Ice Cream Shop Dramatic Play Free Printables

This free printable ice cream shop dramatic play set is creative play fun kids of all ages!

Pretend play sets are a low cost, space-friendly way to help your child or students improve cognitive, social, and fine motor skills. I hope you enjoy this free printable dramatic play center!

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This set of ice cream pretend play pretend play printable includes 30+ sheets so your child or students can create and serve up a variety of sweet treats!

Printable pretend play sets are less expensive and easier to store than full dress up sets, and it's easy to enhance the experience with a few add on items. My daughter loves using her wooden cash register to ring up her customers!

Her register came with pretend money, but she enjoys the themed money in this ice cream play set, too.

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How Pretend Play Helps your Child

Pretend play, also called dramatic play, is beneficial for your little learner in so many different ways.

Pretend play increases language and communication skills. It also improves vocabulary and story telling skills.

Printable play sets are less expensive than full sets with lots of "stuff," plus they're easier to store.

Whenever you're done with a play set for the time being, just stash it away in an expanding folder to keep it neat and ready for next time! We've been using this expanding folder for 5 years and it's still working well.

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Dramatic play helps your child develop cooperation and negotiation skills including turn taking, resolving conflicts, and sharing ideas.

Dramatic play helps improve memory and recall as children need to remember their specific roles and any storying that's in progress during the play session.

Imaginative play can even help boost fine motor skills! Making ice cream dishes, handling the money, and doing other activities all boost fine motor strength and coordination.

This dramatic play center has an added fine motor challenge - a cut and paste ice cream cone craft!

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How to use pretend play printables

Part of the fun of pretend play printables is that they're open-ended. There is no one specific "correct" way to use them!

However, there are some general guidelines that will help your child or students enjoy this set of free printables.

I recommend laminating all large sign pieces or placing them in a dry erase pocket.

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Item cards are best laminated. For increased durability, cut out the pieces, then laminate them. Cut the cards out again, leaving a small lip of lamination around each border.

You do not need to super "fussy cut" around each and every piece - leaving a bit of white is fine. My daughter always likes to grab her blunt nosed scissors to help cut out pieces whenever we print a new dramatic play set.