4 Simple Baking Projects For Kids

Anyone who has a kid, or has been near one for more than 15 minutes, knows that kids have energy. Lots of it. They’re eager to give it out and parents, educators and family members alike try to give them fun and healthy outlets where they can express their energy with enthusiasm. So there’s woodwork courses, art courses, dance classes galore, and many other interesting recreational activities.

But not all kids are cut from the same cloth, and not all kids like demanding recreational activities. Many of them want to be kept busy with activities that will entertain them in a light way, and that won’t force them to use every last brain cell when they do the activity.
While there are multiple online baking classes to take, and an endless amount of culinary videos to watch, many of them focus on teaching intense skills. They require lots of patience and hard work, and as mentioned before, not all kids want that.

However, the following Baketivity’s baking kits are different. They’re different in the sense that they entertain kids, and they teach kids plenty of stuff, without the intensity of a baking course. With its kid-friendly recipes and step-by-step instructions, these kits are a no-fail.
They’re guaranteed to keep your kids busy in a satisfactory way, without being a huge hassle on your part or on your kids’ part.

Let’s go through the breakdown of these simple baking projects that your family will love!

Vanilla Cake Pops

Cake Pops has taken the world by storm. Since the start of the cake pop hype, there have been numerous “cake pop gurus” that have so generously spread their wisdom. Every person that writes food blogs has included a cake balls recipe and guide.
While cake pops are indeed delicious, the steps can be arduous for the young children who want to make homemade cake pops.

Our vanilla cake pop baking kit is the solution to the young bakers! This kit enables your child to make cake pops from scratch. It teaches them to follow instructions and the result is yummy cake pops that you’ll want to make again and again. Making cake pops has never been easier or more fun!

While you’re waiting for your kit to arrive, read this comprehensive cake pop guide to familiarize yourself with the history of cake pops, and to gain expertise on how to make the best cake pops.
This guide is full of the industry’s best tips and tricks to making perfect, delectable cake pops.

With this kit, your child/children will have the opportunity to give out their energy in a productive, entertaining manner. Not only will they get to create a baked good from scratch, which will improve their confidence tremendously, you’ll get some quiet time too. That’s because this kit is, as mentioned, easy to make. Your child won’t need your help every 2 minutes. They’ll be able to understand the instructions and execute it perfectly.

In addition to the baking part, your child can learn all about an interesting topic- the Perseverance Mission that took place a few months ago. This kit’s educational activity goes through the details of the mission in an interesting way that kids can relate to.

The booklet also contains an activity which they can occupy themselves with once they’re done reading the booklet.

Go ahead and cake pop away!

Confetti Muffins

Which kid doesn’t love sprinkles, especially when they’re colorful? (A different take on that question would be: which adult doesn’t love sprinkles, especially when they’re colorful? :)
Sprinkles on their own are a great treat, but all the more when they’re part of a muffin! That’s double the goodness!

The next time you want to make kid-friendly muffins, head on over to our confetti muffins– they’re simply awesome! These muffins with sprinkles are gonna become a family favorite!

There’s an interesting history behind the sprinkle muffins and cakes. (Fun fact: Did you know that in England, sprinkles are known as ”hundreds and thousands”, because of how many there are. That name is very appropriate, and it’s especially true when it comes to cleaning them up!)

In the late 1980’s, the company Pillsbury came out with a new cake mix- known as Funfetti. It was an innovation in the sense that instead of using sprinkles as a decoration on the outside of  a cake, the sprinkles went INSIDE the cake. This new cake mix became the world’s new best friend!
Chocolate and vanilla cakes went buh-bye for a short while, and this new Funfetti cake was the latest rage at birthday parties.
In order to have “made it”, every child needed to have a Funfetti cake at their birthday party.

When other cake mix companies saw how successful this was, they came up with their own versions of it.
Well, this item sure is a hot one!

What’s even hotter is that your child can now make these muffins at home, on their own, without relying too much on your help!
This confetti muffin kit is like a magic-filled treat that is a blast to make and a real pleasure to eat!

Cultural Diversity Cookies

There’s a famous quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

When a child sits in school and the teacher goes on and on about a certain topic, the child won’t remember the material if it’s just said to them. Children need to feel and experience what they’re being taught. That’s how they’ll remember it, because they’ll feel a part of it.

Let’s say a teacher is lecturing about fire safety. While the child might remember the phrase “stop, drop and roll”, they won’t necessarily internalize the message.
However, if their teacher will put on a fake fire alarm, and have every student practice the fire safety protocols, then there’s a way bigger chance that the child will know what to do should the need arise.

The same goes for teaching kids about diversity. Children need to be aware of cultural differences, and they need to learn to respect them. However, it’s not enough to just tell a child: “Everyone is different.”
Children want to know why- and more than wanting to know why, they want to genuinely understand why. When their questions aren’t answered (or answered improperly), they won’t gain a genuine understanding. When they’re taught in a way that involves them, that’s when they grasp it best.

This positivity cookie kit is more than just a baking activity. It’s a baking activity that will entrance your child and teach them, really teach them, about diversity.

How so? The educational activity goes through Botany – the science of plants. Just like a flower needs love and warmth to grow, so does every person. Similarly, just like you want a flower to bloom and you wouldn’t trample a flower, a person should never be trampled on either (physically and emotionally).
This kit also includes a positivity bumper sticker for your car, and yard signs with positive messages, that your child can design and color.

Teaching cultural diversity to kids should be taken seriously, so that our children internalize that we’re all different and that’s what makes us the same.

Snowball Cookies

The history of these cookies is quite interesting. These cookies are also referred to as Mexican wedding cakes and Russian tea cakes.

Although they’re called Mexican wedding cookies, these cookies are said to have originated from traditional Arab baking, which included the ingredients that these cookies contain, namely butter, sugar, spices and nuts.

When travel started getting easier, this recipe spread to other countries in the Middle East and Europes. The way they got to Mexico was through European nuns or Spanish travelers, back in the 1500’s.
Of course, just like any food or tradition, it was slowly changed to adapt to the Mexican culture.
These cookies are constantly being served by weddings, hence the name Mexican wedding cookies.

As for being called Russian tea cookies, this name is not as well known. Some say this is because the people stopped referring to them like this during the Cold War.

Although the original recipe calls for nuts, our easy snowball cookies are made without nuts. These tasty butterballs are easy to make, and even easier to eat!

Don’t be scared off of making these cookies because of the name. They’re delicious all year round- winter, spring, summer and fall.

Go ahead and have some fun while baking simple treats that are fun to eat!