A grocery store as a gift for Christmas or a child's birthday will certainly be enjoyed by children and promises lots of fun games with siblings or friends. In today's article we present some great ideas and tips on how and from which materials you can make itChildren's shopYou can build it yourself for the children's room or the garden.
Most department stores are intended for children's rooms as they have numerousPlay optionsfor the little ones regardless of the weather. Together with a play kitchen, you can create an entire play area in the children's room. If you want to build the children's shop yourself, you can start with something small like an old table and chair and add more shelves or counters over time.
Variants
There are numerous options for a general store - small supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stands, flower shops, bakeries and many others, although general stores are also a good choice. However, if you have chosen a specialty store, it can be converted into another after some time by changing the decorations, accessories and toys.
Grocery store from a used shelf
Our first idea for a toy store only needs an old shelf with compartments and some PVC pipes. If you don't like the color of the used shelf, you can paint it and freshen it up. The compartments are perfect for setting up and displaying goods for sale. The PVC pipes can be used to build a business awning that complements the look of the sales stand and serves as sun protection for outdoor shops.
DIY store accessories made of felt
If you have already built the shop, you should prepare suitable goods for sale. Fruit and vegetable toys can be made quickly and easily from felt. With colorful felt fabric, pillow stuffing, a needle and thread (or strong craft glue), all sorts of food items can be sewn and used in games at the store.
Cash registercraft
Every store still needs a cash register with banknotes and coins. Otherwise how will the children serve their customers? If you don't have a toy like this at home, you can make one yourself using cardboard and craft paper. You can even do the whole thing with the child like a DIY project.
Build your own shop with an awning
A general store for the children's room is best set up in a corner. However, if you would like to make the awning a little more slanted, you can design the PVC pipes in the desired shape using the appropriate fittings. For example, oilcloth can be used for the awning. Also think about a possible sign with the name of the store.
Equip the store
After the construction of the shop is finished, you should provide the equipment. A chair behind the counter, the children's cash register, baskets with items for sale and small chalkboards are always necessary for a children's shop.
Wooden shop
You can build a wooden shop for children yourself instead of buying one. One idea for this would be to build the counter and shelves out of plywood and the side posts and legs out of scrap wood. In this case, the awning is attached to the posts using metal dowels.
Shopping cart for the children's store
To prevent the baskets of fruit and vegetables from falling off the shelves, a wooden strip should be installed at the bottom of each shelf. A children's shopping cart is suitable as additional equipment for the wooden grocery store, as the children not only sell the goods but also buy them.
Build your own outdoor grocery store out of wooden pallets
Old wooden pallets are suitable for wooden shutters for the garden. First you should pull the wooden strips apart and remove the nails. Then find a suitable place in the garden where the store will be built and think about the design.
Example of construction
You can build the shop on the garden fence - this will serve as a back wall and save you some work. Build the frame first and then the rest of the structure. Consider a counter and at least one shelf.
Paint and open children's wooden shop
Since the wooden pallets usually have a not so nice color, we recommend painting the shop in a funnier color as a next step. Only after the paint has dried thoroughly can the shelves be set up with sales items.
Children enjoy playing with friends in the store
When the outdoor children's shop is finished, you can invite your child's friends over when the weather is nice by organizing a playdate. Children can play the roles of salespeople and customers and have fun outdoors.
Specialty shop – a bakery-pastry shop
Does the child no longer find the sale of fruit and vegetables interesting and doesn't play with the grocery store? You can deal with this problem by changing the interior of the store. Change the awning, decorate with bunting and redesign the toys in a different store. Girls would like to sell sweets from a cake shop or bakery, while boys can display toy cars on the shelves.
Sell candy
If only finished toys are “sold”, you can simply take a few out of the toy box. You can make sweets for sale in the children's shop together with your little one from felt, Styrofoam, craft paper, wooden beads and many other craft materials.
Organic shop in the children's room
If you have enough free space in the children's room, you can set up a larger shop. You can use old wooden bookcases to display different goods and food. You can build a sales stand out of cardboard and equip it with a kitchen scale where the fruit and vegetables are to be weighed.
Learning and play opportunities
Store games can help children learn something new. With the help of the kitchen scale, the child can find out about measurements. An organic store toy will teach her more about organic products and the play money will help her learn arithmetic more quickly.
Shop made from old boxes
You can quickly make a simple shop for children out of cardboard boxes. If you don't have any old boxes at home, you can ask the supermarket to see if they have any left over.
Building instructions for a store made from cardboard boxes
To build the store, place the boxes on top of each other at the desired height and tape them together with masking tape or masking tape. In addition to the children's shop, you can also build a play kitchen yourself where food is prepared for sale.
