Making Make-Believe: Fun Props, Costumes, and Creative Play Ideas

By MaryAnn F. Kohl

Explore the world of make-believe with fun and easy-to-make props and costumes. Create a lifesize igloo out of milk jugs or put on a puppet show in your very own Lighted Box Stage Making Make-Believe offers storybook play, games, cooking, mini-plays, costumes, puppet ideas, and more to enrich children's play. Unlock the imaginations of young children

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876591985
• ISBN13: 9780876591987
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.3" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 2 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

No TV tonight!

I think I will try weaving a big yarn web in our tv room tonight (just like the book suggests! ), and turn off that ol' TV. It will be a whole lot better for the kids (and us) than watching Third Rock from the Sun, don't you think? I'm excited about the variety of pretend and play ideas in this book, and am especially interested in the chapter that gives pretending projects and activities to go with favorite children's books like Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things are. Yes, even Curious George is there!

HOORAY! Turn off the TV

This is the best book I have seen on what kids can make to motivate and enhance their pretend time. Let's turn off more tv's and get kids busy with their imagainations! Excellent book.

Email Sharing Groups Contribute to Book

Many of the ideas in this book were contributed through email sharing groups with MaryAnn, from teachers and parents all over the world.If you like pretending, or think it's important for your kids, you will like this book. All of the 44 people who contributed to it feel the same way!