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Dress-up/Playclothes
I need to build a "dress-up" center for the preK room that I run. Give me some crafty ideas for 4 and 5 year olds. I just bought some fairy wings and leis at the Dollar Store. I plan to make a few super hero capes and maybe a poncho or two out of some crazy sparkly fabric.
Re: Dress-up/Playclothes
Search on Pinterest. There's lots of ideas there.
http://pinterest.com/prudentbaby/dress-up-costume-tutorials/
My Valentine Bookends (2~13~13, 2~15~09)
Here are a couple of ideas to get you started (these are things my colleagues and I have done for our pretend center):
Firefighters: Take large, red sleeveless children's tshirts. Paint metallic silver paint stripes to mimic those on the firefighter's coats. Add an iron on emblem of your local firestation (available online in many cases). Use black paint to write Fire Dept. on the back. Add plastic firefighter hats, short lengths of inexpensive hose, cardboard axes and a token stuffed cat (to save from the tree).
Vet: Scrubs! Many patterns out there for kids scrubs. Pretend stethescopes, thermometers, short lengths of ace bandage, "casts" (cut a toilet paper roll down one side and paint it in a fun color), stuffed animals, dog bowls, leashes, etc.
Construction worker: Make orange vests, plastic hats, pretend tools, construction zone tape (from Home Depot), blocks, etc.
Chef: aprons, chef hats, oven mitts, pretend food, pots, pans, etc.
"Office": velcro ties, large childrens suit coats (from goodwill), glasses without lenses, old keyboards, notepads, pens (which makes it so exciting), old cell phones, calculators, etc.
The possibilities are really endless. The new national common core curriculum is encouraging more and more "real life" play (instead of fanstasy) so career play is right in line with the national expectiations (which I am sure you are familiar with, but for those not in education, it is the new national curriculum that 45 states have adopted--no more "state" curriculums. Students in these 45 states will all have the SAME standards).
My Valentine Bookends (2~13~13, 2~15~09)
Check out thrift stores too, we were at the Goodwill this weekend and there were childrens sized scrubs for $5 a set, there was also a white lab coat that I would estimate to fit a 7 year old boy perfectly, for $7.
Ideas to add to the occupational dress-up:
Farmer: Straw hat, Denim overalls, plaid shirt, maybe make a tractor steering wheel so they can set a desk or chair up as their tractor.
Police Officer: Same lines as firefighter
Teacher