Adding a simple roadscape hand drawn on a large piece of cardboard has brought together a number of our imaginative play elements – small houses and people figurines, a wooden park and market garden, road signs and vehicles. I know it is simple and not flash (and I could easily add more details with some coloured felt tipped pens – maybe tomorrow!) but it provides a wonderful platform for extended play scenarios. As well as the regular daily occurrences of a dollhouse family, Immy has created storylines involving trips to the vet in an ambulance for a wayward kangaroo (we have a beware of kangaroos crossing sign), harvesting vegetables for dinner and for sale in a store, adventures on the way to school, and on trips to the park.
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I love your small world play – so neat that you have all the pieces ready for this play!
Thanks, Natalie. Immy loves imaginative play so it is something we collect a lot of. Now if only I had your lego collection
Great idea
We’ve been making some fun houses for my daughter’s fairy and princess dolls — out of cardboard boxes that we’re reusing. I used some scrap booking paper to add some pazazz and it’s been a lot of fun decorating them and playing with them. I love how much fun simple things can be!
They sound lovely, Heather. Taking a little time to make something look special can really extend a child’s enjoyment and play experience I find.
I love the idea of drawing it. I find by the time we’ve built the train tracks they don’t want to play with any other elements, drawing it is much quicker and lets the other parts shine.
The play world Immy has created
We have that same Dolls house playground set – I actually picked it up from Marthese @ Romantic Flair when we were all having coffee while you were in Melbourne 
Heidi has been incorporating her polly pocket and Littlest Pet shop toys into her Lego world which is pretty cool. I’m thrilled to see they are crossing over play
what a great idea! I’ve done this outside on the concrete with chalk (but it was quite messy!). We’ve being doing your typical easter stuff this week (no surprises there!)
xxxCate
I love the idea of doing this with chalk outside. What a twist for outdoor dollhouse play! Thanks for sharing!
Your Playful Community looks awesome… I see that the play set made it by Easter….! Looks like Immy will be having lots of fun with this!
Thank you, Marthese, it did arrive just in time and she loves it
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