Sweets & Treats

All the Ways to Play:

  1. Ice Cream & Sweets Cart:

    This cart is perfect for open-ended play. Work on following directions, motor skills, and sorting. Let your little one set up their ice cream cart & take orders!
    Functional Language: ice cream, money, cone, “Can I have..”

  2. Wooden Ice Cream Truck Sorting Toy:

    Great toy for increasing fine motor strength and coordination as your little one works on fitting the magnetic ice cream cones together, then aligns and slides them into the slats on the truck. Great for 2+ years.
    Functional Language: ice cream, in, out, more, stack, on top

  3. Melissa & Doug Birthday Cake:

    Increase fine motor skills as your little one constructs the birthday cake, then engage in pretend play together by singing “Happy Birthday”, blowing out the candles, slicing, and serving the cake to each other. A great toy for practicing social routines!
    Functional Language: cake, cut, slice, eat, more, yum, happy birthday, toppings, candles

  4. Scoop & Stack Ice Cream Set:

    Work on wrist rotation needed for self-feeding and spoon usage while engaging with this fun ice cream stacking set. It’s great for following directions by giving your little one your desired ice cream flavor, then waiting for them to scoop it and serve it to you.
    Functional Language: scoop, serve, ice cream, cone, scoop, stack, more

  5. Bake & Decorate Cupcakes:

    These cupcake are perfect for working on using two hands together (bilateral coordination) and practicing coloring in a small space. Order the items in an assembly line to work on sequencing with your little one. Great for 3+ years.
    Functional Language: cupcake, decorate, bake

  6. Shape Sorting Cupcakes:

    Practice increasing fine motor skills as well as matching and shape identification with this cupcake set. Introduce around 18 months to work on fitting cupcake halves together and taking them apart, then start to talk about the shapes and colors around 3 years.
    Functional Language: cupcake, eat, yum, shape, colors

  7. Rainbow Color Cones:

    Challenge your little one to hold the ice cream cone in one hand, then use the other hand to stack the colored cones on top of each other.
    Functional Language: ice cream, more, eat, yum, lick, stack, colors

  8. Frozen Treats Play Set:

    Work on visual and matching skills as you point to which frozen treat you want, then wait for your little one to find the treat and give it to you!
    Functional Language: “I want…,” point, matching, same, different, ice cream, cookie, popsicle

  9. Scoop & Learn Ice Cream Cart:

    There are so many ways to play with this ice cream cart. Engage in open-ended play as your little one scoops and serves you - and takes your “payment,” too!
    Functional Language: ice cream, more, pay, please, scoop

  10. Tea Stand w/Treats:

    The perfect set of pretend food to have at your next tea party! Practice using language like more, eat, & yum! as you request and sample all of the desserts in this set.
    Functional Language: yum, eat, more, dessert

  11. Slice & Bake Cookie Set:

    Practice safely cutting with this wooden knife as your little one slices the cookies apart. Then bake, serve, and eat the cookies together while you engage in pretend play together. 
    Functional Language: cookie, cut, slice, more, bake

  12. Fruit Salad:

    Work on increasing spoon handling and scooping skills by prompting your little one to “scoop up the strawberry,” then wait for them to find and scoop out the strawberry. Continue with other fruits.
    Functional Language: scoop, fruit, colors

How to Set the Play Scene:

You have your pretend play sweets & treats, and the books to match, but how do you set them up for play? Our Ways to Play Guides can help with that!

If your little one loves sweets & treats, be sure to check out our play food, coffee & tea, & kitchen pages, too!

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