Pretend Food

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2 years & up. For dramatic play and pretend play, this sandwich set introduces children to the art of making sandwiches.Mix and match to make favorite sandwiches or create originals! Ingredients for 5 life-sized sandwiches: With both white bread and wheat bread, nutrition information can be shared about the ingredients and health benefits. This set contains 10 bread slices, peanut butter, jelly, lettuce, bologna, ham, turkey, tomato, and cheese. Includes 27 total pieces.

18 months & up. Encourage healthy eating and teach the concept of serving and sharing with this pretend salad set. Includes 38 pieces and enough vegetables for four servings. The perfectly sized children's tongs help with fine motor skills and act of serving strengthens eye-hand coordination. Includes 12 lettuce leaves, 4 tomato slices, 4 cucumber slices, 4 carrot crinkles, 8 pepper rings, and a larger serving bowl with 4 smaller individual bowls and a pair of tongs.

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.

18 months & up. Spark creativity and inspire imaginative play with the New Sprouts® Soup's On playset. Featuring all the essential ingredients for making pretend "homemade" chicken noodle soup, this set includes 23 realistic, kid-friendly play foods such as carrot crinkles, red potatoes, onion wedges, celery, tomatoes, and jumbo noodles. The soup tureen allows children to practice serving, while the two bowls and spoons encourage sharing and role-play. Tureen measures 6"L.

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.

18 months & up. Introduce young learners to early math, healthy eating, and hands-on discovery with these Wooden Slice & Match Puzzles. Children can explore colorful fruit and vegetable pieces, match shapes to the corresponding spaces, and practice pretend slicing with the child-safe wooden knife. As they play, toddlers build fine motor skills, language development, and early recognition of healthy foods-all through engaging, open-ended exploration. Designed with vibrant, realistic artwork, each piece invites conversation about nutrition and everyday fruits and vegetables. Perfect for toddler classrooms, early learning centers, and home play spaces, this sturdy wooden puzzle supports foundational learning in a natural, tactile way. Puzzle boards measure 10.5"L x 9.5"W x .4"H.

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.

2 years & up. Children can serve up sushi dinner for the whole family with this Sushi Play Food Set! Set features salmon roe, tamago, shrimp with a rubber tail, tuna, and salmon. Also includes 2 sheets of seaweed, a sushi tray, a shoyu bottle, and a sauce dish. Made in Thailand using chemical-free rubberwood, organic pigments, and water-based dyes. Sushi tray measures 3.35"L x x 7.68"W x .71"H.

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.

3 years & up. A delicious way to reinforce early math, shape recognition and fine motor skills. Thirty-one durable plastic pieces that include a 2 piece crackable egg, cookie tray, cookie dough, rolling pin, mixing bowl, fruit filling and more. Rolling Pin measures 8.5" long.

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!

18 months & up. It's time for dinner! These mouth-watering dinner foods are made of soft, durable plastic and are perfect for a toddler dinner party. Use this set to act out dinner traditions or routines while dining on grilled chicken, baked potatoes, and veggies! Encourages imaginative play, healthy-eating choices, and basic vocabulary development. Basket measures approximately 8.5"L x 7"W x 4"H. 18 pieces. Includes: a glass of milk, steak, grilled chicken breast, asparagus bundle, baked potato, broccoli, corn, empty bowl, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, cucumber slices, pineapple ring, ice cream sandwich, and basket.

18 months & up. The Toddler Felt Fruit, Vegetable, and Bread Baskets offer a colorful selection of pretend play food to encourage your toddler to have a healthy lifestyle! These soft and squishable fruits, veggies, and bread items are easily manipulated by little hands, developing fine motor skills and aiding in tactile exploration. Each felt basket includes realistic fruits, vegetables, and breads with details such as a peel-able banana, orange and cabbage, and peas that can be popped out of their pod and an eggplant that can be cut in half! Felt Fruit Basket includes 7 pieces of fruit, Felt Vegetable Basket includes 7 vegetables and a knife, and the Felt Bread Basket includes 8 different pastries. All pieces are machine washable. Fruit and Vegetable Baskets each measure 9" x 4.7" x 6.3". Bread Basket measures 3.5" x 6.7" x 5.9".

3 years & up. Young chefs will have everything they need to prepare yummy Mexican/Tex-Mex pretend play meals. Create tacos, burritos, fajitas, and more! Children can pretend to grill sliceable wooden ingredients on the skillet, fill a felt tortilla or a durable hard taco shell, and serve with a choice of play toppings. This 43-piece set includes three reusable, double-sided menus and recipe cards along with a wooden knife and spoon. Add pretend food sides, fillings, and toppings to your creations such as sliceable proteins and vegetables, felt rice, beans, cheese, and crema, a hot sauce bottle, and a salsa bottle that "squirts" string. Measures 15.9" H x 11.9" W x 3.4" L packaged.

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".

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)

2 years & up. Promote healthy eating habits with this 48 piece set of realistic foods and drinks. Children can prepare a complete meal or an afternoon snack with fruits, vegetables, bread, meat, and dairy products as well as healthy drinks. Encourage children to recreate their favorite meals using this colorful set. Go over the nutritional values of their favorite meal or the importance of fruits and veggies.

18 months and up. Gather a well-balanced feast! This collection of play food includes multiple items in 4 food groups--dairy, fruits and veggies, protein, and grains--as well as baskets for each food group. Children must sort all of the items into their correct baskets before they can enjoy the feast. This set is a great way to introduce children to principles of nutrition and healthy, well-balanced diets.

18 months & up. Enhance your pretend play kitchen with a realistic condiment set! Complete with a convenient carrying caddy, this life-size set will encourage imaginative play, and storytelling. Includes a storage caddy, salt, pepper, olive oil, ketchup, and mustard.