Patent ID: 7950975

Claim:
A method of utilizing a simulation play kit for bracing and covering a person's hands and forearms to simulate an animal, wherein the method comprises: utilizing a kit comprising: at least one crutch, each crutch comprising: a U-shaped frame member having a first upper end, an opposite second upper end, and a lower apex disposed midway between the first upper end and the second upper end; a gap between the first upper end and the second upper end; a brace member spanning the gap, the brace member comprising: a concave first portion attached to the first upper end; a concave second portion identical to the first portion, the second portion attached to the second upper end; a flat midportion disposed between the first portion and the second portion; a generally cylindrical hand support bar having an outer wall, the hand support bar spanning the gap and disposed about one-third of the distance between the apex and an inside edge of the brace member; a first plurality of ridges continuously disposed along the hand support bar outer wall; a telescopic extension member extending outwardly from the apex, the extension member having an upper edge and a lower edge; a trapezoidal grip attached to the extension member lower edge; at least one sleeve-attachable faux hand member comprising: a hollow first body that resembles a hand, the first body having an attachment portion disposed on an upper end of the first body; a hollow sleeve having a lower periphery and an upper periphery, the lower periphery attached to the attachment portion; a cavity continuously disposed within the upper periphery of the sleeve; selectively adjusting a height of at least one of the crutches; selectively sliding the grip downwardly through the cavity, the sleeve, and through the palm portion of at least one of the faux hand members and slipping the sleeve over the extension member and the first body; selectively sliding at least one of a user's human hand through the sleeve of one of the faux hand members; and gripping the hand support bar.