Build a pretend breakfast café
Paper menus, invented names and taking turns make an easy afternoon game.
Activities
Make a paper menu
Create a café name, then draw three pretend breakfast dishes on a paper menu. They can be familiar bowls or impossible inventions, like a moon-shaped pancake. Use drawings rather than real food for this game, and let your child add prices or symbols if they want.
Take an order
One person is the guest and another runs the café. The guest chooses a dish; the host draws it on a paper plate or describes how it is made. Swap roles after each order. Add a Kiddo character as a guest and imagine what they might choose.
Close the café together
At the end, choose a favorite dish and save the menu. Put the paper props in an envelope for next time. If the game inspires a real breakfast, plan it separately with an adult and ingredients you already know your family can use.