Do you do make believe ?

No I have never played this particular game but I have played make believe with my children, they like these games and dress up in different customes and play not just mother and fathers but actress and it teaches them how to do acting but this one you put here is really great and thank you for the discussion I shall tell my children to tell my grandchildren about this particular game.

My sons 3 and his favourite make believe game at the moment is shops lol. He has these fake coins and comes into the kitchen at the bench and calls out Mr. Mum I need to buy some drink please, or toast please etc lol. I make him what he wants he pays me and and its oh thankyou Mr Mum ill be back later have a nice day! hehe. He loves to make believe and I think its great to play along with them, not only does it teach them but its also fun! :)

I guess I had quite a vivid imagination as a child and as I had no brothers or sisters would dream up pretend games that I used to play on my own, I set up my own little office, with phone, and manual typewriter and I pretended I owned a business, I had staff rotas pinned up on my wall, I had pretend staff who had pretend holiday rotas, I used to write myself notes pretending they were from my employees! It was really fun, when I first found work I was a secretary so it was all good practice, I guess as a child I always knew that I would be working in the office!

Yes I used to do it with my Kids when they where really small. But in my case it was more a case of getting them to eat or do things that they didn't really want to lol. Like I told my Daughter that we needed to give the Birdies her Bottle, and that she was to imagine the Poor Birds whose Mummy could not buy a Bottle for them and to think how happy she would make them. And she did, so the Birdies got her Bottle ( she did want me to get it back that night lol, she said she only lent it to them, but managed to get her out of that one to).

Sounds a bit weird, I think I didn't really understand the idea, do you just say that things or do you act accordingly? Anyhow, people should do what they enjoy doing, if you are happy doing so then have a ball :)

Yes I do, with my son all of the time. He likes to pretend that he is a good knight and I am a bad one and he sets up the whole apartment in two sections; one his castle and one mine. He gets out his swords and everything and he gets me my cape (cover)and we just pretend away.

When my three girls were small it was a nightmare to get them to stay in bed and go to sleep at nights, so we started to play a make believe game that their beds were like the beds in the film bedknobs and broomsticks so they would stay in bed and see where it would take them each night and this worked a treat! They had great imaginations and soon fell asleep thinking of where they were flying off to each night.

Yes as a kid I used to play 'make believe' all the time. I believe that I had a rather active imagination to be quite honest. I recall when I lived in Saskatchewan during the winter time my sister & me actually pretended that we had to run away from home because.. We would pretend that someone was chasing us & our animals & that we had to get as far away from our home as possible. As we didn't want to get kidnapped & taken back to a dark lair from the person or monster that may have been chasing us. I remember how we only got a few houses down & we we're freezing cold so had to head back to our house. I believe what we we're trying to do didn't last all to long on that specific day. haha. I love looking back at this memory though as it helps me to revisit my childhood all over again. I also remember when we lived in Saskatchewan how our neighbors next door to us we're never there a large majority of the time when summer time rolled around. Well we'd actually pretend that we we're figure skaters on our neighbors grass. We'd pretend that there was ice beneath our feet & that we we're one of the most popular figure skaters out there at the time. We both had a crash on Kurt Browning back then & used to remember that we was our partner & that he'd twirl us in the air or throw us up in the air.. And then catch us afterwards when we came back down. I remember how we used to do this for hrs. on end each day.. That we'd lose track of time that the next thing you know it was time to go in to the house to have supper time. I believe this is one of the best memories I have of when we used to 'make believe' as a kid. I honestly miss these days as I find back then we didn't have a care in the world. It also helped to escape reality for a bit as my mom ended up being with a lot of men when we we're kids.. Who we're rather abusive, among other things. Doing this each day was our escape I honestly do believe at the time! I also remember how some days when my sister would be off at school.. And that it was just me & my mom at home.. How I would pretend that I was a mermaid & that I'd literally want to stay in the bath tub all day. Pretending that I was swimming under water in the bath tub & that I was Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid.' We also had a beach below our house so when I had days that I was pretending to be a mermaid I never wanted to leave the water. It got to the point where I refused to come out of the lake.. That my mom had to make her way in to the water just to get me.. Since my skin was looking so prune like that she was getting rather concerned. haha. I think there we're a lot of moments back then that I scared my mom. Now I believe that I am much older I feel that I 'make believe' to get away from the stresses in my daily life. I will close my eyes & pretend that I am on a beach somewhere in the middle of let's say Hawaii. And I will create a story for myself so it will allow me to escape reality for a few hrs or so. There have been times where I have actually pretended that I was sitting under a palm tree with the wind blowing through my hair next to the ocean. I have found after doing this that once I allow myself to open my eyes again that my body feels even more relaxed afterwards. I find this is a healthy way to allow my body to relax. As well as to get away for a few hrs. It's so much cheaper then actually having to go & do it in real life.. haha. In conclusion.. I love how when I allow my mind to go.. How I can go anywhere I want to just by using my imagination to allow me to do this... I believe if more people we're to do this that they would find there life to be a lot less stressful some days. Also when I have children sometime in the future.. I plan on doing the same thing you had with your children when they we're younger. I want my children to be able to 'make believe.' I find it's a healthy way for any child to exercise there mind. And I would love to do this with them sometime as I know if I was.. I believe my children would not only help me to revisit my childhood.. But they'd make me feel like I was a kid all over again, just like them.. I look forward to the days that I am able to spend this time with my children someday in the future when I plan on having some with my spouse! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx

