Note to parents

Dreams come true on Paddywhack Lane. With the Costume Kids, your child’s imagination creates his own world full of friendships, problem-solving, humor, and love. In turn, his pretend play mirrors the dreams you have for him.

A self-confident, active, compassionate, intelligent, and creative child whose actions reflect the family values is a dream all parents have. We know that you work hard to provide the modeling and life discussions needed to raise a happy and healthy child. Thankfully, pretend play can also help nurture your child’s character. Your child’s physical, emotional, social, and intellectual well-being are each positively impacted by pretend play.

Physical Growth
The nature of pretend play is for your child to be active. Whether your daughter is hopping around the living room like Costume Kid Rachel, or improving her dexterity by posing the flowers in Lauren’s playset, pretend play encourages physical growth.

Emotional Growth

When children enter a world of their imagination through pretend play, they have the opportunity to make important decisions, resolve conflicts, pursue their interests, and experiment with emotions. Your child’s imaginative responses to Joshua and Anthony arguing over where to search for treasure let your child experiment with emotions and appropriate responses.

Through pretend play your child has the opportunity to view the world from many different perspectives. Pretending to be a mommy, daddy, police officer, teacher, astronaut, or superhero helps teach your child the values of respect and perseverance. These are important learning experiences that are hard to find in other types of play or childhood activities.

Social Growth

While pretend play benefits a child during independent play, it is also a great opportunity for shared play. When a group of young children create a world of pretend play together, they learn how to share, negotiate, and advocate for themselves.

Intellectual Growth

Pretend play can also profoundly impact a child’s intellectual growth. Toys like those by Paddywhack Lane are perfect for cultivating and encouraging your child’s creativity. Abstract thinking, a critical necessity for school success, develops through pretend play. When your child creates his own Paddywhack Lane from cardboard boxes, he is thinking in the abstract as he lets the boxes represent homes, stores, and tree houses. Language skills are also further developed though pretend play which encourages a vocabulary as rich as your child’s imagination. Furthermore, the gift of storytelling is learned through pretend play, and strong narrative skills will continue to help your child grow intellectually.

Knowing the immeasurable benefits of pretend play, Paddywhack Lane is committed to providing the finest quality children’s toys at an affordable price. We are excited to know the hours spent with the Costume Kids not only create treasured memories but also help your child become the special person you are raising her to be. Please take the time to share your magical experiences of pretend play through the Costume Kids of Paddywhack Lane with us!

The Paddywhack Lane Education Team