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Play restaurant: a play idea for 3 year olds

Playing roles means using new words and taking turns. It takes about 15 minutes and uses paper and crayons, plates and cups, a notepad.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Play restaurant3 year olds · about 15 minutes

You need: paper and crayons, plates and cups, a notepad.

  1. Draw a simple menu together with pictures of foods.
  2. Your child is the waiter: they take your order on the notepad.
  3. They bring pretend food on a plate.
  4. Swap jobs; a big sibling can be the cook.

Builds: language and talking and social and emotional. Playing roles means using new words and taking turns.

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