Hi

We are doing a garden centre in the role play after Easter and although I have done this role play before I want to add some new things...does anyone know of some good websites to help me?

Thanks in advance.

David Austin will send you a glossy rose catalogue. I have a template for Primulas if I can scan it it could be lovely in there. The kids use tissue mosaics to cover it.

I've made a garden centre role play area before. What kind of ideas have u got just incase i mention things u have already thought of?

We have a wooden stall set up with flowers..we have colouring flower sheets, size game for plant pots, flower alphabet and number line, Till and money, reciept slips (writing), posters, dressing up aprons, assorment of flowers and buckets, white paper for wrapping flowers up.

I am sure there is something else and it's bugging me I can't rememeber.

i had a table with gardening magazines on and brochures of plants etc and also made pretend packets of seeds.

I will think of more ideas.

Sounds good tho hun

sparklebox has a gardencentre/florist download to print off, it has lots of lables, cheque book and shopping lists. I'velaminated them to use in our outdoor area

Thanks for the ideas...I have done some bits and bats for writing and signs etc but will hunt some more down.

Sure we spoke about this before but can't find it. Some ideas:

*compost and plant pots/ garden tools in sand tray
*peas or beans grown between wet paper towel and side of a jar so you can see the roots going down and shoots going up
*Pot plants and watering can to look after them with
*make letters with cotton wool on a tray/ tub lid, wet it and sprinkle with cress/ mustard seeds to grow your initials

Sounds such fun I want to go in who's coming with me?

Thanks guys....we have planned in planting..we have got loads of stuff to plant. I have found some planting trays in the shed and I am going to put in sand and soil with planting tools as you suggested Abbey (thanks)

I have made some signs and writing bits and pieces, they just need laminating.

But if anyone has any more ideas please post the more the merrier.....thanks again everyone.....I am looking foward to this role play.

Jack-of-all-trades...you can come along and play any time....hehe