We have lots of hospital props due to my Family Day Care Service but you really don’t need to go out and buy special equipment, the idea of this activity is to use what you have and turn it into something fun!
As well as the toy props I used some craft wadding and cotton balls, old medicine syringes, cut up pieces of old bandage to make smaller bandages and some homemade bandaids and plaster casts made from felt scraps which I showed you how to do in this post.
We also made some easy DIY stethoscopes with old headbands, some ribbon scraps and baby jar lids!
You would be surprised at what children will want to include in their Doc boxes and what they will use everyday items for in their dramatic role play games. Just add a few basics and let them take it from there!