It is easy to set up a restaurant game for kids.You can use your imagination to create a restaurant, make a menu, prepare the food, and have fun inside.You can help your little chef serve customers or order a dish off the menu if you want to.There is no limit to how creative and imaginative you can be with a game like restaurant.
Step 1: You should build a restaurant.
The material you use to build the restaurant should be decided.There are many materials you can use to build a restaurant.You may already have a Fisher Price kitchen and a set of plastic chairs.Be creative if you don't.You can use an empty shelf with drawers to create a service window, just like in a real restaurant.You can use spray paint to make appliances.You can use paint and cardboard to make a restaurant.You can serve your customers in the kitchen with a blanket curtain.You don't have to build a restaurant.You can turn a couch into a serving area and a low table into the kitchen area.
Step 2: Pick a name for the restaurant.
Brainstorm with your parent to come up with a name for the restaurant.It could be your name, such as Sarah's Market.It could be named after your favorite superhero.Dora's Cafe is their favorite animated character?You can create a sign with the name on it.You can decorate the sign and write your own sign with your parent's help.
Step 3: The hours for the restaurant should be set.
Decide if the restaurant will be open in the morning, afternoon or night.All day, every day.Coffee in the morning and spaghetti at night are some of the types of food the restaurant serves.Regardless of the time of day, you can serve whatever you want.This is not real.
Step 4: Decide if the menu is going to be written or typed.
To create a menu by hand, work with your parent.It's easy for them to write down the simple items they decided on.A more versatile approach would be to type up a blank menu.Dry erase markers can be used to write down the menu.With the help of your parent, you can use the computer to come up with a typed menu, play with fonts and colors, and print out a custom menu for the restaurant.You can glue photos of food from magazines to the menu with clip art.You can make a mock up of a receipt if you decide to use the computer to create the menu.Adding another fun element to the game will make the paying aspect of playing restaurant seem more real.
Step 5: Pick the type of food that will be on the menu.
Do you want to serve Chinese, Mexican, or Italian food at the restaurant?Talk to your parent about what you like to eat.Spaghetti, pizza, and meatballs can be found on an Italian menu.A Mexican menu could include a lot of food.Grilled cheese sandwiches, mac n' cheese, and chicken wings are some of the favorite foods.The menu can be broken down into sides, desserts, and beverages.It may be easier to decide how many items to put on the menu.
Step 6: How will your menu be organized?
There are different foods for kids and adults.It is up to you to present the food on the menu.If you're a parent helping to plan the menu, try to get some healthy items on it.Suggestions like sliced apples instead of french fries, a fruit cup as a side, or a smoothie can be made.Use the restaurant game to educate your children about food and keep them entertained.
Step 7: There are other fun games on the menu.
There are games on the back side of the menu.This adds a lot of fun to the play restaurant experience.Placemats and napkins can be made to match the design of the menu.
Step 8: It's possible to use felt food.
Food made of felt is great for play.There are no sharp corners when you use felt food and you can combine different ingredients to make different foods.
Step 9: Play dough can be used.
Another option is to play dough.It is easy to mold and be safe to eat if you accidentally ingest it.Use wooden sticks to make dough.Help your child arrange play dough on a plate to make different meals.Add texture to the play dough to make different foods.Roll up the play dough and start over if you don't get it right on the first try.
Step 10: You can use paper.
A few sheets of colored paper, a pair of scissors, and some glue are all you need to make something.You can work with your parent to make different foods.There are paper cuts and sharp corners.
Step 11: You can use your imagination.
You and your parent can pretend to drink coffee and eat pie.The possibilities are endless when you use your imagination.Think about how to prepare the "imaginary" ingredients.Tell your parent the "imaginary" dishes on the table with specific ingredients.
Step 12: Who will be the customer, the server and the cook?
There are rotating roles in the restaurant.To fulfill one of the roles, ask a parent or sibling to get involved.Practice how you would act as a customer, server, and cook in a restaurant.Don't worry about sticking to a realistic restaurant scene.Get creative in each role and have fun.
Step 13: If you're a parent, show your child how to behave at the table.
A parent sitting straight, eating slowly with their utensils, and putting a napkin in a child's mouth is not table manners.Your child can learn from your example if you act out good table manners.
Step 14: Paper money can be used to pay the bill.
Someone has to pay after the meal is over.The server will give you a delicious pretend meal if you pay the monopoly money.To charge your account, make a card out of cardboard.You should include the pretend receipt in the paying of the bill.Reward a great pretend meal at your restaurant with a good tip.