Playing the Closet

Too many parents complain about their children spending too much time playing with video games and watching television. When you have had enough of your child spending time in front of a screen, then it is time to encourage your children to have some make-believe time. Make believe activities can happen all over the house, but playing in the closet is a great place for kids to unleash their inner creativity.

Create a Fort in the Closet    


Children love to create forts and the closet is a great place to set up a fort. Depending on the size of the closet, kids can turn the closet into a fun place to hide and hang out. Kids can use blankets to make the closet fort exactly what they want it to be. They can use shoe boxes for treasure chests and if you let them bring in toys, they can really have fun in the closet.

Make-Believe Playtime

Closets can turn into houses for Barbie dolls or parking garages for cars. If your child has a closet to use for play, you will be pleasantly surprised at what he or she can come up with when you give them the freedom to play creatively. If your closet has built-in shelves, those shelves can become landing pads for flying stuffed animals or rooms for those Barbie dolls. Your closet could even become a make-believe store as your child tries out running his or her own pretend grocery store.

Small Spaces are Fun for Kids

Children often enjoy having small spaces to create their make-believe world. That small space then can be easily transformed into a creative location for play. It does not matter if the closet is a walk-in with enough room to park a car, or if the closet is a typical coat closet with bi-fold doors, children can make use of a variety of small spaces. Kids will have fun playing in a closet whether the closet is completely empty or if there are coats hanging from the racks. However, if you have a closet that you can leave relatively empty, your child will have more room to play and you will have fewer worries about things falling onto your child.

Decorate the Walls

Something else that can be fun for kids is to let them decorate the interior walls of the closet. Since closet walls are covered by doors, the walls are often unseen. If you have kids who love to color on the walls, why not let your kids color on the inside of their closet walls? You will need to be very clear about the space that you give them, so that they do not take their artwork outside of the walls. Closets can be more than just boring white walls.

Remove the Doors

Another way to make closet play fun is to remove the doors. This way, you do not have to worry about your child getting stuck if the doors close and you can also see your child at play. Removing the doors from the closet can also help children who fear that monsters live there; because without doors, there is nowhere to hide.