Bush Tucker Food Role Play Set by YWCA Fair Trade

🌿 Discover Bush Tucker Through Play

Introduce children to the rich world of Indigenous bush tucker foods with this beautifully handcrafted felt set. Featuring four native Australian foods – Sarsaparilla Plant, Quandong, Lilly Pilly, and Bush Tomato – this resource offers a hands-on way for children to engage with First Nations culture through dramatic and small-world play.

Perfect for home corners, cultural units, or classroom displays, each food item is carefully sewn from soft cotton fabric, filled with polyester fibre, and designed with loops for easy wall display. The set is presented in a green drawstring bag for tidy storage and portability, and comes with informative stories about each bush tucker food to spark curiosity and discussion.

🧠 Learning Through Culture & Play

This felt food set is ideal for:
✔ Supporting early understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives
✔ Introducing native Australian plants and traditional food sources
✔ Inspiring sensory-rich, imaginative play in the home corner
✔ Enhancing storytelling, role play, and literacy development
✔ Encouraging respect for country and Indigenous knowledge systems

The included stories provide valuable teaching moments, offering educators and families a way to deepen learning and honour traditional uses of these plants.

📏 Product Details

Includes:
– 1x Sarsaparilla Plant (approx. 21cm)
– 1x Quandong (approx. 16cm)
– 1x Lilly Pilly (approx. 18cm)
– 1x Bush Tomato (approx. 16cm)
– 1x Green drawstring storage bag
– Informative story cards for each food

Material: Cotton fabric, polyester fibre filling
Features: Loops for wall display
Recommended Age: 3 years+

Whether used in dramatic play, cultural discussions, or as a classroom display, the Bush Tucker Felt Food Set invites children to learn about traditional Aboriginal foods in a respectful, engaging, and hands-on way 🌾🖤💛❤️