Cafe – Weekly theme prompt
Cafe is this weeks theme prompt for activities, play, fun and craft.
Lots of children love playing with pretend food. They love pretending to cook and serve you all sorts of obscure combinations. All I can say is, thank goodness it is pretend, or goodness knows what I would have had to eat over the past few years!
Kids love cooking, they like playing shops and making creations. I thought a cafe themed week would be a great way to inspire children to get creative with food, imaginary play, craft and cooking. Here are some ideas to help …..
10 Cafe themed activities
I absolutely love the idea of this outdoor pretend cafe, buying cheap ceramics of proper cups and saucers and teapots etc to make tea and coffee and have a tea party from At home with Ali
You could have a play dough cafe. I think this play dough cupcake cafe at the Craft train looks amazing and so much fun.
It’s great fun to cook with children, it may be messy and take a lot of effort, so be prepared, but kids love it, therefore, it’s usually worth the mess and effort. Why not try this yummy banana flapjack from We3Three?
If your children like dressing up it may be good to make a homemade chefs hat like this one at The foodies
Learn some alphabet at the same time as having cafe fun with this fantastic ABC cafe alphabet matching game from Mr Printables
If you don’t have any pretend food for some role play, here’s a great way make some easy no sew felt food via Mama Smiles
Another great thing to make is a pretend cooker. I love this one from Inner child fun made from recyclables.
A great idea for some sensory play and fun is this indoor/outdoor cafe play at Connecting family and seoul, looks messy, but fun.
You could make your own ice cream parlour and there are loads of fantastic ideas for lots of popsicles to make at the Cookie puzzle to seek in your parlour.
Here’s another fantastic recipe to try with the children to sell in their pretend cafe. Easy apple biscuits from In the playroom blog.
Those are my 10 idea prompts for some cafe fun and play. There is lots you could do. Suggest cafe to your children and see what they come up with themselves, I often find my kids love a prompt to inspire them with their own great ideas.
I hope you have a great week. Let me know how you get on.
Lots of fun, just right for summer outdoor fun
We LOVE playing cafe! Miss 6 has been making her own shops & selling brownies to the neighbors, since coming home from California, she has plans for opening a milkshake bar through our kitchen window
http://misplacedbrit.com/outdoor-play/diy-shop-of-recycled-cardboard-outdoor-brownie-sale/
Ah fantastic! What a great idea
Cute ideas! This is one of our favourite games, so nice to have some new inspiration!
Great. Cafés are so good to play in lots of ways
Some fab ideas here, great round up.
Thanks
these are brillant ideas, the flapjack looks particularly lovely lol! #LetKidsbeKids
Thanks, yes, I keep meaning t have a go at the flapjack
I love the play cooker made from recycled materials. Fab ideas, thanks for sharing #letkidsbekids
Thanks
Pretend play with food is really fun for older kids. I love the popsicle recipes too!
Yes those popsicles look lovely
Some fab ideas there Karen, am now off to check out some of those popsicle recipes!!
Xx #letkidsbekids
Hope you enjoy them, let me know how you get on
Some great ideas. Off to check out the ice lollies. Can’t fail to have a freezer load of them in hope of sun!
Definitely, homemade ice lollies are a favourite in our house
Lots of lovely ideas here Karen. I especially like the outdoor tea party and sensory play
Thanks, the outdoor tea party was one of my favourites
My son loves playing shop and loves to bake! This is so cool! We need to bake together again! #LetKidsBeKids
Shops, baking and cafe play is always good fun
Great ideas – I have very fond ideas of “cafe” themed play with the kids! We created a Cafe using IKEA shelving and kitchen tools when our eldest was little! #broke !! #letkisbekids
Thanks, yes, cafe play is always a winner in this house too
Great round up. My kids love making up little menus and inviting me to their cafe. It’s great fun for us all
I think cafe play can be enjoyed through a whole range of ages
LOVE THIS! My little girl is just getting into roleplay properly, will have to give some of these ideas a whirl!
Ah fab, I hope you have fun
Great ideas here and I love how colourful it all is. #leykidsbekids
Thanks
The play doh cupcakes looks good enough to eat!
They do
Lots of ideas, we like to have a tea party with water in the teapot and biscuits. We have some great play picnics too. #letkidsbekids
Cafes, picnics, cooking is all such a fun way to play and provide inspiration for imagination