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🍪 Christmas baking with toddlers and preschoolers

Your little one stirs, shapes and sprinkles, you handle the oven: easy Christmas recipes with jobs that hands aged 3 to 5 can really do.

Banana snowmen and grape Christmas trees for kidsA quick, healthy Christmas snack for kids. Banana snowmen and grape and kiwi Christmas trees on sticks. Great for a school holiday party or at home. Christmas chocolate lollipops to make with kidsMake chocolate lollipops with your kids. Melt chocolate, pour circles and decorate them with stars and sprinkles. A lovely homemade Christmas gift too. Christmas cupcakes to decorate with kidsFluffy vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting, decorated as Christmas trees and snowmen. Step-by-step recipe with tips for decorating together. Christmas lunch box ideas for school: wrap treesA festive Christmas lunch box for school with tortilla wrap Christmas trees, cucumber stars and fruit. Quick to make and easy to prep the evening before. Christmas morning pancakes kids can help makeFluffy cinnamon pancakes for Christmas morning, plus easy snowman, tree and Santa face shapes. Mix the dry ingredients the night before to save time. Christmas tree pizza to make with kidsA pizza shaped like a Christmas tree, topped with broccoli, bell peppers and tomatoes. An easy holiday dinner for kids, who add the toppings themselves. Easy Christmas dessert cups that kids can makeChristmas dessert cups with berries, creamy vanilla cream and cookie crumbs. No oven, made ahead and so easy that kids can make them almost by themselves. Gingerbread cookies to bake with kids (easy recipe)Spiced gingerbread cookies with honey and cinnamon to cut out as gingerbread men, stars and trees. An easy dough kids can roll out, plus a simple icing. Gluten-free Christmas cookies without eggsGluten-free Christmas cutout cookies made without eggs, easy to decorate and easy to make dairy-free. With tips to avoid cross-contact in the kitchen. Healthy Christmas muffins with apple and carrotMoist muffins with apple, carrot, banana and cinnamon and only a little sugar. A healthier holiday snack for kids that also fits in the lunchbox. How to set up a hot cocoa bar for kids (+ easy recipe)Set up a festive hot cocoa bar with a simple homemade cocoa recipe and fun toppings kids can choose themselves. Great for parties and movie nights. No-bake snowballs: a Christmas recipe for toddlersSoft banana and oat bites rolled in coconut snow. No oven and no added sugar, a Christmas recipe that toddlers can make themselves with a little help. Overnight French toast casserole for ChristmasAn overnight French toast casserole with berries and cinnamon. Assemble it the night before and bake it on Christmas morning. Perfect for a family brunch. Reindeer rolls to bake with kidsSoft milk bread rolls shaped like reindeer, with raisin eyes, a red cherry nose and pretzel antlers. Fun for Christmas breakfast, dinner or the lunchbox. Snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugarMelt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies with ground hazelnuts or almonds, rolled in powdered sugar. Kids roll the balls themselves. Nut-free option too. Easy cut-out sugar cookies for Santa (kid-friendly)Soft cut-out sugar cookies that keep their shape, with simple frosting kids can decorate. The perfect batch to leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. Veggie Christmas tree platter with yogurt dipA healthy Christmas snack for kids. Build a Christmas tree from broccoli, bell peppers, cucumber and tomatoes with a fresh yogurt dip. Ready in 25 minutes.