Rainy Day? The Shop is Still Open.

Some of the best rainy day afternoons are the ones spent at the craft table. Especially when what you're making ends up running its own pretend bakery, ice cream parlor, or farmer's market by sundown.

Here are a few of our favorite crafts to bring a pretend shop to life. We've linked out to the makers and bloggers who do these best, so all the instructions are one click away.

Free Printable Play Pizza Craft — Simple Crafty Fun has a cute printable kids cut out, color, and assemble. 

Paper Plate Pizza Craft — Kids Craft Room The classic uses a paper plate base, craft foam toppings, yarn for "cheese." 

Printable Paper Ice Cream Cones — our very own Swingly printable of ice cream cones to print and add "scoops" made from felt, paper or other things around the house.

Paper Plate Ice Cream Craft — Happy Toddler Playtime Tissue has another fun ice cream craft made from paper "scoops" stacked on a paper plate cone. 

16 Free Felt Fruit Patterns — The Yellow Birdhouse For the moms who sew. Felt strawberries, apples, peaches. 

Free Printable Play Money — Design Eat Repeat Clean has an adorable design and you can print right on cardstock for durability.

Design Your Own Play Money — Picklebums A blank template kids customize themselves. Great if you want the play money to feel like the kid's own.

(Not feeling crafty? Our Activity Sets ready-made and pack all the fun!  Check out the Swingly Activity Sets.