The Baker’s Shop

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Activity:  Playing at shops (making your own) 

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Equipment: 

 

Dough, icing bags, old ‘pop socks’, scrunched up newspaper, different sized paper cake cases, different coloured craft fluffs (like cotton wool balls) different sized pom-poms, plate, glitter cake cases.  

 

What to do

 

• Make doughnuts by making balls of dough, pushing a thumb through the middle to make the hole.  

• Make different types of cakes by moulding the dough.

• Use icing bags to squeeze out the dough, adding a smaller dough ball on the top.  Press together from the top using your thumb.

• Place craft fluffs into cake cases.  Put a pompom on the top for a cherry and sprinkle some glitter on top.

• Make pretend baguettes by stuffing legs of ‘pop socks’ with scrunched up newspaper.

 

Variations 

 

Make cakes to eat.  Encourage children to weigh, spoon, pour, stir and mix ingredients.