How about making some sugar cookies and a couple bags of buttercream (don't worry bout the tips just cut off the tip of the bag ) and have them do little dot borders and maybe draw little smiley faces on the cookies maybe even have a little frosting for the top of each cookie and a little plastic knife or something so they can spread it just like the big girls do. You can show them some kewl technique or something and have them "copy" you on the cookie.
You might take a pic of some character that they like and do a gel transfer onto a cake and show them about filling in with stars..........lots of COLOR and the magic of the character developing before their eyes. Could also have some prepared royal or fondant "parts" to complete the cake.
I'd keep in simple!!!!! And then they get to eat it, right???!!
When I taught Wilton classes, I had to teach the Kids Camps. For the kindergarten age group, we made "cookie bouquets." They had a cookie on a stick to put in a styro cup with a styro ball in it to hold the stick, plus a few other cookies to decorate besides their cookie bouquet. They used buttercream with popsicle sticks to spread it, and then added other decorations with piping gel and sprinkles. Cute and not too complicated. For the older kids, we did a small cake and iced it roughly smooth (as smooth as can be expected for an 8 - 10 year old) and then used a cookie cutter to make an outline on top of the cake for them to fill in with stars. A star border around the bottom and they were done. That group used the buttercream in tubes with the plastic tips.
Deanna
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