Circus: Grab hula hoops, stools, costumes, stuffed animals, even face paint and material for posters.Let them hang clothes on a clothesline, “iron” the clothes, etc. Laundry: Throw all the doll clothes into the washing machine-real or pretend.Office: Load them up with old office supplies, something to resemble a computer (even a folded piece of cardboard can work, especially if they decorate it!), etc.Explain terms like loan, teller, and interest. Bank: Kids make their own paper “money” and use pennies, paper clips, etc.Older kids can map out the routes of their train across the country.
Better yet, have the kids make their own.
Train: Arrange chairs or laundry baskets as cars office supply stores sell rolls of tickets. Airplane with pilot: Pull some chairs into two lines to look like an airplane cabin-or just enough chairs to look like a cockpit. You might even give the kids a mission, like creating a boat, or a device to keep an egg from breaking when it’s dropped from counter height. Factory: Grab some rinsed-out recycling-old containers, etc.-with some paper brads, masking tape, and other fairly harmless items to attach one thing to another. 
And there’s always the old go-to broom-handle-turned-horse.
Knights and maidens: Boys can make swords out of, well, anything girls would love a manila-folder-turned-cone-shaped-princess-hat with a filmy scarf flowing out of the top-maybe with their own sword, too. Restaurant: Grab a memo pad, a towel for the waiter or waitress’ arm, an upturned cardboard box with some plastic lids attached for a stove, and kid-sized dishes … you get the idea. Hair salon: Girls love grabbing their dolls, sticking them in a doll highchair, and going to town with some brushes and combs, hair clips/barrettes/etc., a spray bottle, and a bib or blanket as an apron. Have kids craft and decorate a mailbox out of a tissue box or shoebox, then write mail to deliver to family and friends. Post office: Save envelopes from your junk mail, add some stickers for stamps. Zookeeper: Overturn some laundry baskets over stuffed animals, with a large bowl for some rubber duckies, food and water bowls, leashes, etc. Library: Kids can make library cards and a “scanner” (or whatever checkout method your local library uses), organize their books, or plan a read-aloud story time. Tape it inside a cupboard, and save it for an “I’m bored!” day. Let your kids take these starters and run with them! Be sure to download our “ Today, Let’s Play…” version for kids. Here are 50 unplugged solutions for hours of fun, cooperation, and imagination. (If not, “making do” is great for young minds, too.) Stimulating kids’ creativity is easier than you think! These fun role-playing ideas for kids can be as simple or elaborate as you’d like, using items you likely already have lying around the house.
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