Help make a Cool Kids Cooking Club

Kids can be such picky eaters. So when you find something they like, it’s a good idea to make a big deal about it. That’s where this summer activity comes in. Help your kids make their own unique recipe book where the pages actually look like their favorite snacks and dishes. Colorful side tabs help locate treats in a jiffy.

Here’s how to make a Cool Kids Cookbook.

Book Binding

Use colorful and sturdy round paper plates for the cover and back. Punch two matching holes on the left sides of the plates, and attach a metal ring found at office supply stores through each hole. Print the title on the front, and decorate. For example, glue a plastic spoon and mini napkin to the “Plate” cover for a whimsical place setting.

Recipe Pages

•Use the paper plate as a pattern, and cut out round pages from poster board. Punch holes on the left sides. Write and decorate one recipe per page.

•Let’s start with pizza, since it’s a kid favorite and it happens to be the shape of the page. Use a yellow page to look like cheese. Draw or paint a light brown crust around the edge. Cut out 2-inch circles from red construction paper for the pepperoni. With a black marker, write the steps for preparing the pizza on the pepperoni rounds. Glue them on the “cheese” in a circular pattern. Make a mini paper pizza slice and glue to the edge of the page for a tab that juts out beyond the plate.

•For Party Popcorn, cut out a serving-bowl shape from construction paper. Write the recipe on the bowl and glue it onto a page. Cut out several 1-inch popcorn shapes from white construction paper and glue them on top of the bowl. Write “Pop! Pop!” on a larger popcorn shape and glue to the edge for a tab.

•Use your imagination as you write up more pages. If friends want to join in, start a cooking club and meet regularly to share and prepare recipes.