Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day!
Did you know that September 13th is Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day!? Â That sounds like a great creative family date idea to us! SOO… we’ve put together everything you need to have your own Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day Family Date! {Gosh, you’re totally welcome!}
This little apron was a perfect surprise for my little chefs! Plus – it was SO easy to make. Â Picked up some Fabric Iron-On Transfer Paper and a few Small White Aprons. Â I printed out the flipped design on to transfer paper and ironed it on to the apron. Done!! Really – it was so easy and I couldn’t be more happy about the way they turned out!
A few days before our family date we sat down together and planned the menu and the shopping list.  Some of the items we had and some we didn’t.  I dumped all three kids into one shopping cart and off we went with their shopping list. Some call me crazy – some call me mom! 🙂
Here is the little invitation I gave to the kids to introduce the idea. Â Most of my little ones can’t read very well yet, so I gave it to them at bed time and we read all about it. {That’s a picture of the yummy smoothie they made for dessert. Â Pretty darn good, guys!}
Time to Cook
They LOVED picking out the menu and making dinner!  As you can imagine all of the dinner items were very kid friendly! We feasted on chips & salsa, quesadillas and blueberry smoothies. I added the green pepper to my plate just so I could feel good about myself.  🙂
This is what happens when your 2 year old doesn’t put the top of the blender on tight and smoothie goes all over the kitchen. Â Cautionary tale. Â Don’t worry, Â he recovered quickly and started licking smoothie off the counter. Â Yummy!!
We had a blast! Â The kids loved being in charge and making all of the choices. Â My husband and I loved seeing them work together. Â All in all – a GREAT family date night! Now it’s your turn!
This is an awesome idea! Let’s get those kids cooking!! 🙂
This is seriously ADORABLE! Not only are the printables adorable but the photos are gorgeous! Great job Amanda and Courtney!
Ok WHAT a fun date night! Love this idea of involving the kids and letting them cook for you! Put them to work pampering you… haha!
I seriously can’t even handle the cuteness of this idea OR these printables. LOVE, love, love!! XOXO