Play Restaurant | Restaurant Role Play | Play Chef

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When playing restaurant, or any kind of pretend play, a child wants to look the part. That's a big part of the fun. As anyone who runs a restaurant realizes, if uniforms are worn they can easily be given a sense of order. Customers know who's at work and who might help them.

Members of your staff are easily identifiable and immediately, a sense of professionalism is conveyed. Immediately you bring your professionalism up a level when your staff are easily recognizable.

A kitchen apron or uniform is essential in retail businesses like restaurants and stores.

Uniforms can be expensive and it can be tricky to arrange to have various sizes for staff especially if you have a bit of turnover in staff.

Waiters and waitresses often wear pocketed aprons to hold order pads, receipts, change and their tips. The apron quickly identifies them as staff and helps them keep organized by having things they need on their person.

Cooks need aprons. They protect your clothing and give you not only protection for your clothes but give you the distinct look of a chef. An cook aprons can have pockets or can simply cover your clothing. Some cook's aprons are waist aprons only and others are tied at the waist and around the neck.

Many other jobs can benefit from clothing protection or from wearing an apron as a uniform. -- info from Flirty Aprons

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The little girl's 100% cotton apron is perfect for that sweet little person in your life anxious to help around the house and ready to have fun with the adults.

Even when helping get ready, set the table and serve company, wearing an apron like Mommy's or Grandma's will make her feel so good.
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Melissa and Doug : Play Money Set

Never be short of (pretend) cash again! With fifty of each denomination, this set includes familiar looking paper bills and plastic coins.

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This stash of cash conveniently stores in a handy wooden "cash drawer" box.

Each compartment has the denomination printed for easy matching cleanup.

Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.3" x 17" Assembled

Recommended Ages: 3+ years
Contains small parts.

Learning Resources Pretend and Play Calculator Cash Register

Winner of 23 awards for excellence

Working solar powered cash register

Perfect addition to any pretend store

Not for children under 3 yrs.

Includes life-size play money

Booklet of suggested activities

Pretend and Play Supermarket Checkout

Learning Resources Supermarket Checkout

Shop for food and run your own grocery store! This checkout aisle is always open!

Working conveyor belt brings groceries toward scanner with flashing light.

Set includes working play produce scale, swivel price display, 9 play foods, plastic credit card and shopping basket.

Features:

Nine realistic looking play foods

Requires 2 C batteries, not included

Recommended for ages 3 and up

Overall dimensions: 15.7" H x 13.2" W x 6" D

Zillionz Talking Cash Register

Large lcd screen for sales totals

Voice amplified microphone

Scans real barcodes and barcode sheet included

Includes lots of play money

Cash drawer makes a ca-ching sound when opened

Not for children under 3 yrs.

Four Star Customer Ratings

Pretending is incredibly important for children, especially those going through some form of turmoil in their lives. Pretending is the mind's best way to engage the creativity and inventive spirit that most kids have. By imagining a world or a far off place away from it all, kids can escape their realities and can develop healthy, natural coping mechanisms that will help them throughout their lives with stress management.

Role-Playing

The importance of role-playing in children is incredible. Children are very likely to "make-believe" and may even concoct an imaginary friend or two. This is perfectly healthy and, in fact, it may lead to the formation of theories and ideas in the mind. This helps to improve the child's thinking skills and works on parts of the brain that exercise thinking, reasoning, communication, and sequencing events. As children create during their playtime, they develop storytelling skills and are able to produce timetables and sequences of events.

Role-playing has a tremendous part to play in this. Not only does the art of role-playing establish creativity and character-building skills, but it also incorporates planning skills. As the child creates the world in his or her mind, he or she plans the world as imagined and sets up various scenarios using this plan. Role-playing also encourages the promotion of rules and guidelines, as kids who role-play typically have a certain way in which things in the imaginary world should work.

Role-playing is also important in the establishment of the roles. If children are role-playing as operating a restaurant (hey, I did it!), they will need to delegate roles. Someone will need to be the chef, the server, the host or hostess, and so on. This delegation of roles is critical in the establishment of organization techniques and rules. Items and objects are also organized in this way, providing hours of entertainment as the children cook the imaginary food and serve the pretend irritated customers.

