Preschoolers love to create worlds of their own imagination. This simple activity uses materials you can find around the house and will turn preschoolers into busy city planners. This great preschool pretend play activity will keep preschoolers busy for hours, creating and playing. Expand the activity by having preschoolers draw a map of the roads they created when they are done.

Pretend Play Supplies

Floor SpaceMasking TapeToy TrucksToy Cars
Optional:Wooden blocksPlastic figuresToy buildingsSmall ToysConstruction Paper

How to Play

Test the masking tape on a piece of your carpet in an inconspicuous location. Press the tape to the carpet, let it sit for an hour or so and remove it to make sure that it will not damage the carpet.Show preschoolers how to lay pieces of tape on the floor to create roads. Help preschoolers create squares to show where buildings may be in their city. Tape pieces of green or blue construction paper to the floor to show grassy space or water.When preschoolers have created a system of roads that they are happy with, help them to create buildings out of wooden blocks and place them at various locations in their city. Help preschoolers populate their city with small dolls or plastic figures.When preschoolers have completed their masking tape city, they can use small cars and trucks to drive along the city streets that they have created.