Learning through play with the pretend shop

Whether play kitchen, pretend shop, restaurant or café – with the wooden and fabric treats, children can experience and reenact the wide world of enjoyment in miniature. This is not only fun, but also builds social and communicative skills. Shopping is an essential part of our lives and is linked to planning, conversations, negotiation and argumentation. Even in play conversations with other customers and the shopkeepers in the pretend shop, children express themselves verbally and argue, depending on the role. Which product is where? How can it be prepared? How many do we need?

In family life children also like to get involved and want to participate in shopping and cooking: While dad is at the grill, the little ones can supply all the stuffed animals with fabric grill food or fetch bread and rolls at their own pretend shop, while mom sets the breakfast table. And how about a fabric ice cream for dessert? The little ones will probably prefer a real ice cream then — but only during a short play break.

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Through the role-playing Children learn about the world from different viewpoints. After all, one's horizons must be broadened a bit to step into another role. Especially when playing with the play shop there are many possibilities to stage social role-playing games to enact. Children can act as shopkeepers and offer their range to the parents. When presenting the products, setting prices and the sales pitch there are no limits to creativity. Quite the opposite.

But as shoppers, children can also put themselves into different situations: What's on the shopping list today? What should be cooked for the whole family? Do they maybe put other products into the shopping basket that the shopkeeper skillfully recommends? Fresh foods must first be weighed to determine the price. Butter, flour, sugar and eggs become a sweet dough, but what else do you need for a tasty cake? Questions upon questions that dissolve into thin air and affection during role-play.

It's especially fun to dolls in play. Whether as a prop, extra or active character. Customers can take their own doll children shopping or stage the doll as another shopper. Whatever the scenario: fun is the top priority.

Our guarantee for shopping happiness

With our HABA-Play Shop Shopping Happiness are children in their element. The integrated fresh-food counter is ideal for staging foods appetizingly like in a real store. A recycling net, the scanner cash register or the fabric cash compartment to store coins, a pen and notepad also provide a realistic play experienceHABA play money and the HABA play shop scale specifically strengthens fine motor and cognitive skills during play in the play shop Shopping Happiness. Especially clever: the play shop can be be converted into an ice cream café in no time, you only need to flip the double-sided shop sign.Convincing design and pleasant materials

The various treats from HABA delight with their design and quality. The products of the

Biofino series are lovingly crafted with lifelike details designed – true to the motto: we eat with our eyes. Clever effects, for example cutting the loaf of bread or pouring the milk out of the bottle, make playing in the play shop or the doll's kitchen even more realistic. Many food items consist of pleasantly soft fabrics, which everyone likes to hold. Soft velour fabrics dominate; some small items are also made of cotton or felt. Many decorations are embroidered or consist of sewn-on decorative beads. One thing is certain: every treat is a feast for the eyes.But wood is also used for various foods that pass over the counter in the play shop. It's no coincidence that

HABA has been known worldwide for many years for high-quality wooden toys. For crisp apples, a crunchy baguette, juicy pears and much more we use sturdy beech wood, so that children have lots of fun playing with the treats.Diverse play options for long-lasting play enjoyment

Toys with an exceptionally long shelf life

When it comes to the value of goods, we rely on real values: quality raw materials from sustainable cultivation, a design that convinces in form and function, as well as quality tests and safety checks. Therefore, our products are particularly convincing because of their Durability! They remain high-quality for many years and can be integrated into new play situations again and again. They delight not only little shopkeepers; older children also enjoy the food items and shopping goods. The treats are compatible with any play shop, market stall and mini-shop, which increases the fun of play, as children can continually come up with new role-playing scenarios.

Particularly the restaurant products are easy to handle  and the low weight makes it easier for children to carry. This way meals can be served easily and nothing stands in the way of role-play fun. So: Hurry up and open a shop, a café or a restaurant!