Woodsman’s Hat Pretend Play
DRESS UP FUN
HAT: This high-quality, hand sewn children’s suede and wool blend felt hat in brown-green or green-green is finished with ostrich feathers for extra panache! The brown-green hat matches the brown cape. The green-green hat matches the green cape. Find the capes here.
Send your child on a great adventure with a Woodsman hat, Huntsman hat, Robin Hood, Peter Pan, or Medieval Hawker’s Hat or any other character they can imagine during pretend play.
[NOTE: There are three different hats to choose from. The green fabric on the brown-green hat (colors A-B) does NOT match the green cape—for that, you’d need either the green-green hat (colors C-B) or the green-brown hat (colors C-A)]
SIZE
- Toddler Size Hat – Ages 2-3 years (with adult supervision only)
- Child Size Hat 3+ years
CARE: Gentle Wash or Hand Wash, Line Dry
PRETEND PLAY ALL YEAR
This woodsman hat [and cape (pieces sold separately)] are a fun and easy Halloween Costume but will also give hours and hours of Imaginary Play long after Halloween is over!
“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land.” (Peter Pan)
PHOTO
Please look at the close up photo to see the different colors better, especially the two greens. The labels of A, B and C have been added .
DETAILS
- Fairy Finery
- Ages 3 years and older
- High-Quality, Durable
- poly-wool blend suede cloth
- Hand sewn by a professional seamstress
- Brown or Green
- Pieces Sold separately
WHY IS DRESS UP PRETEND PLAY SO IMPORTANT
Pretend play in all forms, including dress up, during a child’s younger years is important for children’s development of imagination, which is a precursor to creativity and problem solving down the road.
A child under the age of 6 doesn’t yet hold imaginary pictures in their heads (as in themselves looking like Robin Hood) and so need props, such as dress up clothes, to help them pretend play and use their imagination to the fullest. Only once dressed as Robin Hood can they fully immerse into the imaginary world of Robin Hood.
By age 7, children’s brain development has progressed enough for them to hold imaginary pictures in their mind enough where props are no longer necessary to facilitate pretend play (though they’re still fun to have and I know of no 7-year old who will turn down props for play if given the choice)! A 7-year-old child can pretend to be Robin Hood in their minds, costume or no costume (“day dreaming” begins to emerge here, too.)
This is also why children who are six and below do better with picture books and children age 7 and above begin to do well with chapter books that have many less illustrations with less detail and less color—nothing compares to one’s own picture in the mind by this age!
