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Stuffed Animal Medical Kit

August 20, 2012 by OneMommy

 

My youngest preschooler is getting into pretend play lately.   “Wah, wah!” he’ll say.  “Baby Tiger is crying…” Then he will hold his stuffed tiger close and tell him it’s okay.  His big sister has been into taking care of her stuffed animals for a long time now, and now her brother is getting in on the action — feeding the animals in the play kitchen, or trying to nurse them back to health when they’re ill.

I wanted them to have all the necessities to keep their stuffed animals healthy, so I threw together a little “stuffed animal medical kit” for them to use during their pretend play.

 

homemade play doctor kit for pretend play

 

A quick tour of the medicine cabinets gave me plenty of goodies to get started.  I found a couple eye droppers that I had saved “just in case,” an extra wide, super long Ace bandage from one of the husband’s knee surgeries, Q-tips, and itty-bitty band-aids that just are too small for anything that actually require a band-aid.

In the kitchen I found 2 other medicine droppers without the squishy part – perfect for giving pretend shots!  I also found some craft sticks for tongue depressers, and with a little permanent marker a couple became thermometers.  Finally, I decided two small containers with snap on lids would function for various medicines.

I cut a couple small strips from the Ace bandage, rolled them up, and put all the items in a little zippered bag.  I was anxious to see their reaction the next time they played with their animals and I pulled out the little medical kit.

 

I never dreamed my thrown together kit would keep them entertained for so long!

For over 40 minutes they took temperatures, gave shots, and applied bandages to their stuffed babies.

 

toy doctor kit for pretend play
Future doctor at work

 

pretend doctor kit for pretend play
Oh, no! Elephant has a fever!

 

Their little medical kit has acquired a few other additions since I first put it together:  2 small magnifying glasses and plastic tweezers.  I love finding new uses for things that are just laying around the house, especially when it inspires their imaginations!

 

Any sick stuffed animals at your place?   Send them this way; the doctors are in!

 

For more pretend play ideas check out the following posts:

  • Playdough Cookie Shop
  • Build Your Own Castle Playhouse
  • 20 Fun Ideas for Pretend Play from Kids Activities Blog

 

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: preschooler, pretend play

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    August 21, 2012 at 11:36 am

    LOVE this idea! My little ones are always playing pretend with their stuffed animals. They would totally go for this. I can hardly wait to go home and put together a kit for them. Thank you for sharing!!!

    • OneMommy says

      August 21, 2012 at 7:09 pm

      I hope they have as much fun as we have with it!
      So far they’ve played with theirs every day since I made it!

  2. Rach says

    August 21, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    What a cute idea! I love it!

  3. Jane Ridgewood says

    August 21, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    This is off topic, but I recently received a nomination for a Liebster Award. Part of it, is passing on the adoration and nominating other bloggers. I’ve included you as you can see in the following –

    http://janeridgewood.blogspot.com/2012/08/liebster-award.html

    • OneMommy says

      August 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm

      Thank you so much, Jane!
      It means to so much to me when another blogger passes on something like that! 🙂

  4. prewchatterly says

    August 22, 2012 at 6:07 am

    dropping by 🙂 love your idea!

    mylittlemr.com

    • OneMommy says

      August 23, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      Thanks! We just made one for my daughter’s friend today, too!

  5. Deb says

    August 22, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    Don’t you just LOVE watching their imaginations while playing? I do!

    Stuffed animals AND dolls make excellent patients for “doctors in training” ; )

    • OneMommy says

      August 23, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      Yes! I just love hearing what their little stuffed animals “say” to each other…. Cracks me up!

  6. Donna DM Yates says

    October 6, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    You’re just so creative with them. Wish I’d thought of this.

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