Dress Up Sets

“Can we play check up, Mommy?” I hear those words VERY often. My 3.5 year old daughter just LOVES to play doctor. If I’m unavailable, often I’ll discover her giving her 2 year old brother or stuffed animals a “check up”. It’s adorable, especially when “the Doctor” is all suited up in the Melissa and Doug Doctor Role Play Costume Set.

At our house, my husband and I really encourage creative play such as “playing doctor” (or fireman, teacher, etc). Not overtly, but we like to make sure our kids have things to play with that will stretch them to be creative and imaginative. A kids doctor set is a “must”.

There are many doctor costume sets on the market. So what makes this one the one to buy?  Is the Melissa and Doug Doctor Role Play Costume Set as good quality as their other sets?

Let’s dig into it and take a look!

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The Melissa and Doug brand of dress up role play costumes is well known to be simply, good stuff.  But is the Melissa and Doug Train Engineer Role Play Costume Set as good as the other super popular costume sets?  Let’s take a good look at this one.

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The Melissa and Doug Train Engineer Role Play Costume Set

Like the other role play costume sets in the Melissa and Doug line, the Train Engineer set comes with one main costume part (in this case, an apron/overalls), one hat, and several accessories that help with role play fun.

The Melissa & Doug Train Engineer Role Play Costume Set includes the following:

• Engineer’s Smock/Overalls
• Engineer’s Hat
• Train schedule card – plastic
• Hammer for fixing train tracks when there’s a need
• Wrench for tightening loose bolts on the tracks
• Walkie-talkie that has fun sound effects
• A name tag for pencil personalization.

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The Melissa & Doug Fire Chief Role Play Costume Set is one of the top selling costume sets by this top-selling world-wide toy manufacturer. Is this a good buy? Should you be purchasing it for your child’s dress up collection, Halloween costume, or Christmas gift?

Dress up dramatic play is a fantastic part of childhood, and there are many children, both boys and girls who love to pretend they are brave and heroic fire fighters. Having a quality fire fighter outfit and hat, as well as some fun accessories is a great help in sparking their imaginations.

My husband and I purchased this exact fire chief role play set for our son for Christmas – so this review is an actual, hands-on, “here’s what it’s like” truth. 

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Is THIS the fire chief outfit to buy? Let’s take a look at it.

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