Pretend play for a four year old boy

[Rosiek87]

My four year old is autistic and just started to pretend play the problem i have is its either to small for him to have or pink. i dont have a problem with him having pink stuff but would love to know if anyone knows of any boyish stuff ??

Ikea have some nice non-pink unisex stuff - home based play.

Early learning centre. They often do a blue and a pink version of the role play toys (kitchens, kettles, toasters, tea sets, tool boxes etc).

DS has a great fisher price vacuum cleaner which he loves, as well as other cleaning items, such as brush from ELC and a regular mop (start 'em young ).

Thanks everyone x

Pirate ship set.

Does it have to be domestic Mum / Dad role-play? DS is the same age and autistic. The ELC pirate ship is grea and he also loves farm sets and the Octonaut figurines / pod.

If he likes pushing then ELC do a blue pushchair or a shopping trolley which is neutral.

he has a shopping trolley which is pink lol. But he is tall and has to lean over a bit with push along things which im not keen on. its more figure sets I wanna find a dolls house which isn't pink.

He doesnt understand playing where he himself pretends to be something, he is at the stage of walking animals/dolls around x

Playmobil do loads of houses

Toys r Us have lots of primary coloured, easy to handle stuff that my 3yo loves.

Would playmobil/duplo/happyland figures be too small for him?

What about a castle instead if a dolls house?

Le toy van do some lovely stuff.

www.mulberrybush.co.uk/

He is fine with Duplo, never given playmobil much thought and will have to search happyland. castles a good idea! Ive never heard Le toy van? is it expensive? xx

Mulberrybush is looking good! thank you! :D

How about a bookshelf dolls house ? then it could end up being anything, plus it's good for storing everything?

and we've just bought this duplo house for DS for his 4th birthday.

Think im gonna have one very spoilt boy for christmas! Ive found loads. Thanks everyone x

The bookcase idea is a brilliant idea :D

We have had a lot of mileage out of Happy Land stuff from ELC - it's great for imaginative play. They come in loads of different scenes - airport, farm, fairground etc. Our most played with item is the house, as you can ring the doorbell, make the tv light up and make sounds, ring the telephone and the cooker makes "sizzling" sounds. A lot can be found on ebay.

Brilliant thank you :)

thanks. I wish I'd thought of it earlier but we're wall-to-wall expedit (which could also work if you stick a roof on it)

Think im gonna go with happy land :-) was just what im after

I've got a 20% off vouchers coming up, so don't order it just yet - I'll try to find it.

(for ELC I mean)

If you're looking at ELC, then register online with them and your DC's age etc and they usually send discount vouchers ahead of birthdays and Xmas.

wow thank you thats so kind. They have 20% off happyland at the mo any way :D x