the I-10 access road for a chance, for just $5, to pose with animals from the ancient past, and machines that symbolize a mechanized future. iHeart Cookies, home of the deep-dish cookie, sponsors this family-friendly event that travels around the country, entertaining and educating. The dinosaurs— a mixture of static rideable child-size statues, animatronics, and fully mobile — delighted the hundreds of young children (and the odd family dog) who arrived throughout the afternoon.
Faith and Funky Junk was happy to host the event because of its proximity to I-10 and its large parking lot.
“It took them only 30 minutes to set things up,” Shelby Johnson, owner of Faith and Funky Junk, said. She was both surprised and delighted to see over 1,000 people visit the location to interact with the dinosaurs and Transformer figure.
Kavon Taylor, who represents iHeart Cookies, said that six teams travel from state to state, spreading cookie joy and Dino facts along the way.
He said he has been part of the traveling team for three years and loves to see how families interact with the dinosaurs and, of course, Optimus Prime.
“As soon as he walks out, the kids go wild,” Taylor said. Optimus was available every hour for photo opportunities, and the kids flocked to him, looking up in awe at the larger-than-life figure.
The dinosaurs did not disappoint either, with a battle between the T-Rex and the Raptor at different times. The kids watched on as the two dinos battled it out, with the T-Rex coming out victorious.
Of course, a victorious dinosaur needs a good head scratching and the T-Rex was happy to lay its head down and receive accolades from the children. iHeart Cookies has created a one-of-a-kind cookie and a one-of-a-kind Dino-Optimus Prime mash-up to market themselves. To order your own dinosaur-free cookies, Taylor urged people to visit www.iHeartcookiesco.com.
Johnson said Faith and Funky Junk will continue to seek out opportunities to serve and entertain the community.
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