Vet/ Pet Store Imaginary Play

There are three sections to this Imaginary Play center:
1. A pet shop with animal and and pet supplies for sale
2. A groomer’s table with (empty) shampoo bottles, brushes, combs, ribbons, and bandana’s
3. A vet table with medical kit, bandages, lab coats, etc (perhaps a waiting area as well?)
The School/ Teacher Barbara has the Following:
• Vet supplies, stethoscope and other medical type items
• Some pet storage
• Some pet carriers
• A few Bug and animal containers
• Cash Registers
• Wire shelving is in the shed to create the “pet shop” in the back

• We will need animals realistic stuffed toys that can be recognized as pets (natural colors please no pink or purple puppies and kitties), rubber snakes, plastic fish, frogs, lizards and other pets.
• Use furniture in Imaginary Play to create grooming table, vet’s table, etc.
• Create a back drop for the Vet/Pet store
• Pet crates and carriers, dog houses and pet beds (clean please), cat posts, hamster cages,
• Pet supplies leashes, bowls, collars, fish tank, bird cages, pet toys, boxes/ packages of pet treats and food - emptied cleaned out stuffed with newspaper and tapped closed
• Visit pet stores and ask for donations use donations letter make sure you sign it and leave your contact info (among other things ask for the little cardboard containers you take home a new pet in)
• Items for Vet: gauze, tongue depressors, pill bottles, syringes, bandages without the needle (just plunger part) eye droppers other vet related items
• Visit Vets office and ask for donations use donations letter make sure you sign it and leave your contact info (ask for X rays that didn't turn out right among other things...the kids won't care if they are a bit blurry)
• Visit Groomers and ask for donations use donations letter make sure you sign it and leave your contact info
• Pet brushes, combs, empty shampoo bottles, toy hair dryers
• Perhaps have kids bring in pictures of them with their pets?
• Books about animals
• If you are unable to get carriers for pets makes some out of cardboard boxes
*Baby bath for groomers
* File box for vet clinic with files
*Prescription bottles for vet
• Anything else you can think of?








We had a groomers station setup

A cashier station for the pet store
And medical supplies for the Vet

Charts with pics of the stuffed animals for the Vets to fill out



Exam tables
X rays and a light table