Anti-consumerist regression ideas! Because in a world made worse by capitalism, you shouldn't feel like you need to rely on it to cope with it!
Instead of focusing a lot on what you've got around you, focus on how you're interacting with it! Remember when you were little and would hold cups with both hands, or hold writing tools differently? You can still be little even if the things around you are "big"
Reduce, reuse, recycle! There's a lot of resources online on making crafts and toys and art for kids out of reused things like cereal boxes or #6 plastic (this is the kind you can make shrinky dinks out of!)
Go to the library! You can get a lot of books and movies for free instead of paying, and no one will look at you weirdly for checking out kids books! (if you want a cover story, you can say you're babysitting a cousin, or doing a project on children's books)
Get things secondhand! There's a lot of things you can get secondhand especially if you want things from your own childhood years. Thrift stores are a great option because you can get things like water bottles, containers, utensils, toys, blankets, and all sorts!
Play pretend and use your imagination! Almost anything can be made more interesting for a kid once you get the imagination involved. What if you're a secret spy? What if you were super tiny exploring the area around you?
Regression can be a super important thing and I hope this is helpful
