help me find some cheap play food for the little boy i work with

[memoo]

I'm a TA and amongst other things I support a little boy with autism. He loves playing with play food, pretending to cook etc but he really want the one item i haven't got which is an apple.

Its such a simple thing but I really want to get him one, can't get any money from school funds at the mo so although I'm pretty broke myself I thought i'd get him one. Trouble is I can't find any cheap ones.

I found whole sets costing £15+ but can't really afford this, does anyone know anywhere good online that sells things like this? ideally as single items.

I have treid ebay and amazon but nothing on there at mo

i made pretend food for dd out of saltdough

ot sure you could do an apple wihtout cooking it for ages though..unless a 2D one

I think I have a playfood apple I will look and send if I find it.

Asda had a playfood set for around 3.00 but I'm not sure if it had an apple.

ou could buy that playdough type stuff that dries out though

this might be worth a look

Meemoo,

I've got a whole box of it you can have? I'm happy to post it or you can pickup if you live in Surrey. It's the stuff from the early learning centre - whole plastic pieces of apple, broccoli, toast etc.

Do you want it?

I'm fed up with falling over it all day.

Oh yes, I've got the apple too.

banana, that would be fantastic if you're sure you don't mind. I have paypal so can send you the cost of Postage.

My email is [email protected]

Julie xx

I definitely don't mind, happy to get rid of it, shall email you now.

Awwww, how lovely

Thats one of the reason i love mumsnet! you're all so lovely xxx

aww isnt it brill how mumsnet works.

Banana I have emailed you.

The little boy is only 5, I wish you knew how happy you are going to make him

Think you just earnt your place in heaven! xx

Oh that's kind of you.

Truly you are doing me a favour, our friends gave it to dd for her birthday last year and she's never played with it, just tipped it all over the floor and then moved on. It drives me barmy.

I might need to do more than this to get into heaven....

Glad you got a kind netmummy to help out! Just for info, I got playfood in sainsburys the other day for 99p per netful and I also bought a wee shopping basket full of child-size sainsbury's groceries for £1.99 - bargain imo and ds loves playing with it!

JanieK and those little nets are now £0.49P each plus similar quality as ELC