Inspired by the Disney Junior Doc McStuffins series, the kids have been very interested in role-playing Doctors lately. While they were busy the other day, I set up a little Invitation to Play Doctors, utilising the free printable Toy Check-up Checklist from the Disney Junior website, some willing toys as patients and other bits and bobs from around the house. Setting up your pretend Doctors Surgery For our Dr's Tools I used a range of materials from store bought to recycled items. You can use whatever you have on hand, remembering that children have fabulous imaginations and don't need exact replicas to be able to play. We used: Pretend play Drs tools from our dress-ups (these can be purchased cheaply from variety stores) Craft materials (cotton buds and cotton balls. You can also use craft sticks etc.) Rubber gloves Paper tape (coloured masking tape for bandaids and holding bandages together) Recycled ribbons, scraps of material and cut up recycled packaging (for bandages) Measuring tape/ruler Doctor/vet dress-ups (one of Dad's shirts would work well as a Doctor's coat too) Free printable check-up list You and/or your children can make a simple sign for your Doctor's Surgery. It's easy to add authentic literacy learning into your pretend play by including things for them to read and write. As well as our Dr's tool station, there was a "waiting room" for all the toys and a "bed" for them to have their check-up on. All set up, time to play! Learning with Pretend Play When involved in role play, children are given opportunities to practice and develop a whole range of skills depending on the type of play and materials used. This type of play is very important for children as it allows for hands-on investigation and creativity, in a context that makes sense to them. This provides a rich and authentic learning experience. During their Doctors role play my children practiced: cooperation imagination story telling language body part knowledge fine motor skills sharing being doctors simple medical knowledge reading writing counting compromising being kind Maddie (aged 5) played for around an hour and her younger brother (aged almost 3) was engaged for quite a bit of that time but would wander off from the play and then return to it when he felt like it. The toys were feeling much better by the end. To get a copy of the Free Printable Doctor's Checklist for your kids to use in their Toy Doctor Pretend play, click the picture above. What's your child's favourite type of pretend play? Happy playing, Debs :) Look where else we are. Are you following along? :)

Time for your check up! Time for your check up! Make an appointment for an all-new check up– Friday September 26 at 9am/8c on Disney Junior on Disney Channel! Doc McStuffins School of Medicine week starts Monday September 22 at 9am/8c on Disney Junior!! It’s a whole week of back-to-back episodes where you’ll see Doc […]

Doc McStuffins was such a fun theme for my daughter’s 4th birthday party! Judging by all the fun and laughter we had that day, I’m pretty sure this party was a big hit with all her little friends. I absolutely love making personalized party favors, games and activities, but I also love quick and...Read More

Check out the Fun Party Photos from Isla's Doc McStuffins themed 4th Birthday Party. They are sure to provide you with lots of Ideas & Inspiration for Party Food, Games, Favours & Decorations!

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This Doc McStuffins Birthday Party had everything. We made Doc-inspired toy stethescopes, sandwiches, and desserts. Games: Stuffed animal checkups and more!

Lambie is one of the main characters from Doc McStuffins. She is a sweet and pretty little lamb who loves ballet, and has been friends with Doc for a long time. She gets along with most characters because she is very kind. She loves to give cuddles, especially to patients in the McStuffinsville Toy Hospital. She also appears in The Doc Files. Lambie is as soft as the wool covering her! She is gentle and sweet, but usually not timid or shy. She gives good advice and loves ballet. If she thinks so

Our foster daughter of six months was turning 5 years old and loved the cartoon show Doc McStuffins! She was about to leave our home with her brother and we were so glad we could celebrate with her before she left! I had a lot of fun putting this together for her. I hope you enjoy and get some great inspiration! Our very happy birthday girl! She moved into our home right before we celebrated two of our kiddos birthday parties and was very much looking forward to her own party. She wanted to dress up and had such a good time! Oh I miss her so. All of our Doc McStuffin's themed food! These were a lot of fun to make. Pretzels (ours happen to be GF) with the ends dipped in white melting chocolate. I let them dry on wax paper and put on a plate. They were actually quite good, salty and sweet. :) GF wafer cookies with frosting on them for our "bandaids" :) Cotton Candy Our stethoscope cake (with extra cupcakes so we had enough for our guests.) Some of our decorations for our gift opening spot. Of course we had the cartoon on the TV in the background. :) I made doctor coats and stethoscopes for all of the kids. Super fun and easy. Doctor coats- I took adult small white haines T-shirts and cut down the middle of them. I then used a sewing hemming glue to iron so I got a folded edge. I didn't have time to dig my sewing machine out of the garage. They were a perfect size for the kids. Stethoscopes- These were made from fabric colored headbands I found at the Dollar Tree. I used ribbon and grey felt to hot glue for the ear buds and for the end piece. (I have no idea what that is called! LOL) I found this game at party city and made paper bandaids that we taped on. It was Pin the bandaid on the boo-boo. But the games always come with only 8 pieces to pin on. So I made extra pieces by cutting paper and coloring on them with marker. I also wrote their names on them so we knew who pinned where. The "Gift Shop" I filled the gift bags with Doc McStuffins bandaids and hershey kisses for boo-boo's and fruit snacks and a few other little treats. It was super fun to put together and the kids had a blast!

Today's Birthday Party is one of my favorites! Right before she turned three my oldest child decided she wanted to be a veterinarian. All thanks to a little show called "Doc McStuffins." She watched the

Lambie McStuffins is one of the main characters from Doc McStuffins. She is a sweet and pretty little lamb who loves ballet, and has been friends with Doc for a long time. She gets along with most characters because she is very kind. She loves to give cuddles, especially to patients in the McStuffinsville Toy Hospital. Lambie also appears in The Doc Files. Lambie is as soft as the wool covering her! She is gentle and sweet, but usually not timid or shy. She gives good advice and loves ballet. If

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Stuffy is one of the main characters from Doc McStuffins. He is a lovable, blue stuffed toy dragon who is the bravest yet clumsiest dragon around and has a terrifying fear of spiders. He also appears in The Doc Files. While being brave and intelligent sometimes, Stuffy is rather clumsy, but he doesn't always trip and fall successfully. Whenever he does it, everyone often laughs at him because they think it is funny. But when Stuffy causes a frequent accident during a patient's check-up or at any

This fantastic DOC MCSTUFFINS INSPIRED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Julianna Smigelsky of Tabletop Treats.

Dottie "Doc" McStuffins is the titular character of the show with the same name. She is a stuffed animal/toy doctor.No matter how blue,broken,or big the case is,Doc is always there to help any toy in need. Doc is generally a sociable figure and is never harsh towards her toy friends. She has a lab coat.