Tucked away in the corner of our living room, you’ll find a bit of sunshine no matter what the weather might be like outside. The girls are still really enjoying this cardboard play house we built using our Makedo kits awhile back, and I thought it would be fun to turn it into a colorful flower shop using recyclables and items from the dollar store!!
It helped to brighten up an otherwise rainy & dreary day!! We used an old shoe rack to make shelves that were just the right size for Clara, and filled them with containers from the dollar section at Target and fake flowers from thrift stores or dollar stores. A calculator makes a great cash register too!
Looking at these makes me so happy!!
A recycled empty strawberry container makes the perfect gift box for a pretend corsage (no pins)! Some old gift tissue and strips of ribbon were all Clara needed to create her own bouquets!
Oh, hello there!! Would you like to buy some flowers??
I’ll pick this pretty purple one — just for you!!!
Hours and hours of imaginative fun!!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to buy a bouquet comprised of one yellow flower, one purple flower, two orange flowers…..
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May 19th, 2011 on 1:02 pm
Dear Valerie,
I’ll have you know, I inspected that house and I don’t believe that it is up to code. There is a large hole in the roof!
Love,
Mark
May 19th, 2011 on 1:06 pm
I think you mean “skylight”. Ahem.
May 19th, 2011 on 1:10 pm
Very cute! Abby would love something like this.
May 19th, 2011 on 1:12 pm
Such a cute little florist! She looks thrilled with her new shop =)
May 19th, 2011 on 1:39 pm
my goodness this is adorable!!
i’m not sure where i found you just the other day (or week?) but i’m so glad that i did! i LOVE your blog and look forward to taking advantage of some of your ideas in the future when my Lovie gets a little bigger.
May 19th, 2011 on 1:59 pm
I think our puppet stage might become a store……
May 19th, 2011 on 2:16 pm
My kids would have a lot of fun with that.
May 19th, 2011 on 3:08 pm
What a funtastic idea! I love the pictures too. They surely make a day brighter.
May 19th, 2011 on 3:19 pm
Oh that is just too adorable! Can we come play at your house?! LOL!
May 19th, 2011 on 4:22 pm
so fun!! Perfect Spring activity!
May 19th, 2011 on 5:11 pm
what an awesome idea!
May 19th, 2011 on 7:11 pm
really nice!!!!
May 19th, 2011 on 8:24 pm
My mom and my daughter started playing flower shop a few years ago and they have so much fun! They use a pretend phone to take calls from customers who are planning everything from anniversary parties to weddings to the senior prom and they make up amazing arrangements! They even have the little bell to ring for a new customer. Hours of entertainment!
May 19th, 2011 on 11:42 pm
Oh this is going in my must do list!
May 20th, 2011 on 3:48 pm
Time to hit the dollar store in search of pretty cloth flowers!
May 21st, 2011 on 11:39 am
This is a lovely dramatic play set up! Very cute! And it looks like the kids are loving it too! Love this blog!
May 26th, 2011 on 1:08 pm
This is adorable!
May 27th, 2011 on 8:29 pm
Oh I love this – can you be my mom too? You guys have the most awesome play things/areas!
My girls would love this!
Thank you for linking up to the Sunday Showcase – hope to see more at tomorrow night’s linky party!
Bernadette
http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com
May 27th, 2011 on 8:30 pm
PS this will be one of our features on Sunday – I am so inspired by all the wonderful “box” crafts that were linked up last week! Now I just need a big box to play with!
Bernadette
May 28th, 2011 on 4:03 am
With all of those flowers, you just have to smile! What a wonderful way to inspire pretend play.
May 29th, 2011 on 5:52 pm
That is so adorable.
June 2nd, 2011 on 10:53 am
A beautiful, sunny post! You’ve been featured this week on It’s Playtime! Thanks for playing with us.
Rachele @ Messy Kids
January 11th, 2012 on 9:43 pm
I saw this on Pinterest and think it is SOOO cool! I’m off to check out the rest of your blog…can’t wait to see your other creative ideas!