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Pretend Food

Encourage imaginative play with pretend food sets for classrooms and home learning. These safe, engaging props support role play, storytelling, and social-emotional development while helping children explore real-life routines, build language skills, and practice creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration through hands-on, interactive experiences.

Life-Size Pretend Play Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Meal Sets
Item: 46922P
Status: In Stock
$39.95 - $99.95
2 years & up. Serve up delicious pretend meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Perfect for budding chefs, these realistic meal sets include a variety of nutritious foods like eggs, waffles, fried chicken, fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, and more. Each set encourages children to role-play meal preparation and dining, fostering creativity, social skills, and fine motor development. Ideal for pretend play kitchens, these sets help children learn about balanced meals and food groups in a fun, hands-on way. Made from durable, child-safe plastic, the pieces are built to withstand hours of play. Perfect for the classroom or home, these meal sets turn every mealtime into a delightful adventure. Purchase sets individually or as a set of 3.
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Healthy Meal Choices Play Food
Item: 85874
Status: Only 13 left
$103.95
3 years & up. Encourage children to make healthy food choices with this exciting Healthy Meal Choices Pretend Play Food Variety Set. This realistic set includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods. Have your children make a meal and then go over the nutrition and health benefits of each food. This set promotes healthy habits, dramatic play, and interactive learning. All pieces are actual sized, washable, and come in a shopping basket for easy storage.
Grocery Store Wooden Play Products - 12 Pieces
Item: 950150
Status: In Stock
$39.95
3 years & up. Encourage dramatic play, creativity, imagination, and block play with these sturdy, brightly colored Grocery Store Play Products. This set is a great addition to any classroom dramatic play center. Encourage children to take turns being the cashier and the customer. Have children identify some of their favorite brands of these products or guess the price of each. This grocery store product set includes pizza, peanut butter, cereal, raisins, orange juice, rice, ketchup, milk, sweet peas, soap, toothpaste, and Band-Aids. These products are hand-painted on a safe, durable hardwood. Set of 12.
Dozen Pretend Eggs - 2 Cartons of 6 Eggs
Item: 301015
Status: In Stock
$31.95
18 months & up. Teach your little one the importance of a healthy, balanced diet with this set of realistic eggs. These eggs will encourage creative, imaginative role play and are an excellent addition to any dramatic play kitchen. Their sturdy, wooden construction also ensures that they will withstand all the rigors of play. The eggs come in two cartons that each contain three white eggs and three brown eggs for a total of 12 eggs.
Life-Size Pretend Play International Food Collection
Item: 84713P
Status: In Stock
$28.95 - $154.95
2 years & up. Encourage dramatic play and introduce new foods with this Life-Size Pretend Play International Food Collection - Italy Inspired. Food is a wonderful way to bring people together and introduce new cultures. Help bring diversity to the meal time discussion in your home and in the classroom with this realistic looking pretend play food set. These sets feature a variety of popular foods that are colorfully captivating and life-size for an extra real-life feel. Children will have fun pretending to prepare and serve the meals as they learn about and discuss the culture they came from. All pieces are made from durable, non-toxic vinyl that is easy to clean. Includes foods such as okra, fish, plantains, sushi variety, tamales, chili peppers, salsa, flan, pizza, spaghetti, salad, egg rolls, dumplings, and more!. Available individually or purchase all 5 meal sets together.
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International Foods - Pretend Groceries
Item: 950151
Status: In Stock
$39.95
2 years & up. Introduce your children to international cuisine with this wonderful set. These international foods are a great addition to any dramatic play center. Use this set in a lesson about diversity and inclusion. Teach children about the cultures these foods originate from and where they can be found around the world. Each food block has silk-screened retro illustrations on the hardwood. This set includes salsa, tortilla chips, fettuccini, matzo, stir-fry vegetables, swiss cheese, brown rice, salmon, sprouts, bagels, red beans, and fruits juice. Set of 12.
