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kcont said:I have been doing Kids shows all summer. Basically I have 2 groups, Kids in the Kitchen for 5 to 9 year olds and Cooking Basics 101 for the older ones. It's been a huge success! I make packages ahead of time and include them in the cost of the class. I limit the size to 8 students and the kids have been great! They go home telling their parents that "these are MY pampered chef products" and actually using them at home! Most of my students repeat the classes and bring friends because I change the recipes each class and change the "package" they come home with. I’m going to expand the idea to include a class right before Thanksgiving to teach a dessert such as the Pumpkin Tartlets and then a special side dish they can do for the Thanksgiving meal. Then before Christmas we will do cookies of course but also either a Candy Cane cake or Christmas tree cinnamon cake to do for Christmas morning. Several of our girls in our cluster have been doing these with a lot of success.
kcont said:To start with I price the class at $40 and then I pick products that would cost that much if an adult ordered them at a party. For instance my last class menu was the hot pizza dip, family style calzone, smores galores, and strawberry lemonaid quencher. The products they got were the mini baker, egg seperator, pizza/roll mix and a small micro bowl. Those items added up to $39.50. When I ordered them I used a past hostess 10% discount and ordered all on one order so that I wasn't out the shipping and tax. I'm still making my comission on it so I'm still making money. I emailed all my past hostesses and plus from the first class the kids keep repeating and bringing their friends. As an added plus a few of my customers passed on my emails to their friends and I've been able to make new leads!
KellyRedHead said:Sounds like fun, just don't want to go in the hole provide everything either.
kcont said:I sent out an email first and got the parents to pay for the product package first. Then I figured out the recipe and what to put into the product package. The day of the class we all participate in making the recipes, like an interactive class using my tools. The stations I set up are the tools needed for that recipe, (like the pot stickers). We all then eat the meal and they go home with their packages. Most of my kids love the class and then repeat it paying another $40 because I change the recipes and the contents of the product package. Also when it comes to siblings I charge $5 less and get different products for their package so that a family doesn't have duplicate items.
kcont said:I create a station at different areas in my kitchen. I use the island and set up my traveling tables. At one station is the drink we are going to have so I have a bowl of lemons, the utility knife (for the little kids they are already cut in half) and a cutting board, the family sized quick-stir pitcher, the citrus press, the citrus juicer, a easy read measure cup, the adjustable scoop, a canister of sugar. Then next station has a cutting board and the tools to make that recipe...etc..... I limit the class to 8 kids and they watch me start 1 lemon and then they all take turns to juice a lemon. For things that only require 1 person do to I just make sure we switch up. As far as time goes I do the classes from 11 to 1pm and use up pretty much all that time. I have uploaded the flyer I use around the neighborhood. We have community mailbox stations so I put flyers around our street. You can use it for the email invites as well.
kcont said:I'm already setting up a Pre Thanksgiving class, spiced pumkin tarlets and a special side dish they can do to contribute to the Thanksgiving meal and a pre Christmas class for cookies and a cinnamon cake for Christmas morning. The kids can't wait!
pchefinski said:So how long before the kids cooking show do you make the payment/registration cut-off? if you have the products available for the kiddos to take home with them, you'd have to order them beforehand -- how much time do you allocate for shipping of products to your house for the show?
DebbieSAChef said:I LOVE THE NEW DECORATOR BOTTLES SET!!!
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mommyhugz1978 said:I would realy like to do a kids themed show, but I am not sure how to go about it or how to have the kids invovled in it... I think it would get pretty boring for them to sit and watch my demo. Does any one have any types of suggestions???
DebbieSAChef said:Yes it would be boring if they saw you making all the food and using all the tools while they just sat and did nothing. That is why it is a good idea to get them involved. Have little stations set up and have them go from station to station trying out different tools. At the same time they can eat everything they help make. Moms will be amazed and probably order lots of stuff to keep their kids busy. I had one mom buy over $147 worth of stuff for her daughter. LOL I gotta find more moms like that.
Give small prizes to keep their attention, quiz them on different things including how much our products are, if they are dishwasher safe, what is the warranty, etc.... They will pay attention very closely and get into it.
Just some ideas
Debbie
soccermama said:I'm doing a Kids in the Kitchen show for a friend (another friend who resisted holding a show... but when I mentioned a Kids cooking show, she was all over it! lol) and I'm planning to have them basically make their lunch! Using the Cut N Seal, Kids Cookie Making set, etc they can make sandwiches. I'll also use my kids' fave way for me to pack veggies, which is to use a ziploc sandwich bag for the veggies, then another bag (fold n close sandwich bags work good or you can use snack bags or ziploc sandwich bags) I place ranch dip into the corner of it, and secure with a small Twixit clip and drop it into the bag of veggies. The first time my kids saw this in their lunch they said I "tricked them" because they thought the dip was right on the veggies! lol
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What do they do with the bag of dip? do they bite the end off and squirt it all over them?
DebbieSAChef said:Give small prizes to keep their attention, quiz them on different things including how much our products are, if they are dishwasher safe, what is the warranty, etc.... They will pay attention very closely and get into it.
Just some ideas
Debbie
What do they do with the bag of dip? do they bite the end off and squirt it all over them?
soccermama said:ROFL!!!!! Well, I found out on a field trip that yes, that's what my daughter does But my son got the idea right away as I meant it. Take the clip off, open the bag and DIP
its_me_susan said:Hee hee... sounds fun to me. How are you keeping the dip cold, just ice pack?