I’m not sure if I can get credit for this when its part of my job. There is an exhibit where I work that allows children to pull a rope to make a “box of cargo” go into and out of a big ship. When I was playing with some of the kids the other day, I snuck a stuffed lobster onto the cargo box when one of the kids wasn’t looking so it was sitting on there when he pulled it up. He was really happy but is MOM was really delighted. So then I did it with a stuffed octopus. She was totally into playing after that.

I also got a huge bunch of kids playing together. It was playground level madness. Parents were in awe of their childrens imaginations. Me too. Fun day.