Description
Bring creativity, movement and storytelling to life with the Make-Believe Role Play Resource Collection 3–7yrs, a thoughtfully curated set of costumes and character accessories designed to enrich expressive language, confidence and imaginative thinking across EYFS and KS1. Featuring a range of high-quality, washable resources including capes, hats, wings, masks and soft scarves, this collection supports active, child-led storytelling and collaborative exploration.
Children will use the costumes and accessories to create and explore a wide range of imaginative scenarios. The butterfly wings encourage expressive movement and role-taking, while the pirate hats and swords invite collaborative play involving problem-solving and communication. The red riding hood and witch accessories encourage exploration of traditional tales while the scarves and masks add versatility, enabling children to adapt their characters and develop storytelling skills. As they choose roles, negotiate storylines and act out scenes together, children practice social interaction, turn-taking and build confidence in verbal expression.
With the witch’s hat and pretend cauldron, children cast spells and create potions, using movement to bring their stories to life, spark imaginative thinking and language use. They might use Giant Wooden Balance Scale to measure “magical ingredients” or Set of Outdoor chalkboards to write their spell recipes and potion instructions, introducing meaningful mark marking to the outdoor classroom. A picnic basket filled with pretend food invites them to host royal feasts or gather for storytelling sessions under a “castle” using materials from the Building & Construction Resource Collection 3–7yrs. As they rehearse conversation and express their characters’ feelings, children develop empathy, social skills, and turn-taking, learning to listen and respond within their shared stories.
These open-ended play scenarios naturally nurture language development by encouraging children to try out new vocabulary and experiment with sentence structures. They learn to describe their characters and settings, retell stories and perform short plays, supporting key spoken language goals in the EYFS and KS1 curriculum.
Enhance your storytelling experiences by combining with our Outdoor Role Play Picnic Collection 3–7yrs, perfect for extending social scenarios and encouraging collaborative conversations. To foster adventurous exploration, consider adding the Explorers Role Play Resource Collection 3–7yrs, featuring explorer costumes, binoculars and compasses to encourage observation and investigative skills.
Explore the full range of Outdoor Role Play resources to enhance your early years outdoor classroom, creating an engaging and inspiring environment where children can learn, explore, and thrive.
Learning opportunities
- Exploring imaginative ideas through storytelling, narrative, and pretend scenarios
- Retelling familiar stories and creating new ones to develop language and creativity
- Expressing thoughts and emotions using movement, gesture, and facial expression
- Building communication and cooperation skills through shared activities and discussions
This Make Believe Role Play Resource Collection 3-7yrs includes:
- 1 Reversible Knight/Dragon Cape, approx. 64cm x 114cm
- 2 Masks, featuring a Dragon and Wolf
- 1 Little Red Riding Cape, approx. 94cm x 127cm x 2.5cm
- 2 Sets Butterfly Wings
- 1 Black Witch hat
- 1 Witches Cauldron, 28cm x 28cm x 19cm
- 2 Captain hook hats, 14cm x 41cm x 3cm
- 2 Pirate Waistcoat and Eye patch, 40cm x 38cm x 1cm
- 2 Pirate Cutlass 28cm x 10.5cm x 1.8cm
- 1 Black Chiffon Fabric
- 3 Large Role Play Wrap
- 1 Picnic basket 30cm x 23cm x 16cm
- Play Food including; 1 Green Apple, 1 Red Apple, 1 Apple Tart and 1 Raspberry Tart
- Suitable from age 3 and over
Storage Solutions
Keep your provision organised and accessible with the Make-believe Role Play 3-7 yrs storage solution designed to perfectly house this collection and support easy self-selection in busy early years environments.
Variations
Many of our resources are produced in a variety of colours and styles and may vary slightly from those shown, however we guarantee that you will always receive the same quality and value. Secondary images used for representation purposes only.
