Activity Sheet - Make a play shop (DOCX 209KB)

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. — — — — — —

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