With our fruit and veggie market being a huge hit for a solid week or so, today we decided to switch things up a little. Given a few options, Miss G confidently chose to convert our cardboard market stand into a simple puppet theatre this time around.
And when I say simple, I mean simple! Because our designated market builder seemed to miss a couple of steps in the process (*ahem* not me!) we have a couple of open slots near the top of the stand that were perfect for slipping a lightweight cotton scarf through to give the feel of a curtain. If we would have had a long, thin dowel, I would have attempted to fashion a working curtain, but no such luck. Of course, Miss G doesn’t seem to mind in the least.
The other small step we took to transform our market stand into a puppet theatre is to create a super simple welcome sign. We simply slid it into the poster holder in front of the fruit and veggie shop one and we were good to go.
All that was left was retrieving a few puppets, and luckily, Miss G had that covered.
These guys were up for some exercise and ended up jumping and ‘practicing falling’.
After playing with her traditional puppets a while, she pulled out her homemade wooden spoon puppets to switch things up a little. They talked about their favourite colours, decided to go to the park, and ended up finishing the play date with a kiss! ☺
Next up was the finger puppet crew. These guys did their usual performance – 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed.
So far, this little cardboard market has brought about a ton of fun and I know there’s a lot more in store!
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Several weeks ago, while slowly making our way through the children’s section of Ikea, I spotted 
For the last little while, it’s been Grae’s Fruit & Veggie Market, where she sells all sort of 
One of Gracen’s very favourite pretend play games is ‘store’, so it goes without saying that this has been a total hit, plus I love the fact that it encourages all kinds of communication, manners, and role play.
A long while ago, while we were home in the Okanagan for Thanksgiving, I mentioned a wooden 
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 
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 ☺).