do kids today still play these games of make-believe dress up and role playing?
Mr. Dressup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Mr. Dressup Image:Mr_Dressup.jpg Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup with co-stars: Casey and Finnegan Format Children’s television series Starring Ernie Coombs (Mr. Dressup) Judith Lawrence (puppeteer) Country of origin Canada Production Running time 30 mins Broadcast Original channel CBC Original run 1967 – 1996 (new episodes) Photograph of the Treehouse set from Mr. Dressup; currently on view in the foyer of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto. Mr. Dressup was a Canadian children’s television series which was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967 to 1996. (The title was also presented as Mr. Dress Up or Mr. Dress-Up in media and spin-off merchandise.) The series starred Ernie Coombs (an American who later became a Canadian citizen) as Mr. Dressup, a character who had started on the earlier series Butternut Square. The show aired every weekday morning, and each day Mr. Dressup would lead
I have three kids, two of which are old enough to play this type of game. This is what they spend the majority of their day doing, they have a costume bucket that they are constantly pulling different costumes out of, one minute they are Anakin and Asokha, the next minute they are pirates, and the next prince and princess. I think that every kid has a natural desire to engage in this type of play, and it is very evident not just in my children, but in all of their friends as well. When they go to friends houses to play when we come to get them they are always wearing some new costume and talking about how they were this or that or the other with their friends.
