Help With Christmas Present For Budding Baker
Decorating By dsilbern Updated 28 Nov 2009 , 2:32am by dsilbern
My niece is 10 and is interested in baking/decorating. I'd like to get her some kitchen supplies but the ones I've found seem to be for younger kids and I don't want to be the aunt who gave her a babyish gift. Does anyone know of some good quality baking / decorating kits suitable for preteens?
Depending on how much you want to spend, I would get a plastic turntable, box of disposable piping bags, some basic tips and some icing colors. They don't have to be designed for kids...my 7 year old uses my tools and the only thing that's really hard for her hands to hold are the bigger piping bags. Oh, and a plastic toolbox from Walmart ($3 and they're clear plastic and very cute, in the hardware department) to hold everything except the turntable.
Depending on how much you want to spend, I would get a plastic turntable, box of disposable piping bags, some basic tips and some icing colors. They don't have to be designed for kids...my 7 year old uses my tools and the only thing that's really hard for her hands to hold are the bigger piping bags. Oh, and a plastic toolbox from Walmart ($3 and they're clear plastic and very cute, in the hardware department) to hold everything except the turntable.
What she said!
My niece also loves melting the Wilton melts and making her own chocolate lolly pops as part of her invitation for her birthday party.
My niece can't hold a candle to T_Rose's daughter, but she does love to try to make the roses. I bought a bunch of Hershey Kiss's a year ago and she did better butter cream Roses than her Gomo.
All that took was the #7 nail and the standard rose tip.
Girl Gourmet has a line of products made especially for the budding cake/cupcake artist...I know I have seen them at Walmart
http://www.mygirlgourmet.com/products/girl-gourmet-bakery
The Wilton course gift certificate idea is a great one. I took my 10 year old daughter last year.
They had a bit of an age limit....I don't remember exactly what it was, but I think that for kids under 12 they requried an adult to attend with them. If you go that route, just make sure to check with the store. My daughter did great, but I was glad that I was there with her to help.
What a fun idea for a Christmas present : )
Thank you so much for all the great ideas. 
I know I'm going to order her a chef coat with her name embroidered on it. I think she'll get a kick out of it and I'll fill the tool box with a little of this and that. I'm also going to include homemade coupons she can redeem for "lessons" from me. That way we spend time together doing exactly what she wants to do baking wise.
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