Skills Learned from Pretend Play

Along with the fun your children will have by role-playing or pretend playing, kids also develop a series of skills that they may not even realize. Skills that involve problem solving and compromise can be learned through pretend play, as the establishment of roles within a context can call upon different problems. When someone burns the food in the imaginary restaurant, for example, somebody will need to put out the fire and somebody will need to tell the make-believe customer that their order has been set ablaze.

Create an Environment for Play

As a parent, it is your responsibility to make playtime fun and to create an area in which kids can use their imagination. Provide plenty of items, like hats or clothing items for dress-up, which will encourage kids to use their minds to create. Dollhouses or simple cardboard boxes make great imaginary realms for kids to get started in. Talk to your kids about pretend play, too, and ask to be introduced into their secret realm. Try not to butt in, though, as once your children are working in their fantasy restaurant, they won't want to come out until the last meal has been served.

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Alex Toys Sweetheart Café Let's Play Restaurant Set

Everything you need to run your own café

40-piece Let's Play Restaurant set

Includes dishes, waitress apron and hat, guest check pad, menus, pretend food and lots more

Convenient carrying case for take along fun

Not for children under 3 yrs.

4 1/2 Stars Customer Ratings

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Fred & Friends Mealtime Masterpiece Placemats

40 paper placemats

Six markers, red, pink, yellow, green, blue, black

Large 11 by 14 mats

Name your restaurant. What kind of food are you serving?

Make an Open / Closed sign

Make signs for the Day's Specials. You may also choose to use a chalkboard for this part!

Make a menu. You can use cardstock or cardboard folded in half

Find something to be an order book to take people's orders

Decorate cups or cup-holders, home-made placemats, flyers advertising your new restaurant.

Will you need a calculator to total up bills and figure change?

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Playskool Cherry Blossom Market

Give little imaginations the perfect place to bloom and set up shop with this adorable market playhouse

Standing just over four feet tall, the exterior is adorned with blooming flowers printed on the double-sided fabric walls

Inside depicts a sideboard with pantry staples, jars of yummy treats on the windowsill and a real fabric curtain above the window

Little shoppers can order from the walk-up window, while the store clerk works inside, pretending to pack

So pretty!

Who would've thought that the best place for your little girl to play store is located in the nicest neighborhood she knows - your very own home

Sell the freshest fruits and vegetables, or make imaginative ice cream creations for friends

Pretend & Play Snack Shop : Learning Resources


Let a child's imagination run wild as he or she serves up a variety of mini snacks and other items.

It comes with more than 106 pieces including:

Snacks
Play money
Write-and-wipe board for daily specials
Many more snack shop items

All components come in a sturdy, tri-fold board with carrying handle, and store in vinyl pockets when not in use. Board measures 16" x 39.5" when open, and folds to a convenient 16" x 13" x 4.5".

Ages 3 and up.

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Melissa and Doug : Fun Themes Placemat Learning Mats Set

Make mealtimes more exciting with this variety of double-sided learning mats that feature dinosaurs, a fire engine and a visual layout to help your child learn to set the table!

Use your imagination while coloring a dinosaur or a fire engine or practicing the proper way to set the table.

The set includes five colorful wipe-off crayons.

Dimensions: 17.25"L x 11.25"W Assembled

Recommended Ages: 3+ years

Make A Plate Put your special restaurant logo on it?! :-)

Princess Make A Plate Disney

Winnie the Pooh Make A Plate : Disney

Make a Plate! 4 1/2 star customer ratings!

Design your very own dishware! Kids create their own full-color designs to make into big 10" plates that are dishwasher safe and break resistant.

Great gift ideas for kids to make and give to friends, grandparents and other family members. Daycare activity.

