A Spy Party In A Wooden Playhouse!
September 14th, 2010
Excitement brews in a wooden playhouse when your child becomes a secret agent and has help from many other secret spy agents to boot. There is always some type of problem or dilemma for a kid to try to solve. It’s a whole world of intrigue and mysteries for your child to think about as their little imaginations get a real work out.
Check out these three easy ways to give your little 007 what he or she needs to crack the code on fun:
Fill the wooden playhouse spy hut with lots of super agent clothes! Your child will need everything from trench coats and fedora hats to funky sunglasses and pocketwatches to dress the part. To keep the wooden playhouse dressing area neat, you may want to provide rolling drawers or a trunk that can be filled with clothing. You can also keep your expenses down by purchasing clothing at thrift stores which often sell them for very cheap prices, as low as a dollar sometimes. Also, consider having a coat rack or hooks where they can hang things up.
Spies need lots of gadgets! Because they will be “secret” gadgets, they need to have a place dedicated to these cool spy toys. They may want to use the loft area of their wooden playhouse to house these magnificent little tools. Create a “storage” area with decorated shoeboxes. Let your child cover shoeboxes with colorful and sparkly wrapping paper that you can buy from the dollar store. Label them by using pictures of what they represent, even if your child has to use his or her imagination to pretend that one thing is another.
Set up an area, such as a table and chairs for spy meetings with his or her friends. Your wooden playhouse table could be one that coordinates with the colors that you are already using in your child’s spy hut, or it can be a “non-matching” table that is covered over to blend in. Either way, your child will love having a place to look at blueprints for buildings that he or she will have to enter and maps for planning their “routes”.
With their wooden playhouse as their command station or headquarters, your child and the other little spies that he or she knows will have a fantastic time doing their spy stuff in it. Be sure to provide a few wacky drinks like juices that are one color but taste like another, and fun snacks for them to nosh as they do their spy work. Austin Powers, watch out!