Whether you have a play kitchen or not, play food is a part of child's play. Food play is imaginative play. Having pretend meals with your child is a way to have quality time with your child.
But you are not the only one with whom your child has pretend meals. They have pretend meals with their friends, and sometimes they gather all of their stuffed animal friends and/or dolls together. The meal typically takes place around a table, or around a blanket spread on the floor for a picnic.
Completely imaginary food works well for meal play. But a little added realism helps the play along. Play food can be physically place on dishes and arranged into meals. Also, the food can go into serving bowls, and passed around the table when it is time to eat.
Play food is typically made from either plastic or wood. Some of the plastic food is realistically sized and could almost pass for the real thing. Wooden food is more imaginative.
Many of the wooden designs are made for slicing. The food is assembled from multiple pieces. The pieces are then attached together with hook and loop fasteners. The multiple pieces combine into a complete food allowing you to "cut" it with a play knife.
Sliced wooden food has an added benefit. The parts can be served separately. That way everyone can get a piece of fruit, or a piece of bread, just like at a real meal.
Another form of pretend food is packaging. These are typically referred to as "grocery products", "pantry food", or "refrigerator food". This is food is stock for play refrigerators. You will often see your child "open" canned or boxed food and dump it into a pot for cooking or a bowl for mixing.
Food play helps interactive play. You can spend quality time with your child by having pretend meals and play cooking.
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