I've played make-believe my whole life I think. Even when I have trouble going to sleep, I'll make up a story and play it out in my head - next thing I know I'm waking up the next morning! lol I think it's a good thing to get your creative juices flowing. We do that with the kids when we are out driving or waiting in line, etc. It makes the time go by faster and is just a fun thing to do.

I also used to play make believe. It was the only way in my childhood that I was a princess...

until now i still do... hehe...though some people dont realize it, playing make believe actually registers some positive thoughts into your subconscious thereby generating good outcomes in your life... or am i just trying to make believe again? hehe... but it usually works.

I used to play make believe most of the time when I was little. I was quite alone then, my sisters were away and my parents were too busy to play with me. I had many imaginary friends too, with whom I'll constantly talk to for a long period of time. I'll make up games and stuff like that. I also pretended to be a teacher, a student, and even a hawker stall seller where I sold rice and other kinds of food. I didn't know I had so much time back then to invent so many things to do. But, it was really fun.

Yes. I used to go by metro to work every morning. The same people would be standing there with me every morning waiting for the train. (Of course no one ever talked to eachother, even if we saw eachother every morning for years.) I would look at these people and imagine their lives, their pasts, and their future. It got really interesting (I thought, but I may be weird) because i saw them over and over again. Sometimes they would be with somone, wear something funny, etc - and I would add to their stories over time. I think it is really cool you did this with your kids! A great way to keep your imagination alive. I think too many people loose their ability to imagine as young children.

yes, t 31 years old, i still do make believe. I think this makes life more interesting....until now, i still do that for myself and for my kids too. besides, pretending to be someone or to be in a place helps us to be creative not only in our mind but also in our daily lives.

yes I have well not yet with my kids but I can see doing it with them. I did when I was little. Anytime my mom would make us clean up our room, or she was teaching us how to make our bed the RIGHT way or clean and dust the RIGHT way, she would check things with a white glove, okay maybe I am exaggerating a little on the white glove but she would go over it with her yellow rubber gloves to make sure we did a good job and if we did not she would throw everything off our shelves and make us do it all over again. So my sister and I would pretend we were princesses stuck in a tower and the evil step mother had made us clean up the terrible rooms of our step sisters or something to that affecct, and we would just pretend like it was not really our room we were cleaning but actually someone elses, so yes we did do pretend an awful lot!

I my friends and I used to pretend that we were the X-Men, Power Rangers, and we pretended to be princesses. We also pretended to be rock stars and famous people. Who knew that years later many of us would become teachers, writers, and working musicians.

Been doing this all my life .. children or no children .. heheh !! I am a people watcher .. I love trying to decide if folks are married or single, what jobs they have, if they have pets or not and what breed .. it certainly keeps me amused .. It's really good to do when you are in a queue or waiting for an appointment .. the time really flies by when you are 'making up stories' about folk ..

i alwais do that