From Cubby House to Pizza Shop

This weekend I brought out the cubbyhouse that we made last week (see cubbyhouse ideas post) . It was easy to uncollapse and stick back together with sticky tape.

JJ stuck a pizza restaurant menu onto the front door, and that's when the inspiration hit, we decided to turn the cubbyhouse into a PIZZA SHOP!

I cut out some cardboard pizza bases, some red tomatoes/salami from a real estate magazine, and made shredded cheese from yellow craft paper. It worked a treat, and so fun to make!

How to make a pretend pizza! Put on the shredded cheese.

Add tomatoes (which can also double as salami!)

The boys then put the pizzas into the Pizza Shop oven to bake.

The pizza in the oven

I also taught JJ to take orders, he can almost write the word 'pizza'!

Jae's attempt at writing '1 Pizza' pretty good!! (plus cute picture)

Then, inevitably, SamSam forgot to take his pizza out of the oven for a very long time. We put a pizza in the oven, then had a nap and forgot to take it out.

We had a make believe fire in the shop. Which meant, naturally, that we had to have a fire engine and rescue crew. Cue a cardboard box, red Christmas wrapping paper, paper cutout lights and wheels, and some braces...and voila, a Fire Engine!!!

The smile on SamSam's face shows how much fun they were having.

Fires were breaking out left, right and centre, and every few minutes.  When they got tired of putting out fires, they'd go back to making pizzas. The boys had a great time :)

Cubby house ideas

Last weekend we made a fantastic cubbyhouse. Aunty Tiffany came to visit and so we had extra creativity and extra help to make it!

The boys have loved playing in it, and we loved making it too!

JJ about to open the front door. He said the door number was number 2 because he saw it on a box! Notice the flower egg carton holder, and pretty blue curtains!

More of an aerial view of the cubbyhouse. It is built of two tall boxes, split open down a long side, and stuck together with stickytape. I later added an extra panel for more space- see orange cardboard! JJ referred to the house as the 'apple and mango house' because of the writing on this box!

In the above photo, on the right of JJ, you'll see two letterboxes stuck on the cardboard. This was a great addition to the cubby, - the boys had a great time drawing on paper and posting them 'letters' to themselves!

Inside the cubby there is a stove, sink, cupboard, shelf, and computer desk complete with keyboard and monitor.

I also printed out a clock to stick on the wall. Here is a better shot of the sink with flower vase and plastic play food!

The boys also drew some pictures which we 'framed' and put up on the wall. They had a great time bringing in their spongebed and pretending to sleep, cook and work in their little home.

They prefer playing under a 'roof' which is a simple white sheet draped over the top. At night we turn on a tall lamp that shines outside the cubbyhouse onto the roof which illuminates it beautifully without it being too bright :)

I'll be packing it up tonight and bringing out once a week for them to play in. I'm looking forward to some great times with this little house!