What a great way to freeze time by capturing a favorite drawing or image into a usable product

Dishwasher safe & Break resistant

Each plate becomes a special keepsake to recall birthdays, holidays and days in a child's life, award winning product

Recommended for ages 4 and up. Create your one-of-a-kind plate

Cupcake Chalkboard Wall Decal

Chalkboards for home. A colossal cupcake chalkboard that can remind you to pick up dessert for your dinner party!

Pour on the oversized sprinkles for a dash of decorative delight in your bakery or coffee shop.

It makes a great place to display lunch specials.

Or you can add this delectable cupcake wall decal to your office and never forget how sweet a busy schedule can be.

Create a fun birthday celebration with unique decor.

Top the cupcake with the celebratory candle and watch the lucky honoree light up.

What's Included:
1 cupcake 32"x24" cherry 10.5", 24 sprinkles, 22 stars, candle 18" "yummy" text

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Chalkboard Heart

Chalkboard Wall Decals - flat pack
Use the peel and stick chalkboard tiles anywhere around your home or office. Jot down grocery needs in the kitchen, write to-do lists in your office, sort out your thoughts, keep score in the game room, take a message by the phone or give your kids an alternative to drawing on the walls. Line them up side-by-side, to create one big writing surface! Easily removed and reused without damaging the walls.

Lemonade Stand

Children will enjoy hours of fun indoors and out setting up shop to play with their neighborhood friends.

The colorful portable lemonade stand is easy to assemble and is perfect for the young entrepreneur.

The stand is constructed of wooden panels, 2 colorful oversized wheels, chalkboard front panel, dry erase counter top, and colorful fabric awning.

Suitable for Ages: 3+

Measures 20.5"L x 23.5"W x 48"H.

2011 Lemonade Days were June 10th, 11th and 12th, 2011
2012 Lemonade Days are: June 8, 9, and 10, 2012

Alex's Lemonade Stand: Fighting childhood cancer one cup at a time

"You can hold a stand anytime of year? No reason to wait around until next Lemonade Days to participate, get involved today!"

Stick the Party on Brobee's Tummy Game

Includes 1 Stick the Party on Brobee's Tummy Game. Includes 1 wall decal and 11 adhesive stickers.

Kids will enjoy placing these food items on Brobee's tummy! Game includes a large Brobee Wall Decal (Measures approx. 25.5"W x 33.5"H) and 11 food stickers in various sizes. Kids get blindfolded and try to place the food items closest to the star on Brobee's tummy.

Simply apply to wall and let the game begin. Application and removal instructions are included.

This product is officially licensed by Yo Gabba Gabba!

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I Can Do That Games Green Eggs & Ham Speedy Diner Ages 4-8


Green Eggs and Ham - Speedy Diner is the fast paced frenetically fun food game! Sam-I-Am has opened a cafe and invited his friends, Fox, Mouse, and Goat, for dinner. Help serve up his signature green eggs and ham along with a menu full of other silly Seussian foods.

Listen closely because these critter customers can't decide what to eat! And hurry, hurry, hurry-the musical timer is playing and speedy service is the key to 5-star success!

In this fast-paced, fun game for preschoolers, players work together to deliver food to the cafe guests as fast as they can.

Take turns being the Chef calling out orders to the other players, who serve as waiters, running back and forth to pick up the foods and deliver them to the correct customers. The faster you deliver the food, the more tips you'll make!

Players use color, shape and other pre-reading skills to identify food items and counting to collect their reward coins.

Contents: 1 musical menu timer, 1 chef hat, green eggs and ham, 20 coins, 18 food tiles, 8 double-sided menu cards, 3 customer pads and 1 score pad.

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Chef Child Costume Kit

Includes hat,shirt,rolling pin,pie server,meat cleaver,pan,strainer,ladle.

Does not include pants or shoes.

My First Career Gear - Chef Toddler Costume
The My First Career Gear - Chef Toddler Costume includes a cool printed chef shirt with easy velcro closure.

Available in size: Toddler (3/5).
Includes: Shirt.
Does not include: T-shirt, jeans or pizza.

Includes: Chef-print shirt. Does not include t-shirt,jeans or pizza.

Melissa and Doug : Waitress Role Play Costume Set

This adorable waitress costume is "made to order" for restaurant play!

