Playing Dress Up

The joy of dressing up and pretending to be "grown up" is one form of play that doesn't change, it seems. When I was very young, Mom had some old dresses, shoes and jewelry that she would let us use for dress up. We played house and store, dressed to the "nines" in our finery.

If a hat with a veil was involved, all the better. 

My grandchildren love the dress up box. The dollar stores, Goodwill and my own closet have provided the means for lots of imaginative play.

 Note the bracelets used as anklets in the photo above. And, oh, those shoes in the photo - they hurt my feet so badly! It was a joy to toss them into the box!



 





Have fun, kiddos! 

 (This post originally appeared on the Elling Family News blog on June 18, 2009.)