Dramatic Play Fire Station

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A fire station is one of our favorite dramatic play centers. It can be used any time of year, but we love using it with our Health and Safety month.

During our Health and Safety unit we study transportation and transportation safety, fire safety –including classroom fire drills and procedures as well as fire fighters and fire stations etc. Then, we do a Doctor’s office dramatic play center and learn about keeping our body healthy and then add minor changes to the doctor’s office to do a week of dental health.

This fire station would also be fabulous for a community helper theme or anytime during the beginning of the school year when we are practicing emergency procedures and drills.

Pair this dramatic play center with some Fire Safety Week Activities to integrate learning about fire fighters and fire stations with your math and literacy activities and centers in the preschool classroom or with your preschooler at home.

How to Create Your Fire Station

Your fire fighter dramatic play center can be easily created and can be as simple or extravagant as you’d like! Most of my fire station is made from items I already had, plus printables from my Fire Station Dramatic Play materials in my TPT store.

DIY Dramatic Play Fire Truck

I made my own using my lemonade stand (that I use for almost all my dramatic play centers) some paper, duct tape, and cups. I happened to have a red yoga mat that was easy for me to tape around the outside, but red butcher paper would work well. I also just used a large piece of cardboard on the side and covered it with red paper and duct tape to make it look like it had a ladder.

I used my circle punches for the lights. (I have many different size circle punches that I use all the time for crafts and art!) This is the large punch I used for headlights.

The lights on top of the “truck” are just clear cups that I painted on the inside and hot glued onto a piece of duct tape.

DIY Props

FIRE HOSES:

I used old computer cords that I found in a box and taped some toilet paper tubes to the ends. I added blue streamers/crepe paper to make it look like water was spraying out.

FIRE FIGHTER CLOTHES:

I found a fire fighter outfit at my local thrift store during Halloween season, but this one is similar.

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS:

I made “fire extinguishers” with plain spray bottles found at the Dollar Store. I wrapped them with colored Duct Tape and used labels from my Dramatic Play printable set.

AIR TANKS:

I made an “air tank” using an empty protein powder container, label and duct tape. You can also use an old 2 Liter Bottle, Juice bottle, Oatmeal container, etc. I just folded the duct tape and attached it as backpack straps and it worked great!

BURNING BUILDING:

This could be created in many ways –on a flat wall or with just part of a posterboard, etc. I made mine using an empty box. I simply glued on the windows, doors, and smoke, and then added the fire with Velcro dots, so they could be removed as my fire fighters sprayed the fire out