Play Restaurant Ideas for Kids

Kids love to play with grownup themes, such as playing store, school or restaurant. Coming up with play restaurant ideas can lead to many hours of fun for children but it can also begin to teach them about important concepts like the value of money and how to treat others. Visit a craft or retail store to purchase items to create the play restaurant settings, such as fake money and materials to create fake food. You may also want to buy items like table clothes, small plates and cups and so forth.

  1. Fast Food Restaurant

    • While you can purchase restaurant play sets that bear the name of some fast food chains like McDonald's, you can also create your own fast food play items. You may even create a fictitious name for a fast food restaurant that your kids can own and operate. This is an excellent opportunity for kids to learn about responsibility, teamwork, what "work" is as well as the value of money.

    Other Cultures

    • A wonderful way to introduce children to other cultures is through their food and customs. You may wish to use playtime as a time to teach kids about diversity and the important of appreciating the unique and richness of different cultures. You can create for example, a traditional Japanese or Indian restaurant where traditional clothing is worn and the serving utensils, cuisine and music all mirror the culture.

    Role Playing

    • A fun idea is to create a situation where you can allow children to role play different types of positions in a restaurant setting. For example, you can create props including dress up clothes where children can act out scenes pretending to be customers as well as waitresses, servers and even a matre'd. Kids will appreciate the role that each person has in a given setting like a restaurant.

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