Pick up the freshest ingredients and brightest decorations to create delicious desserts and baked goods with the little ones

Children learn by touching, tasting, feeling, smelling, and listening, which means they love activities in the kitchen because they can use all their senses. But better than that, getting kids excited about baking and cooking can also provide some hidden academic homework, without them even realising they are learning. There are many ways to get kids involved in cooking but asking them to help prepare food for their own meals is a wonderful way to help them feel in control and aware of their own food choices. There are just so many great benefits to cooking with kids, so get them covered up, chef hats at the ready, it's time to getting baking with Choithrams.com

Be ready-to-mix

Baking with kids provides practical experience with many essential skills such as reading, following directions, and measuring. Getting involved in cooking helps your child to develop fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, and even early concepts of maths and science. It has also been made even more simple with ready-to-make boxes of cake, cookie, biscuit, muffin and brownie mixes. We love the soft, fluffy results you get from Betty Crocker's Red Velvet cake box mix.

DIY decorating

Try and think outside the box when it comes to decoration - it will also help the kids develop an imagination for baking and cooking, rather than just a strict, recipe follower. Let them browse the aisles of the supermarket and find things they could use to top their creations. Choithrams.com stock an impressive selection of cake decorating stars, sprinkles and sugar shapes, as well as hundreds of sweets and treats, like these Haribo Wiggly Worms which also make great cake toppers, especially for kids.

Keep things simple

Kids will start to show an interest in helping with basic skills in the house as they start to figure out who they are and how the world works around them. There are many simple baking recipes that shouldn't result in the kitchen looking like a flour factory, while still allowing them to explore. Try baking in small batches, perhaps even single, mug cakes. This way your child, or children, require minimal ingredients and therefore supervision. These Tesco Chocolate Chips are a great way to make melting chocolate easier than boiling pans of hot water as they will melt in the microwave in a short space of time.