Pretend Play

MindWare's Pretend Toys, Imagination Craft Kits for Kids and More

MindWare has over 200 of the best pretend play toys for kids of all ages that you'll find anywhere. From the cuddly WorryWoo Monsters to the Monster Trucks Custom Shop you're sure to something that sparks the pretend play imagination of every child on your list. Start your holiday shopping here and you'll have kids giving their imaginations a work out well into the new year.

Pretend toys take all shapes and forms, because kids can use their imagination for pretend play on just about anything! One of our best-loved pretend toys is the Folkmanis® line of snuggly and adorable puppets. Encouraging imaginative, open-ended play these adorable puppets have been delighting imaginations and winning industry awards for years. Choose the cuddly Wolf Pup, the silly Grunting Piglet, the Jack Russell Terrier puppet, the majestic Red Fox, the Baby Sloth and more.

MindWare's Imagination Craft Kits spark hours of imaginative play, long after the craft activity is done! These great kits let kids create their own Play Masks or Hand Puppets as lions, pirates, knights and princesses ¿ or whatever else their imagination desires. After the creation fun, three-year-olds will put on their own plays and skits to keep the imaginative fun going.

Cooking and building things are big on the pretend scale because kids understand it and it's part of their daily lives. That makes it the perfect play and pretend activity kids of all ages. Fill their hours with pretend food fun with the Snowdrop Interactive Kitchen, the Diner Play Set or the Simmer and Sauté Pretend Play Set. Get things done with the Build-It Wooden Construction Table or the Lumberjack Wooden Workbench.

Kids love to fire up their imaginations with the Aqua and Pyro Dragon Set, the Combat Dragon or the Build-a-Dino Workshop. Here's where pretend play can really spread its wings and soar!

Of course kids love pretend play that imitates real life ¿ that's why our Wooden Doll House and Doll House Furniture Set, the Plaza Wooden Doll House and the Train and Track Activity Table are so popular. Each set is built to stand up to hours of active pretend play,