A long while ago, while we were home in the Okanagan for Thanksgiving, I mentioned a wooden dress-up station I’d seen on Pinterest. Grandma Charlotte asked for me to send her the link, and before we knew it, a surprise wooden dress-up station was brought down to the coast for Grae (spoiled little lady!)
Gracen’s Poppop built it for her (adding a very useful top shelf), and though it still needs a little sanding and a few coats of paint, we put it to use as soon as it arrived and it’s been in Gracen’s room ever since (we’ll get to the painting…eventually…)
To add to the few Halloween things we had and the hats we’d bought from IKEA, Grandma Charlotte collected all kinds of dress up goodies and put them together in a huge costume collection as one of Grae’s Christmas presents.
She now has everything from one piece numbers, to tutus, boas, wings, hats, glasses, bandanas, and crowns.
Needless to say, dressing up has been a popular activity in our house for a long while now… Not to mention that I love all of the pretend play and role play it encourages.
Although it’s not currently the right time of year, if you’re planning on starting a tickle trunk for your little one, I’d highly recommend shopping in the few days just after Halloween. I got this cute little fleece robot costume at the beginning of Novemeber for $1.82 when costumes were 90% off (seriously, in the words of Brad, it was costing me more NOT to buy it ☺).
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Dress up station is a good idea. Cant wait to make one for my grand daughter.
Oh, I bet she’d love it!!!
I guess then they will be dressed like all the time ;-)
Mine too! And they wouldn’t love it!
I have a home daycare (20 years, whew!!) and as of yet I do not have a set place for dress-up items, only a few 3M hooks on the walls in the dramatic play area and block area. I wasn’t big on dress up clothes until several years ago, but found some things to be quite expensive, especially princess dresses. I have started looking for left overs after Halloween which, like you mentioned, is the best time to add to the collection. I really like the dress-up station you have and would like to have one in my daycare, depending on size.
Thanks for sharing!
Faye