Play shop

DIY market stand for dramatic play by Little Lifelong Learners. We're sharing how to make a simple DIY market stand for kids using Ikea crates! This DIY Ikea playroom hack is easy, inexpensive, and can be used to transform your play space into a farmers market, grocery store, bakery, donut shop, coffee shop, pizza shop, lemonaide stand, and more. Your kids will love engaging in imaginative play and play-based learning using this DIY market stand! Read the blog post to learn more!

Earlier this year, we set up a gorgeous Ice Cream Shop in our living room! It was such a popular play space for both of our children. Today I want to share some photos of our play area which will hopefully inspire you to set up an Ice Cream Shop dramatic play area in your […]

After sharing some photos of Aggie's birthday party this week, I wanted to highlight the star of the show - the DIY pretend play stands. The idea for them is what convinced me this party theme would be perfect for the three year old set. The only problem was just how was I going to get all of this done? Enter the amazing Jamie of That's My Letter who so kindly offered to help design and build them out of the kindness of her extremely big heart. And the love doesn't stop there - she is kind…

Build a pretend market from a bookshelf.

Pizza is a favorite food for many preschoolers. Setting up a pizza parlor in your learning space is a great way for preschoolers to develop important math, literacy, and social skills while having fun!

Edible paint might just be the best idea ever invented! Learn how to make edible paint for your baby with this simple, allergy friendly recipe.

This Donut Shop Dramatic Play center will satisfy even the biggest sweet tooth! It's perfect for budding preschool chefs-in-training and will keep the students coming back for more.

How cool is that for your kids?

This dramatic play focus on a flower shop in the children will be able to pretrend that they are in a flower shop. I'll buy plastic flowers for safety and imagination to bright their flower shop to life.

This play stand can be anything your kids want it to be. It can be a lemonade stand, a post office, a market, a puppet theater and lots more! They will never get bored with this DIY play equipment!