All the DAZE Productions: Prop Boxes - Themes that begin with "G"

Include the following collections of objects and materials for children to create, discover, and use for
imaginary play. Store collections in boxes or baskets to be accessible at any time (indoors or outdoors)
for children to enhance their dramatic play.

Click Here for Alphabetical Prop Box Directory

G
Garage
adding machine, bills, blank booklet (for children to draw or write about experiences in centre), car
dashboard and steering wheel, car seats,
cars (toy ride-in size), car wash materials (sponge, hose, etc.), cash register and play money, chairs
(small), creeper, telephone and telephone directory,
tires, emergency kit, funnels, headlights, oil cans, paper, drawing and writing, tools (for work orders,
etc.), receipt book, scale, shovel, table (low), tools,
wires (plastic-coated are safest)

GAS STATION
tools, toolbox,steering wheel, play money , work clothes, "oil" cans, "gas" hose , cash register,
squeegee/bucket, poster with prices , tire gauge, car keys, funnel (for oil) , rags, tire pump, auto supply
catalog , gas can (new), used/washed or new auto parts

Grocery Store
activity guide, plastic vegetables & fruit, grocery cart/basket, tape recorder, tapes of grocery store
music, grocery bags (plastic, paper, canvas or other environmentally friendly ones), empty food
containers, small food boxes (empty egg carton or pasta boxes),empty cans (commercial labels could
still be attached or children could make their own), telephone and telephone directory, markers, name
tags, posters of food items, grocery basket(s), plastic fruits & vegetables (from various cultures), cash
register/adding machine, calculator, play money, cheques,aprons/smocks, grocery flyers, signs,
coupons, telephone, receipt tapes (save from grocery store), old purses and wallets, fruit counters,
plates, shopping lists, food sequence puzzles, food pyramid puzzles, stencils, children's books, fruit
beanbags, blank booklet (for children to draw or write about experiences in centre), bulletin board (for
garage sale ads, etc.), paper, drawing and writing tools (for advertising specials, bills, lists, etc.), price
stickers, rain checks, scale, suggestion box,

Beyond the Box: shopping cart, shelves, low table

Garden
plastic flowers, dirt, gardening gloves, small trowel, plastic bugs, straw hat, knee pads, plastic pots,
shovel, rake, gardening gloves, watering can, oasis, vases, cash register, telephone, order book,
paper, pen (to take orders), aprons, spray bottle, play money & credit cards, paper bags, seeds or
bulbs, artificial vegetables, fruit, plants, books, reference plant book and magazines, photographic
activity cards, growing things magnet board with related magnets, pinwheels and garden decorations,
mini greenhouse, magnifying glass, florist smock, garden hats, potting soil,

As a group, make any of the following items to include in your Garden themed prop box:
1. Flower Shop Sign
2. Open/Closed Sign
3. Welcome Sign
4. Clock
5. “Today’s Special”/Price List Sign
6. Egg Carton Flower
7. Styrofoam Cup Flower
8. Paper Plate Sunflower
9. Hand Print Lilies
10. Foot Print Flower
11. Construction Paper Flowers
12. Muffin Liner Paper Flowers
13. Tissue Paper Flowers
14. Kleenex Flowers
15. Coffee Filter Daffodil
16. Coffee Filer Aster
17. Coffee Filer Rose
18. Pop up Flower
19. Popsicle Flower
20. Sculpted Flower
21. Pop Bottle Print Flower
22. Flower Clothes’ Pegs
23. Construction Paper Daisy
24. Construction Paper Geometric Flower
25. Newspaper Plant
26. Seed Packets
27. Sensory Bottles with a variety of seeds
28. Decorative Pots
29. Money
30. Garden themed dye cut matching cards
31. Garden themed counting cards
32. Garden themed classification game
33. File Folder Game (Example 1)
34. File Folder Game (Example 2)
35. Calendar Puzzles
36. “Thinking of you” Card
37. “Congratulations” Card
38. “Happy Birthday” Card
39. “I Love You” Card
40. Gift Tags
41. Stepping Stones
42. Decorative Rocks
43. Wind Chimes
44. Wind Sock
45. Pinwheels
46. Decorative Kite
47. Bird House
48. Coffee Filter Butterfly
49. Laundry Scoop Gardening Cart
50. Decorated Baskets