A to Z Alphabet Groceries
Item: 145890
Status: In Stock
$58.95
3 years & up. Take pretend play to the next level and introduce early language skills with this realistic looking Alphabet Groceries set. Features 26 colorful grocery products with realistic labels and letters of the alphabet. Use the grocery set for creative role play or as an everyday vocabulary aid. Size: Cartons measure approximately 6.5"H and Jars measure approximately 4"H. Includes: 26 Realistic looking groceries that cover the entire alphabet: various jars, cartons, and boxes
Grocery Store Play Food
Item: 84721
Status: In Stock
$126.95
2 years & up. Expand your pretend play kitchen with this set of 125 piece grocery store products, which includes an assortment of food, personal care products, and international foods. Children will find the educational focus of playing with these foods enhances dramatic play, imaginative thinking and gross motor skills, as they pretend to make meals and their favorite foods. Twenty-four items are hand painted on safe, durable hard wood combined with 101 soft molded everyday foods. (Foods may vary slightly from those shown)
Kaplan Condiment Set
Item: 63107
Status: In Stock
$41.95
18 months & up. Every little chef will enjoy cooking with these solid wood kitchen condiments. Perfect for introducing simple cooking and pretend play. This polished wood set would fit well into any pretend kitchen set up. Each bottle has a removable, color-coordinated cap, encouraging the development of fine motor skills. Includes 5 condiments plus tray.
Food Groups
Item: 46892
Status: In Stock
$32.95
3 years & up. This set of pretend food is perfect for health and nutrition lessons. Children will love mixing and matching food groups to make a well balanced meal. This set promotes dramatic play, nutrition, and imagination. Encourage your children to create their favorite meal, and go over the nutrition of each food. Each piece is made of wood, painted with beautiful detail, and boxed in a 4"L x 6"W wooden crate for sorting and stacking.
1-10 Counting Cans with Fruits and Vegetables
Item: 89271
Status: In Stock
$61.95
3 years & up. Includes 55 plastic fruits and vegetables in 10 durable cardboard cans with lids. Great addition to a pretend play kitchen pantry. Cans are labeled with numers, words and pictures to reinforce early math and vocabulary skills, along with plastic fruits and vegetables that match the can's picture and numeric value. Each can measures 4.25" H x 3" in diameter. Lightweight cans stack or store in carton. Includes an Activity Guide with intervention strategies.
Prepare & Serve Pasta Set
Item: 146151
Status: In Stock
$43.95
3 years & up. Make all different types of pretend pasta with this Prepare & Serve Pasta set by Melissa & Doug®. Features: Fun pasta boxes with felt penne, bow tie pasta, linguini, and ravioli pockets that can be stuffed with felt spinach, meat, or cheese fillings, a large cook pot with lid, colander, pasta bowl, sauce jar, cheese shaker, salt shaker, fork, pasta spoon, and other pasta toppings.
101 Piece Play Food Assortment
Item: 84722
Status: In Stock
$49.95
2 years & up. Give children everything they need to make a delicious meal with this 101 Piece Play Food Assortment. Includes a variety of foods like fruits, vegetables, meats, breads, pastries, sandwiches, breakfast, snack, dessert and more. This set has items for all three meals, so children can make any kind of pretend meal they want. Engaging in this kind of dramatic play will strengthen children's language skills as they learn to identify different food items. Pieces measure 3" x 3". Foods may vary.
Wild Wood Foraging Trug Wooden Playset
Item: 302006
Status: In Stock
$69.95
3 years & up. Inspire curiosity and imaginative play with the Wild Wood Foraging Trug Wooden Playset! This charming fabric and wooden trug is filled with realistic foraged treasures, including crab apples, wild strawberries, flowers, wild garlic, small mushrooms, sloe berries, a dandelion leaf and flower, tree fungi on a trunk, a sweet chestnut, and an acorn with leaves. The set also features a fold-away pocket knife for cutting branches, a trowel for digging mushrooms, and a fold-out recipe leaflet with eight fun recipes inspired by the trug's contents. Perfect for pretend play, this set encourages storytelling, social interaction, and language development - ideal for little explorers!
New Sprouts® Fresh Fruit Salad For Pretend Play Snacks
Item: 31603
Status: In Stock
$32.95
2 years & up. The perfect healthy addition to a pretend picnic or any occasion. The watermelon boat makes the perfect bowl for a delicious fruit salad. Fill with pineapple rings, berry clusters, strawberries, kiwi, and orange slices, and serve in big purple bowls for a rainbow of juicy goodness. Colorful variety of sliced and whole fruit, this special salad is a great addition to any play kitchen. Set of 18 includes three berry clusters, strawberries, kiwi slices, and orange slices, two pineapple rings, two serving bowls, a serving spoon, and a watermelon boat measuring approximately 8"L x 3"H.
