I used to set up all sorts of woodsy tea parties with acorn cups and bark plates and inscribed invitations to family members on swatches of birch bark with a stick. I had a little outdoor “kitchen” area in the woods where I’d prep everything.
On the beach, we’d comb for driftwood, shells, ocean-weathered glass fragments and other treasures and set up “shop”.
We also loved to pop the jewelweed seed pods, or better yet, initiate the uninitiated by asking them to reach over and pick a swollen one and watch the look of surprise on their face when it explodes at the slightest touch!
