Doctor kit & printables

August 12, 2020

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When you think about some of your most-loved toys as a kid, does it include a play doctor kit? Mine definitely does. I remember giving all of my stuffed animals a check-up with the Playskool kit we had. I’ve been searching for just the right kit for Hattie and decided to go with this wooden set from Le Toy Van. We are big fans of wooden toys and this set is incredibly cute. I love that it comes with a nice, fabric bag to store the supplies in and that the other materials on the tools are fabric instead of plastic. I found a cute doctor’s jacket on Amazon that came with fake band-aids and we added that to the kit as well. And, then I realized she’d probably want to have some leg wraps for the animals so I picked up some extra rolls of Vetrap at Tractor Supply in fun colors.

She had so much fun giving her horse, “Dancer”, a checkup. He was an excellent patient and stood very still while she wrapped his leg. Fun fact, this particular stuffed animal was mine when I was younger and he looks almost identical to my horse, Dancer.

Her cat, Tinka, also got check-up and a band-aid and was sent home with instructions to relax on his blanket. The tools that came with this doctor kit are just the right size for toddlers’ hands. I love that they have moving parts for more realistic play. You can make the thermometer go up and down, spin the dial to check blood pressure, and move the shot handle up and down. It’s the little features like this that add so much!

I also thought it would be fun to have some printables to go with the kit so it would give Hattie a better idea of what doctors and vets check during a visit. I wanted to incorporate a little lesson about doctor visits, so we watched an episode of Mr. Rogers that featured kids going to the doctor with explanations about everything. It helped give Hattie an idea of what normally happens during a visit and how to use each tool. This sparked an idea to create a form so she could have a visual reference for everything. Of course, I decided to design a few different forms for her – one for humans, one for small pets, and an equine version.