New Sprouts® Hamburger and Hotdog Cookout!
Item: 31602
Status: In Stock
$32.95
18 months & up. Rain or shine it's always the perfect time for a cookout with the New Sprouts® Hamburger and Hotdog Cookout! playset. This 19-piece set includes two plates, forks, cups, hotdogs on a bun, corn on the cob, a carrot, lettuce, tomato, chips, condiments, and an ice cream sandwich for dessert! While they enjoy creating their own meals, kids develop essential skills such as fine motor coordination, social interaction, and communication through fun, interactive play.
New Sprouts® Vegetables Stir Fry Set
Item: 31829
Status: In Stock
$29.95
18 months & up. Stir fry for small fries! Help your child cook up a healthy selection of vegetables in their very own wok. Fill up the to-go container once the meal is ready. This colorful set builds upon imagination and creativity with a special culinary experience. Perfect for any young, aspiring chef! Made from durable plastic and sized for small hands. Includes: wok, to-go container, tongs, spatula, peapods, carrots, broccoli, peppers, onions, celery, and fortune cookie. Wok measures 7" long. 17 pieces.
Airline Meal Tray Wooden Play Set
Item: 302007
Status: In Stock
$33.95
3 years & up. Take imaginative play to new heights with the Airline Meal Tray Wooden Play Set! This delightful set lets kids serve up a sky-high dining experience with a complete in-flight meal. Includes a wooden tray featuring a delicious three-course meal - salad with carrot sticks, a main course of salmon, broccoli, and potatoes, and a cherry pie dessert. The set also includes a bread roll, cutlery, cup of tea, and an after-dinner chocolate for the perfect finishing touch. Plus, don't forget the mini catering butter, tomato sauce, and milk for tea! The included kiddy passport sparks exciting travel adventures, making this set perfect for pretend play. Encourages social interaction, language development, and imaginative storytelling. Perfect for little chefs and aspiring flight attendants, this set is sure to provide endless creative fun!
Slice & Toss Salad Play Set
Item: 146149
Status: In Stock
$43.95
3 years & up. Whip up a delicious looking salad to go with your main course dishes with this sensational pretend play salad set by Melissa & Doug®. Set features: 52 Pieces: felt kale, lettuce, and spinach in hinged containers, slice-able wooden carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, and green peppers, slice-able wooden shrimp and grilled chicken, Toppings: olives and croutons, 2 salad dressing bottles that squirt string that looks like dressing, wooden knife and salad utensils, salad mixing bowl, and a reusable menu card. Container size: 12" x 16" x 3.5".
New Sprouts® Healthy Meals Baskets - 40 Pieces
Item: 63016
Status: In Stock
$85.95
18 months & up. Help children learn to make healthy choices at every meal. These baskets featuring Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner are perfect for instilling healthy eating habits at an early age. Each meal stores in its own basket and contains realistic, familiar food items which are soft and durable.
New Sprouts® Bushel of Fruit
Item: 31222
Status: In Stock
$18.95
18 months & up. Invite early imaginative play, build vocabulary, and reinforce healthy eating with this bushel basket full of fruit. The fruits are made of soft, durable plastic and designed for little hands to easily grasp. This 10 piece produce set is stored in a plastic bushel basket measuring 4"H x 5.5" in diameter.
Munch It! My Very Own Play Food
Item: 30564
Status: In Stock
$29.95
2 years & up. Toddlers will recognize many of their favorite foods in this 20-piece set developed just for little hands. Includes bread, carrot, a bowl of cereal, macaroni and cheese, mini bagel, 2-piece muffin, orange, banana, 2 spoons, and more.
Sensory Play Stones: Foods of The World - 8 Pieces
Item: 35479
Status: In Stock
$34.95
2 years & up. Let children explore global food and bring awareness to different cultures and encourage imaginative play. The stones are made from a stone resin and are durable and easily cleaned making them perfect for mud kitchens and outdoor food adventures. Set includes 8 foods: bao bun, empanada, kalitsounia, pizza, samosa, spring roll, sushi, and taco. Measures 1.5" to 3".
New Sprouts® Multicultural Foods
Item: 32250
Status: In Stock
$34.95
18 months & up. Children will enjoy preparing and serving some of their favorite foods while also being introduced to popular new cuisine. The authentic appearances of these foods invite children to share many meals and snacks with their friends. Bowl of rice measures 4" in diameter. 15 pieces.