Playful Pretend Master Gifts

"Can I borrow your credit card, Dad? - We're going to play doctor."

"Did I hear the dog in here?"

"He likes it."

"We're playing doctor. Do you have any old magazines for our waiting room?"

Kid with 'Little Wellness Facilitator' kit

Little doctor.

"I will give you the specimen some other time!"

'Off hand I'd say she needs re-stuffing.'

'This is your spinal column...It's a bunch of bones that runs up and down your back and keeps your legs from going all the way up to your neck.'

'Stop purring I can't hear your heart beat.'

'All of our Little Doctor medical kits are on sale. Since the Healthcare bill passed, sales of the kits have been poor.'

Imagination

A boy dressed as a cowboy riding a stick horse encounters a stick with a cow's skull at the end lying on the ground.

"As night falls, You return to claim what isn't yours. . . come at me, sea devil!!!"

"Let's play make-believe. I'll diagnose you with a life-threatening illness, then cure you with a wonder-drug that turns out to be a placebo."

'Don't bite it. I have to check Daddy next.'

He kept pretending he was going to work when he was just running errands.

That kid's all business.

"Jonathan! I've told you not to put your space toys in the freezer and pretend they're on the ice planet!"

"Fellow graduates, when I look at you, I see future princesses, ninjas, wizards, superheroes, and zombies."

"I tested very high in playing."

'AQ popgun? I want a field model Browning pump chambered for the 3-inch magnum load.'

"Tea parties are passé. I'm opening a craft brewery."

'Let's play doctor. You be the primary care giver and I'll be the doctor you refer patients to.'

"I'm playing "Explorer" and looking for the Elephant Cemetery: there should be really big bones there!"

Children playing in the street

"It's cute that yours has a Fire Island share, mine has the East Hampton Dream House."

"Take a pill in the morning, in the afternoon and at night."

'Maggots.' - playing doctor

Kid to sister: 'I never play doctor anymore. There's too much paperwork.'

'I'm not playing with Kevin anymore. He's suing me.'

"So Dr. Gracie...how are your patients today?"

"Broom! Broom!"

Playing Doctors.

'Let's play alternative health provider.'