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Baking With Grandkids: Cookie Decorating Kits, Kid-Safe Kitchen Tools & Rainy Day Baking Supplies for Grandma's Kitchen
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items Rainy day, grandkids at the door, and one rule at my house: we bake something. Affiliate disclosure: some links below earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. #ad These are the tool...
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Real Tools, Little Hands
Cookie Decorating Headquarters
Baking Day Basics
The Sweet Finish
Real Tools, Little Hands
Safe, sized-right tools so the grandkids do real baking jobs — not just watching.
Real cutting without the worry — soft bananas, strawberries and sandwich duty are theirs, and they take the job very seriously.
Tovla Jr. Kid Safe Knife Set for Real Cooking
The apron goes on and suddenly it's official business. Keeps the flour on the apron instead of the school clothes, too.
Aurya Kids Apron and Chef Hat Set-Adjustable Child
Sized for little hands, and their cookies come out even instead of one thick edge and one cracker. Small tool, big pride.
Mini Silicone Rolling Pin for Kids, Non-stick
Muffins and cupcakes pop right out, nothing sticks, and the colors survive the dishwasher forever. We use these weekly.
The Silicone Kitchen, Reusable Silicone Baking Cups
Their own mitts, their size. Carrying the warm tray (with me right there) is the moment they feel like real bakers.
DOERDO 2 Pack Kid Oven Mitts for Children Heat
Cookie Decorating Headquarters
The setup that keeps a table of grandkids happily busy longer than any screen in my house.
Holidays, animals, letters, numbers — every excuse to bake is in this one tin. It has settled many a "what shape?" debate.
Wilton, Plastic Cookie Cutter Set, 101-Piece, Assorted Colors
A drop or two gives real color without watering the frosting down. Twelve colors means nobody has to share the pink.
Wilton Edible Gel Food Coloring Set, 12-pack of 0.5 Oz jars
Easier for little hands than piping bags — outlines, dots and floods of frosting, with way less mess on the ceiling.
Fox Run Icing Squeeze Bottles for Cookie and Cake
Sprinkles are the whole point, ask any grandkid. One holiday mix covers cookies, cocoa and emergency cupcake situations.
Classic Holiday Six Cell Christmas Sprinkles - 7.4oz - Favorite Day
They draw faces and names right on the frosting. The quiet concentration at the table when these come out is something to see.
Jewem Edible Food Coloring Markers 14PCS
Baking Day Basics
The unglamorous four that make every baking day go smoothly — mine live within arm's reach.
Cookies bake evenly without warping or hot spots, and it has survived years of Saturdays at my house. Buy it once.
USA Pan Bakeware Nonstick Half Sheet Pan
Pre-cut sheets that actually lie flat. Cookies slide off, the pan wipes clean, and cleanup stops being the bad part.
Reynolds Kitchens Cookie Baking Sheets Pre-Cut ...
A bowl for the dough, a bowl for the frosting, a bowl for the sprinkles someone is guarding. Lids mean leftovers are handled.
Pyrex Smart Essentials 6-Piece Mixing Bowl Set
A heart cake makes an ordinary Tuesday feel like an occasion — the granddaughters ask for this one by name.
Paris Hilton Heart Shaped Fluted Cake Pan
The Sweet Finish
Half the fun is sending them home with a little bakery box of their own work.
Their cookies go home in bakery bags like professionals made them. The pride on the ride home is the real product.
4x6 Clear Self-Sealing Cookie Bags 200pcs
For the cookies that stay at Grandma's — a pretty tin on the counter keeps them fresh and keeps little hands honest-ish.
Domensi 24 Pcs Christmas Cookie Tins with Lids
Recipes tested by real kids, with pictures of every step. It lives at my house and the grandkids cook straight from it.
The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs