Cooking activities for preschoolers

Discover 43 smart cooking activities for preschoolers to combat picky eating and nurture lifelong healthy eating habits.

Cooking with kids can be fun when you have easy and delicious recipes! This collection can be done at home or in the classroom!

Pasta art is the perfect messy art project for preschool-age kids. Let them create art and experiment with dried and cooked pasta.

Set up a cardboard cookie shop for your little ones to enjoy. It will give them hours of fun pretending, creating, and learning.

Channel their inner artist and foodie by making Rainbow Toast with Edible Paint. Milk, bread, coloring and creativity are all your kids need to create an edible masterpiece for a fun breakfast, snack or sandwich.

Have your toddler help make their own meal for dinner or lunch with this easy toddler recipe! My twin toddlers love making their own pizzas and they are learning so much such as math skills and life skills from this easy toddler activity! A great cooking activity for toddlers, preschoolers, and kids!

Your kids will love making their own ice cream in a bag in this fun and tasty science experiment for preschool and kindergarten kids

This yummy sun themed snacks are perfect for a weather theme in tot school, preschool, or kindergarten!

Quick and EASY-to-make Rainbow Milk Toast is a fun rainbow, color, or spring activitiy for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and up!

Discover a fun-filled activity that combines snack time with craft time. Edible paint is a unique activity that is suitable for and enjoyed by kids of all ages. Check out this post to learn how easy it is to make.

Work on basic addition with your preschooler with this pancake math activity to go along with the hilarious story If You Give a Pig a Pancake. Plus take a peek at additional Pancake Themed Activities for Preschoolers featured in our Virtual Book Club for Kids!

Paper plate cookie craft for kids great tag along to If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book.

Here are some recipes I have used when "cooking" with kids in the classroom. Because we often do not have access to heat, these are no-cook recipes that

Have you ever enjoyed an afternoon of baking with your little ones in the kitchen? Preschoolers absolutely love helping in the kitchen, and it may sound surprising, but they can be very helpful during the baking process! Pouring ingredients into a bowl, measuring flour using measuring cups or a scale, or stirring in the chocolate chips are all great ways to help them learn how to follow a recipe. If you have a child who loves to help in the kitchen, then these baking activities for…

Any time is snack time when you have a toddler! This makes food-themed crafts and activities perfect for those little ones to play and learn with food—you know, between snack times. I have found that adding in a planned and special craft or activity every day is a perfect way of breaking up and adding

Edible art sounds really fun. When i told Nady that we are going to paint the bread he was really excited, i knew that my plans will work. Beside fun, the aim of this activity was to encourage Nady…

Strengthen fine motor skills with these easy Fine Motor Activities using Fruit Loops. These will be fun indoor activities for preschoolers.

Help your kids develop practical life and kitchen skills through hands-on cooking play and learning activities.