These Cooking Kits Are The Perfect Way To Get Kids Involved In The Kitchen

Got a little one who loves helping in the kitchen? Maybe they run in after school begging to help out with their snack, or they stand right next to you when cooking spaghetti, hoping to get a little taste to see if it's done. Whether you have a kid in your life who loves cooking or just loves spending time with you, these cooking and baking kits are about to make you the coolest adult they know. Try one of these to foster a family interest in cooking, teach your kid foundational culinary skills, or just find a new social distancing-friendly family activity. To help you find the perfect cooking kit to fit your family's interest, we've rounded up the best ones on the market.

Kidstir

$23.99

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even snacks—the Kidstir Cooking Subscription Box for kids aged 5 and up has a focus on building an interest and ability in cooking for kids to one day explore independently. It comes with kitchen tools correctly sized for kids' hands, too.

Raddish Kids

$24.00

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Raddish Kids is the perfect kit for learning kitchen basics. Starting at $24 per month, each box includes three themed (and adorably illustrated) recipes, a kitchen project, a kitchen tool, and a shopping list for the ingredients you'll need.

Little Sous

$24.99

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With the Little Sous Kitchen Academy Subscription, each month your chef-in-training will learn about a new kitchen tool and how to use it. Additionally, a recipe card, hours of kitchen activities, and cooking lessons can keep them busy until dinner is ready.

Baketivity

baketivity.com

$29.99

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Who can blame a kid for feeling pure joy around colorful naked goods? For a child who's always excited about getting dessert ready, Baketivity is your perfect match. Available in recipe-specific boxes (like this one) or monthly subscriptions, their kits come with easy-to-follow recipes, kids activity books, and parceled-out ingredients.

I'm The Chef Too!

$36.95

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Make breakfast an art display with this Pancakes Pets kit by I'm A Chef Too! The brand also carries other cooking kits that act a bit more as science experiments.

Eat2Explore

$34.95

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Expand your picky eater's palette with country-specific boxes that let you travel the globe via cuisine. Take the Brazilian box, for example: It comes with three recipe cards, a shopping list of fresh ingredients, portioned packets of essential spices you may have a tough time finding in your regular grocery store, and educational information on the country. Try the box as a one-time purchase, and if you like it, you can subscribe monthly.

Curious Chef

Amazon

$55.99

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The Curious Chef 27-Piece Foundation Set comes with all child-safe tools to be used in the kitchen including mixing bowls, kitchen timer, measuring cups and spoons, mixing spoons, rolling pin, whisk, silicone spatula, pastry brush, cookie turners—and of course, a chef’s hat, apron, and oven mitts for the full visual effect.

MasterChef Junior

Amazon

$39.99

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The MasterChef Junior Cooking Essentials Set comes with an apron, cutting board, mixing bowl, measuring cup, measuring spoon, spatula, spoon, tongs, and three unique recipe cards for all different levels of experience. If they like watching the show with you, they'll love this.

Veggie Buds Club

$14.95

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Trying to get your kid to eat more vegetables? Consider Veggie Buds Club activity books, which each focus on teaching them about one veggie via a children's book, crafts, recipes, growing projects, and more. They'll be scarfing their spinach down like Popeye in no time.

Sweetology

$39.99

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For the budding artist in your home, the Sweetology Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Kits focus on decorating rather than creating desserts. There's also several different boxes to choose from from.