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The pretty pink dress comes with a cap and ready-to-personalize name tag.

Color-coordinated apron with pockets that conveniently store the included menu and dry-erase order ticket.

A sturdy tray completes this professional look, and is ready to "serve up" years of imaginative food service fun!

Dimensions: 21" x 17" x 5" Packaged

Recommended Ages: 3 - 6 years

Car Hop Girl Child Costume

Costume includes: Cap,dress,and apron. Saddle shoes not included.

Available in Child Sizes: Medium, Large.

Also look for Car Hop in Adult Size for a fun mother/daughter costume.

Drive back in time with this 50's Car Hop Girl Costume Diner waitress

Car Hop Girl costume includes: cap, dress and apron. 'Junior's Diner' logo is printed on the front and back of the blouse.



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Car Hop Girl Adult Costume

Available in Adult Size: Standard.
Includes: Dress/Apron, Hat.

Personalized Pink Little Chef Set


Whether helping out in the kitchen or playing house, your little chef will adore this personalized apron and oven mitts.

Ensemble includes apron with pocket, oven mitt, pot holder and dish towel (not shown), all constructed of cheerful pink gingham fabric trimmed in sage green. Utensils not included.

Rubber Chicken

A comedy prop favorite! The quintessential comedian's gag as used by Joseph Grimaldi and Groucho Marx. Get one, get two or get a few and juggle them in your clown act!

Lightweight
Easy to store
Measures 18 inches in length

Manufactured as a prop or costume accessory, for older children and/or for supervised play time, photo shoots, videos, etc.

the Frog & Peach, Remember by ImagineMDD
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Are you a fan of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore?

Maybe you have fond memories of any one of the establishments that have this name such as The Frog & The Peach Southern Buffet Restaurant in Savannah, GA, The Frog & Peach in Brunswick or maybe The Frog & Peach Pub in San Luis Obispo, CA?

True Blood Sookie Stackhouse Merlotte's Bar & Grill T-shirt and Apron Costume Set

You may not be reading minds like Sookie in this apron, but you'll feel pretty super in it.

Apron is One Size, Cotton/Polyester Blend

T-shirt is fitted, made out of 100% soft Cotton

Juniors fit is a teenagers/young woman fit

Sassafras The Little Cook Tool Kit

This Little Cooking Tool Kit for Kids ages 6-8 by Sassafras comes with a whisk, rolling pin, spatula, spoon and scraper are all downsized to fit little hands.

The measuring cups and spoons let kids instantly visualize what each measurement looks like in comparison to other sizes.

Your Little Cooking Tool Kit includes:

Pastry Scraper
Wooden Spoon
Measuring Cups & Spoons
Spatula
Whisk
Rolling Pin
Melon Ball Scooper
Herb Pot

Melissa and Doug : Pizza Party

Create your own "personal pizza" with this sturdy wooden pizza set.

Six sliceable pieces served in a brightly colored tray, complete with a pizza cutter, spatula, and over 50 toppings that store neatly in a wooden box.

Pizza makes slicing sounds when cut!

Dimensions: 1.8" x 9" x 13.3" Packaged

Recommended Ages: 3+ years

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Melissa and Doug Felt Play Food - Pizza Set

Counting, Sorting, Matching, so many activities with this fun pizza!

Ask the child to make a sauce-and-cheese pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms. If the child is familiar with fractions, you might ask for half with one topping and half with another. Place more orders, with increasing numbers of ingredients.

Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 1.75" Packaged

Recommended Ages: 3+ years

Biofina Store Hamburger and French Fries by Haba

Biofino fabric foods from Haba are a great addition to your child's kitchen collection.

The Hamburger has several toppings for your little one to choose from.

The 2 hamburger patties and bun are magnetic holding the sandwich together.

This meal comes with 1 sesame bun; 2 hamburger patties; 1 cheese slice; 1 lettuce leaf; 2 tomato slices; and 1 serving of french fries.

Educational Value: Great for pretend play.

Manufacturer: Haba Toys

For Ages: 3 years and up