Preschooler Halloween Show - Hands on

[queenjean]

HELP!

I am doing a preschool Halloween Kids show with about 30 4-6 year olds and their moms. I have checked all the usual sites for ideas and the file section here. I am wondering if anyone has attempted this before. The host wants the kids to make everything. I was thinking of different stations they rotate through, but not sure what to do. Should I do one recipe and have them make their own smaller version and follow me step by step? Different stations like peel carrots, peel, core, slice apples, decorate cookies etc. I am looking for ideas and suggestions on how to not to have general chaos. THANKS!

 

[ltkacz]

Why notHave them decorate a mini spider cake? You make the cake up ahead of time in the prep bowls. They can frost, sprinkle, put the eyes and legs on. With it being halloween, they would love it.

 

[adventurechef]

I just recently had a table at a Baby Fair. I set up a Kid's Interactive table to keep them occupied while the Moms shopped. (Of course this didn't work for the tiny ones.)

I had a playdough area - with kool-aid playdough, the bakers roller, kid's cookie cutters, creative cutters.

A measuring area - bowls with split peas (you could also use lentils, beans, rice, etc.), the silicone funnels, colored measuring cups from the kids cookie set, the mini easy read measuring cup, the measure-all and a couple small bamboo spoons for stirring. This got a little messy but I had a broom nearby.

Finally, a tip from this site, I had the Quick-stir pitcher filled with water and glitter for the kids to make their own "tornados".

I got lots of Moms saying what a good idea, and then realizing that the tables were full of PC products!

I know with my two little ones anything "hands-on" is great.

Thanks, Linda

 

[queenjean]

great ideas - keep em comingThanks for the great ideas! Any others for cooking type demo, chopping etc.

 

[jrstephens]

You could make cookies and let them decorate them with the decorator bottles. Or have little pitas or bagels or something and let them make their own pizza if you have a way to heat them. You make a filling to go in little tart or phyllo dough shells and have them fill them with the EAD.

I saw somewhere on here the other where someone made the spiders with oreo's instead of prep bowl cakes if you did not want to have to make all those cakes.

You could do a type of veggie pizza and have the parents chop the veggies and let the kids put them together.

 

[heat123]

I did one when first starting up last year! With my daugther's age kids 3-5 years old. I made cupcakes and had a sample with a large spider made from the small batter bowl and used licorice and gum drops and black and brown frosting and sprinkles. They decorated thier own cupcakes and I also had made sugar cookies (nestle had precut holloween cookies) and had them decorate those.

They all had so much fun! I am doing another MOmmy and Me this year but doing a Fall-Thanksgiving theme for the Nov. sell a thon month!

 

[pchefinski]

Make mini cupcakes and bring them, cooled, to the fair. Have candies to make the candy clay (attachment), sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, candies, etc, in the small prep bowls. Have the kids make the candy clay and cut out a shape to put on their cupcake. They can have a ball! Have a display of everything you used and of kid- and mom-friendly things too. Good luck -- this sounds like a lot of fun! How did you get in on this?

 

[PampMomof3]

I JUST did something almost exactly like that except I was working with 4-12 year olds. They are girl scouts and wanted my help for their cooking badge and a fundraiser. I had different stations for the Banana Split Brownie Pizza and the Taffy Apple Pizza. I pre-baked the sugar cookie dough and the brownie so it was done when they were ready to decorate. They did make more brownies and sugar cookies but by the time those were done baking, it was time for their parents to pick them up. I've attached the flyers for you to check out so maybe you can have a new idea. When I packed for the show, I put everything that the Taffy Apple Pizza would need and the same for the Brownie that way when I was un-packing, it was much easier!

I also cut the papers into little squares and had them sitting in front of the products.

Good Luck and please post any questions you may have. And by the way, the kids had an absolute blast and I had so many parents say that they have never seen the A/P/C/S demo'd and they will be buying it!!

 

[ChefBridgetA]

Just in case anyone missed it. the decorator bottles are on stop sell right now and we aren't supposed to show them until they are off stop sell. You could still do the same idea with the easy accent decorator though. I have made the spider cakes with the Easy accent decorator and the mini fluted pans with kids before. They loved decorating their little tarantulas.