Pretend Play Activities for Kids

Indoor and Outdoor Activities for Kids at Home. Pretend playtime ideas and activities for kids with hands-on playtime activities that can be setup at home or daycare. Keep the kids imaginations growing with pretend play traffic signs, paper dolls and clothes, play school, library and restaurant. Kids can play pretend traffic cop, start a paper music band, play restaurant host, play pet adoption clinic, pretend fitness trainer, play shopping guru, play school teacher or librarian. There's tooth fairy printables for kids when they lose their teeth. Keep the kids' imagination working with these fun pretend play activities that are easy to setup.  

Boy wearing a superhero costume pretending to fly with a colorful sky background

Pretend Play Music Band

DIY paper music instruments for the kids to make. Easy to print and put together. Paper instruments are a great way to show off hidden vocal talent and group play. Kids learn how to coordinate and setup a pretend band with fun instruments. Gather family and friends at home and let the music play and be entertained with an air band performance. 

Pretend Play Activities 

Pretend Play School Teacher

Kids can play school at home with these teacher and student cards. Just print and add pretend teacher and student names to the cards or write down some friends names. Grab some school supplies, setup a few small tables and chairs, small chalkboard and chalk for the teacher and your ready to start a pretend school. Great playtime activity to encourage role playing and school activities.

Pretend Play Librarian

Kids can play library and setup their own play library area. Print and laminate these play library cards and hand them out to family and friends. Grab some books and add them to a bookcase or shelf. Challenge the kids with grouping them by category. The library card holders can visit the pretend library and take out books. Have a notepad to print the library card holder and date. Check to make sure they return the books on time.   

Pretend Play Restaurant

Kids can play restaurant with Menu's, Placemat's, Paper plates and Food Cutouts. Have the kids learn all they need to know to setup and attend a restaurant with these fun restaurant printables.   

Play Shopping

The kids can do some real shopping at home with these play shopping credit cards and play money. Kids can use their math skills at checkout.

Pretend Play Traffic Signs

These traffic signs will be great at keeping the traffic in line. Kids can place them around the house, the driveway or backyard when they ride their toys or when they want to play traffic cop.  

Pretend Play Kids Signs

Add these signs around the home or yard when the kids ride their toys. Don't forget to print the pretend play drivers license for the kids.

Pretend Play Kids Licenses & Badges

Kids can pretend play with their very own driver's license. Kids can play police officer, firefighter, pilot, ambulance or sheriff with these fun play badges. Choose from colored badges or badges the kids color. Use these pretend play police tickets to hand out during play.  

Pretend Play Kids Club

With these Club ID Cards, kids can start up their very own clubs with their friends. Just give the club a name, stick your photo to the card, add your name and age, laminate and your done. Now think of some good ideas and games the club can participate in.  

Kids Tooth Fairy Printables

Fun tooth fairy hangers you can place on the kids door or bed post to show the tooth fairy has arrived. Print these tooth fairy envelopes for the kids to place their tooth in and place under their pillow or use it to store their tooth. Place the tooth fairy cards on their night table or dresser to show them that there is a special surprise under their pillow.  

Kids Reward Bucks

Reward the kids for tasks completed, good deeds and helping hands with these reward bucks. Choose from Mom Bucks, Dad Bucks, Kid Bucks and School Bucks.

Kids Awards Templates

Print awards and certificates for a spelling bee contest you can hold at home or best helper award for chores well done. Just print and fill out and share with the kids.

Kids Hockey Trading Cards Templates

Kids Hockey Trading Cards Templates to print and color. Kids can make up their own hockey players and add the player's position inside the card. Draw your favourite players or paste a picture of yourself. 

Kids ​Paper Dolls

Print one of the paper dolls to print and dress up. Cut the dolls out or keep them intact and place the clothes on top. These paper dolls are best friends, so they don't mind sharing clothes.  

Kids ​Paper Doll Fashions

Print one of our paper dolls to dress up with designer clothing. Cut out the designer tops and bottons to place on the paper dolls or tape them on.

Kids ​Paper Doll Printables

Print paper bedrooms for paper babies and kids. Decorate the rooms with stickers or add paper baby items. Print paper pets, bikes and scooters for the dolls.  

Pretend Play Mommy & Doll Play

Kids love playing with dolls and will enjoy playing with fun doll play money, play signs and doll babysitters list. Play Mommy & Doll with fun printables.  

Pet Adoption Certificates

Use these fun pet adoption certificates for real pets, stuffed animal pets or for pets they wish they had. Print these pet adoption certificates and fill them out. There's fun adoption certificates for pets from shelters and pet stores. 

I Love My Pet Posters

Kids can hang up their favorite pet posters to display how much they love their pets.  

Pet Chore Charts

Fun Weekly Pet Chore charts to reminder the family who's in charge in keeping the pets happy and healthy.  Fun chalkboard look to use with chalk for easy write-on and wipe-off.

Pet Awards

Print these fun pet awards and fill them out for your cat or dog. 

Kids Door Hangers

Print and hangup these fun door hangers and let the kids show what they're up to.  

More Kids Playtime Activities

Keep the kids active indoors and outdoors with these printable kids exercise activities. Fun yoga posters, wristbands, sports awards/props/checklists, DIY t-shirts, handwashing posters and more.