Career Role Play Toys
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Deluxe Wooden Ice Cream Stand
£114.99A very complete ice cream play set that lets children make all kinds of ice creams: a fresh take on the classic toy ice cream seller's stand.
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Wooden Play Shop Scales for Fruit & Vegetables
£39.99These wooden play scales let children weigh food, fruit and vegetables before heading to the till, perfect for playing shop.
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Gift option
£2.99Is your order a gift? We will be happy to wrap it to surprise your recipient!
Gift wrapping: Whether the order is for a girl or a boy, we offer different types of gift wrap.
Gift card: A message to pass? We include in your order a card with your personalized message.
Warning: This option is not possible with gripper balls.
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Children's Royal Princess Dressing-Up Costume
£9.99This princess dress up costume is a royal gown for children aged 4 and up, about 100 cm long and light enough to twirl in all afternoon. Easy fastenings mean your child can slip it on and take it off without calling for help.
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Children's Army Soldier Dress-Up Costume
£14.99Gear up for thrilling rescue missions with this realistic Children's Army Soldier Dress-Up Costume (Ages 4–5)! Featuring authentic camouflage patterning, button-look Velcro fastenings, and a soldier cap, your little recruit will stand tall with pride.
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Children's Cowboy Fancy Dress Costume
£14.99This cowboy costume dresses children aged 4 to 5 for Wild West adventures, with a fringed waistcoat, a neckerchief and chaps-style trousers. Add a pair of boots from the dressing-up box, a broom handle for a horse, and your little rancher is ready to ride out across the living room.
These kids role play toys are built around jobs children notice every day: the greengrocer, the baker, the cashier, the explorer. Most sets suit ages 3 and up, the costumes 4 and up, and the balance scale 5 and up.
Wooden role play: greengrocer, baker and cashier
The grocery stall gives a child a counter to stand behind, and the cash register and till add the buttons and the drawer that make a sale feel real. Put the sliceable bread and bakery basket on the counter and the stall becomes a bakery, with loaves cut to order: role play with wooden Montessori toys is all about real gestures, slicing, weighing and giving change. Older children can weigh the goods on the wood and metal Roberval balance scale and charge by weight, like a real greengrocer.
Dressing up and exploring
The royal princess, cowboy and army soldier costumes, from 4, change the whole game: the cowboy rides into town to buy a loaf, the princess comes to market with her purse, the soldier queues at the till. The outdoor explorer kit, with its fishing net, magnifier jar and tongs (3+), takes the game into the garden or the park, and the explorer comes back with finds to show at the stall.
What are the best role play toys for a 3 year old?
Start with a job your child already watches you do. At 3, the market stall and the bread basket are the best role play toys to begin with: quick to set up, with a clear part for each player. Bring in the till once numbers start to interest them, and keep the costumes and the scale for 4 and 5.
Let your child set up the stall alone before opening time, from where the till sits to how the loaves are lined up: the Montessori method treats arranging and putting away as part of the work. Deciding where the bread goes is already half the game.