Bargain Basement — Make a play shop
Decide what kind of shop you
would like to make.
Here are some ideas
Clothes store
— Clothes, shoes, bags etc.
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Coat hangers
Play money (you can make from foil and paper)
A box to make scanner and cash register
Calculator
A place to ‘try on’ clothes
Shopping bags
Supermarket
— Old boxes and tins
— Shopping bags
— Play money (you can make from foil and paper)
— A box to make a scanner and cash register
— Calculator
— Scales
Service station
— Play foods if you have them
— Large box to make a petrol pump
— Shopping list and pencils
— Play cars/bikes (either push cars or cars made
out of boxes you can step into)
Additional ideas
— A box to make a scanner and cash register
— See if you can work out the change in your head
— Calculator
— Use a calculator to add up how much it will cost
— Shopping bags
— Make a suggestion of what else you can buy
— Make a catalogue or junk mail ad for your store
— Think of special offers your store might hav
Adapted from a Queensland Department of Education and Training resource funded by the Australian Government