Things You'll Need:
- Cookies
- Cookie Cutters
- Cookie Sheets
- Mixing Bowls
- Personalized Aprons
- Spatulas
- Cookie sheets
- Spatulas
- Mixing bowls
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Step 1
Give them toddler-sized tasks. They can add premeasured ingredients to mixing bowls, wash vegetables and fruit, and stir cake batter and cookie dough.
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Step 2
Let them roll things into balls. Many holiday recipes (including some cookies, truffles and rolls) need to be shaped into small balls or disks ' show your toddler how to do it once or twice, and you may be amazed how quickly she picks up the skill.
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Step 3
Let them prick things with a fork (carefully!). Some doughs and pastries need to be pricked all over before baking to reduce air bubbles, and most toddlers are enthusiastic about this task.
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Step 4
Show them how to mash things. Toddlers can mash potatoes or vegetables with a fork or masher ' just make sure the food isn't too hot, and let them work in an area that you don't mind getting splattered.
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Step 5
Let them arrange things on plates. Toddlers love to lay out piles of cookies or cupcakes ' just make sure they don't eat everything before it hits the platter!
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Step 6
Get them to decorate holiday cakes and cookies with sprinkles, colored sugar and small candies. Frost the cakes or cookies yourself, then let them get creative.









Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Letting toddlers mix ingredients with their hands is always a big hit. As long as their hands are clean, and you don't mind the area getting a little bit messy, they can be occupied for ages!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 When I was a lass, I loved to sprinkle the sprinkles on the cookies my mother made. Stirring dry ingredients was always fun, too, although this should be done with caution (unless you want a flour-dusted kitchen).