Inside: Put together a fall dramatic play activity with apples using cash registers, baskets and scales!
Every October we look forward to setting up our apple stand dramatic play center!
We turn our dramatic play area into a market, complete with a scale and cash registers, and handy bags and baskets for carrying the apples.
And, of course, a phone to take orders! Our apple stand is a fun part of our apple theme, along with making apple prints and enjoying homemade applesauce!
How to Create a Fall Dramatic Play Activity With Apples
Our dramatic play area is an important part of our toddler and preschool classroom. We change it every 1-2 weeks. We open this are during our centers time, which is the first hour of our toddler and preschool schedule.
There are 4 different classes in our small preschool, and we share our materials. When we plan our school year, we make sure each class has a different idea happening each week, so that each class has a turn with the materials. When we were finished with our dramatic play apple stand, we passed all of the materials on to the pre-kindergarten class. When every class is finished with that idea, we box it up for the next year.
Related: How to Store Classroom Materials
What we used in our apple stand dramatic play area:
- Pretend apples
- Cash registers (our two favorites are this one, and also this one)
- Scale
- Baskets and bags with handles
- Berry baskets
- Assorted tin pans
Welcome to our apple stand!
Our toddlers wanted to place one apple in each section of a muffin tin. (1:1 correspondence happening during play.)
Related: Putting Together An Apple Theme In The Classroom
And, of course, they wanted to carry as many apples as they could at once.
Our scale was handy for weighing the apples.
How many apples can fit in one basket?
Once the apples were selected, it was time to pay for them.
Phone orders were taken, too.
During this time, we asked our preschoolers to bring in one apple. We sorted them by color during circle time.
Our sensory bin was filled with cinnamon and clove scented oatmeal, burlap bags, apples and tongs. (You can see a similar apple sensory bin here.)
This apple stand dramatic play area was loved for 2 weeks, until we turned it into a pumpkin stand.
More Fall Fun
Amazing Collection of Apple Activities
FREE CIRCLE TIME PLANNER!
Get your FREE circle time planner as a gift when you subscribe to my free weekly newsletters.
Here is my Privacy Policy
Such a cute idea! I loved the phone orders. 🙂