Bringing indoor play outdoors

The sun was shining brightly in the sky. It was a warm day, there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and it seemed like such a shame to stay indoors.

I enticed the girls into the garden by digging their old Little Tikes play kitchen out of the garage and into the garden.

I hosed it down to get rid of the cobwebs and spiders, then my husband luckily managed to find a box full of the saucepans, cutlery and plates that went with it. I knew there was a reason why I couldn’t part with the play kitchen and this was it!

The girls emptied the box of saucepans, plates and cutlery into the cupboards of the play kitchen, and I filled the small sink up with some water.

R found a bucket so we also filled that up with water too and before long the girls were happily ‘doing the dishes’ in their outdoor kitchen.

They played for ages! I filled up an old bottle with some washing up liquid too. I then turned the box that the saucepans were in upside and laid a teacloth on top so it was now a make do table.

R and M decided that they’d open a cafe now that all of their dishes were clean. I laid down a picnic blanket and R placed the make do table on top.

The girls loved pretending to take my order, cook the food and then serve it up!

I think we’ll be doing a lot more of this over the summer!